Characteristics of residential buildings in Wuwei City, Gansu Province

The main component of Gansu folk houses is undoubtedly the courtyard system, which has also been the mainstream of the development of folk house architecture of the Han nation since the Han and Tang Dynasties. This architectural form fully embodies Confucian cultural thought, fully embodies the needs of the feudal clan system, and meets the living and living needs of large families to the greatest extent. Governed by local traditional Feng Shui concepts, the courtyard gates are located in the southeast of the courtyard, and the toilets are placed in the southwest corner of the courtyard. The rainwater inside the hospital is collected in the southwest and discharged outside the hospital. The gates of courtyard houses mostly adopt the form of house doors. It is a kind of gate that opens a doorway on the east side of the inverted seat and opens the door on the back wall of the inverted seat. The door frames and door leaves are solid and thick, and the shape is simple and plain.