HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSES ARE IN CHINA?

BY LILY-GRACE

Ayiwang Uyghur Houses

Found in Xinjiang Have one big living room & bedrooms

with no windows They had pretty decorations All have courtyards

Bamboo houses

All made of bamboo – walls, posts and furniture

Found in Xishuang - Banna

Diao Jiao Lou Houses

All made of wood “Hanging attic” Built near a mountain or on top of water Found in Hunan On stilts

Jian Nan Houses Black & white houses Sitting beside water

Mongolian Yurt

It doesn’t need any concrete but is made of only wood and fur

Found in Northern China

Qiang Village houses

Square houses Flat roof Made of stones Found in Sichuan

Siheyuan Houses

Square yard surrounded with houses on three sides

common style of house for Han Chinese

Tulou Earth Building – Hakka Houses

one door and no windows at ground level for protection against enemies

round in shape and divided into rooms inside

Yaodong Houses

These yaodongs are built into the slope against a hill or valley

High-rise Apartments

Millions of Chinese live in small high-rise apartments

In Beijing alone, 15 million live in these sort of high-rise