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Culture insider: 10 types of residential houses across China

Updated: 2014-06-23 07:22 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Culture insider: 10 types of residential houses across China

The bamboo building of the Dai ethnic group is the stilt style building that takes bamboo as the main construction material. The buildings of this kind are mainly distributed in Yunnan province. The stilt style building is conducive for avoiding insects, snakes and beasts; they are also damp-proof and well ventilated. Besides, the empty room below can be used as a store house or for poultry homes. [Photo/CFP]

 

Culture insider: 10 types of residential houses across China

Culture insider: 10 types of residential houses across China

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