What is Tujia Diaojiao Building like?

Tujia houses are generally made of wood, with a small amount of rocks or brick soil in the middle. However, there is a lot of stress on building site selection. Please ask Yin and Yang to set up a compass to see Feng Shui. Generally speaking, it is required to sit facing south, facing the mountains and rivers, and avoid the wind and the sun. Not only psychological factors, but also scientific factors. If you choose the main girder material when building a house, you should not only use fewer straight branches, but also use Chinese fir or Toona sinensis produced in Mao Yisheng to symbolize wealth. When a carpenter cuts a beam, he first sets off paper money and firecrackers to make the tree fall upward, which is called "gaining the upper hand". After the beam is finished, it will do Tai Chi gossip, and some will write "beautiful". In the evening, the carpenter will personally preside over the ceremony. When dyeing, we should praise "Geliang" and withdraw "Liangba", while relatives are dyeing red cloth to congratulate them. When placing the beam, press a red cloth bag of grains on the tenon to show that the grains are abundant. On the day of Ding Liang's home, the host must entertain the guests.

Tujia people live in wooden houses with hanging feet and have a long history. "Old Tang Book" said: "Morale is rampant, poisonous weeds and poisonous snakes are on the mountain. People live on the first floor and climb stairs for the hedgerow." According to textual research, the diaojiao building where Tujia people live today is not only an attack on the architectural heritage of ancient "Gan Lan", but also hangs on high cliffs and steep slopes or river valleys, which is even more dangerous from a distance. Hanging feet on the flat ground pay attention to exquisite design, and often carve and dye paintings, which are antique. Hanging a building in my hometown, or carving it carefully, or rummaging through the cabinets on horseback, or flying in the air, or hanging over a cliff, is really wonderful. Whenever the weather is clear, the clouds are lingering, the mountain shadows are near the window, and the breeze is Xu Lai, which is refreshing; If it is a gloomy day, the multi-level dark green wooden building surrounded by years of cooking smoke is like a colorful lithograph combining Chinese and western. Just like an ancient rough and slightly sad folk song, it has been floating for a long time and is fascinating. You can't fool yourself by sinking into the long river of history and culture for a long time. Bai villages are mostly built at the foot of Pingba or the mountain, with dozens or hundreds of households in each village. Generally, they live in groups, and the houses are mostly two-story buildings or bungalows. The barn and kitchen are usually separated from the main room. There are three rooms in the room, one is the main room, with a flat front, another is the main room, two horizontal rooms and a flat patio. Building structure, there is a saying that "the height does not exceed eight and the width does not exceed five". The Buddhist shrine is opposite to the gate, and the gate of Bai Min is eight points wider than the shrine, while the Hanmin shrine is eight points wider than the gate, forming an unobtrusive small contrast. The gate of the Bai nationality is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a difference of five points. Plant more flowers and trees in front of and behind the house, such as cypress, bamboo grate, banana and so on.

Before the Qing Dynasty, Tujia, Fujian and Huokeng were not only their places of residence, but also the symbol of taxation of Tusi families. Commonly known as "fire pit money." "When people cook a pot, it is a fire pit and some food." Mulberry is called "the money of smokers", so ethnic minorities pay great attention to fire pits. Although four generations live under the same roof, some families still don't share houses, in order to reduce the "fire pit tax". After the founding of New China, many ethnic minorities introduced the housing style of the Han nationality into bungalows, adopted modern building materials, and consciously reformed this old custom. The white Tujia people living in the suburbs and deep mountains are still used to difficulties, and the housing structure has not improved much.