Residence

The book is one of Chinese Folklore Culture Series, which systematically introduces fourteen kinds of Chinese representative vernacular dwelling, such as the cave dwellings of Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, Siheyuans on Yan-Zhao Plain, Huizhou's civil buildings which can make rainwater quad flow to the courtyard, the Korean Nationality dwelling with huge heated brick bed, and so on. These vernacular dwellings have typical geographical features and distinctive strong ethnic characteristics. The book shows the long history and development process of Chinese vernacular dwelling culture. [Publisher's text].

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