On the architectural style of ancient dwellings in Taixing

    The ancient dwellings in Taixing are mainly brick and wood structures, with columns and beams forming roof frames. Tenon joints and brackets are used to provide earthquake resistance between the structures. The wings fly out of the eaves, which not only protect from the sun, but also benefit indoor lighting.In addition to timber, the building materials are generally sourced locally.The architectural decoration is simple and exquisite, exquisite and beautiful.The main buildings of folk houses are all built in the south, warm in winter and cool in summer.

    1. Courtyard building is the main form of taixing folk house for thousands of years. In the form of enclosed houses, it carries taixing people's thoughts and aesthetic taste. This kind of introverted and closed, warm and comfortable courtyard space has nurtured the temperament and character of generations of Taixing people, so that the courtyard has become the most common traditional way of life.

    2. Pitched roof plays an important role in the construction of ancient dwellings in Taixing and is almost synonymous with traditional architecture.Traditional sloping roof design will make palace buildings such as palaces and temples produce a unique rhythm of vigorous, upright, lofty, flying and elegant, and will also make residential buildings have a kind, natural and warm feeling.

    3. The eaves.Every Taixing family has eaves, such as green tiled eaves, thatched eaves or orange eaves, which are warm and friendly extensions of the house. If you wear a beautiful broad-brimmed hat, you can shelter the walls, doors and Windows, passers-by and birds under the eaves.

    4. Horse head Wall.There are many Hui-style buildings in the remains of ancient dwellings in Taixing, and horsehead wall is an important feature of Hui-style buildings.In the villages where families live together, the density of residential buildings is relatively high, which is not conducive to fire prevention.The high maitou wall can play the role of isolating fire source in the case of fire in adjacent residential houses, so the Maitou wall is also called the firewall.

    5. Pane.Taixing ancient dwellings have many panes, simple and elegant.If an ancient window is a pair of eyes on an ancient building, then the window pane shows the romance of ancient life.Ancient artisans, using the simplest lines and geometric shapes, transformed a simple wooden window into a fluid atmosphere.