Shade

Author: Luo Hongtian
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: Humans have created architecture for their survival and culture. Architecture provides space for human survival and cultural activities. Among the 55 ethnic minorities in China, the vast majority live in remote mountainous, jungle, grassland, and desert environments, intimately connected with nature. This has nurtured diverse lifestyles and aesthetic tastes among the ethnic groups, as well as a myriad of variations in ethnic residential architecture, making it rich, colorful, and breathtakingly beautiful. This book comprehensively and specifically introduces all aspects of ethnic residential architecture, highlighting the cultural connotations hidden behind the buildings—such as ethnic traditions, beliefs, pursuits, and mindsets.