The Style Characteristics of Chinese Bai Minority Residential Buildings

    The architectural art of the Bai nationality is one of the most striking wonders in the large gardens of traditional Chinese residential buildings. As a human resource, it is accumulated, continued and built by the Bai people bit by bit from the earliest civilization. It is culture, history and art, and a huge wealth.

    The Bai people advocate white, and the exterior walls of their buildings are dominated by white. Judging from the basic styles of courtyard layout, building structure, and interior and exterior decoration, Bai people's residences and Central Plains residences have traditionally inherited. Due to the differences in natural environment and aesthetic taste, Bai people's dwellings have their own obvious national style and local characteristics.

    Most of Bai people's residences are two-storey buildings with roofs covered with tiles and roofs, with heavy eaves extending forward, in a front-out corridor pattern; stone blocks (strips) engraved with geometric lines and pockmark patterns are used for wall bases, door heads, window heads, flying eaves and other parts. , the walls are often built with natural cobblestones; the walls are painted with lime, white walls and blue tiles; the gables and corners are decorated with ink patterns, which are elegant and generous; the art of wood carving is also widely used in lattice doors, horizontal drapes, slats, shackles, and suspenders. , corridor railings, etc., of which the lattice door wood carving is the most conspicuous. The buildings of the Bai nationality are an important carrier of cultural heritage, and many aspects of the Bai nationality's traditional culture are preserved and developed because of the traditional dwellings. Therefore, the dwellings materially reflect the traditional culture of the Bai nationality in space and time.

    The national characteristics and regional characteristics of the Bai people's residential buildings are very prominent. The Bai people's dwellings composed of gray tiles and white walls, screen walls and gatehouses, together with the surrounding environment with green trees and flowing water, make the Bai people's villages reach a state of freshness, beauty, and harmony between man and nature. Secondly, the Bai people value the decoration of the facade the most. Therefore, all the buildings of the Bai people, including ordinary dwellings, are inseparable from exquisite carvings and paintings.