The architectural culture of the Buyi people “nearing mountains and rivers”
The architecture of the Buyi people has the most national characteristics. The buildings and houses of the Buyi people are actually somewhat similar to the bamboo houses of the Dai people. They are all made of wood. The houses include "ganlan" style buildings, Bungalows and slate houses, the most distinctive one is actually the slate house. So, do you know about the architectural culture of the Buyi people?
Next, let us learn and understand it from the perspective of national culture!
Introduction to Buyi architecture
Buyi architecture is the folk residence of Buyi people. Buyi people are accustomed to living near water. The village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by dense bamboo forests or Feng Shui. Tree. In front of the village, there are fields and fields, rivers and streams, and willows on the banks, creating a beautiful pastoral scenery. There are many ethnic groups with the same surname living in the village. Most of those who live in Pingba have courtyards with low walls, while those who live in mountainous areas have their houses built against the mountains due to terrain constraints. The buildings are stacked on top of each other, and some are built into "stilted buildings" with the front half being a building and the back half being a bungalow. This is the continuation of the historical "ganlan-style buildings". Buyi people living in different regions have different dwellings. From the shape point of view, there are railing buildings, stilted buildings, and bungalows; in terms of materials, there are wooden structures, wood-stone structures, civil structures, and stone masonry...
Come to Buyi Village is like entering a magical stone kingdom. This kind of house is neat and beautiful, warm in winter and cool in summer, windproof, rainproof and fireproof. The Hongshui River Basin is also one of the most important forest areas in China.
Slate houses
The distinctive feature of the Buyi people living in slate houses is that they live together close to mountains and rivers. Most of the residential buildings are stilt-style buildings or half-building (the front half is a building from the front, and the back half is a bungalow from the back) style stone house. Buyi areas such as Zhenning and Anshun in Guizhou are rich in high-quality stones, and there are also large flat stone slabs with basically uniform thickness that can be peeled off layer by layer. This flake stone is derived from sedimentary shale.
The local Buyi people adapted to local conditions and used local materials to build slate houses with national characteristics. Stone houses are built with stone strips or blocks for walls, and the walls can be built up to five or six meters high. They are roofed with stone slabs, paved in neat diamond shapes or scaled with materials. The stone houses are not only weatherproof, but also simple and beautiful. The roofs are Take it easy and live peacefully without being depressed. In short, except for the sandalwood rafters, which are made of wood, the rest are all made of stone. Even the tables, benches, stoves, bowls, mills, mills, troughs, jars, basins, etc. used daily in the home are all made of stone. Everything is simple and honest. This kind of house is warm in winter and cool in summer, moisture-proof and fire-proof, but has poor lighting.
Stone Building
In Chengguan Town, where the county seat of Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County is located, most houses are built of stone, and there are dozens of three- and four-story stone buildings. Because the stone is light gray-white and becomes more crystal clear after processing, when you look at Zhenning during the day, the silver light shines; when you look at Zhenning on a moonlit night, it is covered with frost and snow. For this reason, it has the reputation of "Silver Zhenning" in ancient times. The stone buildings in this town have a long history of more than 600 years, so they can be called both solidified music and immortal epics.
The Buyi people have a lot of particularities in architecture. When building a residence, you must first ask Mr. Yin and Yang to read the "Feng Shui". It must not only be backed by green mountains, but also face the green peaks. Then choose an auspicious day to build the house, and one month before the auspicious day, ask a carpenter to scrap materials to make the frame. On the auspicious day for erecting the house frame, worship Master Luban. After the house frame was erected, the father-in-law's family sent large beams with large flowers tied with red silk, and a band and lion dance team fired firecrackers to accompany them. When the beam is laid, singing, dancing, and banquets are held. The last step is to take the ancestral tablets and the kitchen god (charcoal fire) to the new home. The whole process of building a new house is filled with an atmosphere of joy and mutual help in Buyi villages.
Buyi architecture is a very distinctive type of dwelling resulting from the interaction of national customs and regional culture. It is a unique expression of Buyi culture and is also a form of religious belief of the Buyi people. Performance.