Chinese Hui style antique buildings

The ancient architecture of Huizhou, China has a unique style, with blue tiles, white walls and horse head walls as phenotypes, reasonable layout, exquisite decoration, natural changes, and a local flavor. In addition, because Huizhou is rich in wood, there has always been a tradition of carving, painting brick, wood and stone carving among the people, and it is characterized by deep wells, high houses and halls, thus forming buildings with local characteristics, known as a major faction of Chinese architectural art. -- Huizhou architecture.

The unique features of Huizhou architecture:

The first is the overall beauty of harmony and smoothness and unified planning. This was closely related to the social background and regional environment of Huizhou at that time: because Huizhou was the theoretical basis of the feudal patriarchal system—the birthplace of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the patriarchal system was stricter and more complete than elsewhere. In order to maintain the purity of blood and clan cohesion and prevent foreign invasions, Huizhou people live together. At that time, Huizhou had become the center of Fengshui culture in the country. Officials, merchants, scholars and people worshipped and believed in feudal Fengshui culture. They believed that the connotation of the topographical outline outlined by the group layout of villages and towns directly reflected the "cultural" quality of a clan, the relationship between them. With the rise and fall of the clan's honor and disgrace.

The second is the natural beauty surrounded by mountains and rivers. Huizhou has a complex topography, and the warm subtropical climate makes the mountains and forests lush and green here. The mountains are the skeleton of the stream, and the stream is the blood of the village. It strives to integrate the artificial architecture with the natural landscape, and the home environment is quiet, elegant and picturesque.

The third is the simplicity and beauty of elegance and simplicity. For a long time, due to the topography of Huizhou, "what is produced by hard work is not enough to supply", and people's livelihood is difficult. Huizhou people who live in such a difficult environment know the hardships of raising a family and starting a business, and have developed a good demeanor of saving food and food, diligently and frugally, and have written it into the family rules and family motto as a compulsory textbook for family style education, which is passed down from generation to generation.