In Shaanxi, there is a popular saying of "Ten Strange Things", also known as "Ten Strange Monsters in Guanzhong", which refers to ten strange folk customs in the Guanzhong area of central Shaanxi (Xi'an, Xianyang, Baoji, Weinan, Tongchuan and other cities). One of the monsters, "half of the house is covered".
Lin Huiyin wrote in her research notes that "half of the house is covered, in fact, it is not strange", and she made a scientific and detailed judgment after careful analysis.
Half of the house is covered", the scientific name is a single-sided pitched roof.
"Half of the house" is actually talking about the Guanzhong area, not the entire Shaanxi residential customs. The architecture of Shanxi's dwellings is very complex, from the simplest cave dwellings to the deep and rich residential courtyards in the village, to the compact and meticulous houses in the city, there are many special points.
After careful research, Lin Huiyin believes that because the Guanzhong area is located inland, it belongs to a typical continental dry climate, so the weather in the Guanzhong area is dry, the wind and sand are large, and the local wood is scarce. Therefore, according to local conditions and local conditions, people invented half-built houses. People use loess to build up three earthen walls, leave doors and windows towards the courtyard side, only need a small amount of large wood to make purlins and beams on the roof, and the requirements for making small wood for rafters are also low, and there is a half of the house in the three earthen walls that makes use of the fence, so that the space of the courtyard is saved, and the problem of insufficient housing is solved.
To build such a house, the materials used are taken locally, and the local loess and mud are used to make a mud embryo with a height of 40 cm, a length of 50 cm, and a thickness of 10 cm, and it is used to build a wall after drying. However, such a house not only saves a lot of wood and bricks, but also saves labor.
In this way, due to the shrinking size of the room, the warmth and breathability are relatively good, and it is warmer in winter and cooler in summer than in large tiled houses. Therefore, the economical and affordable, half of the house has become the first choice in the rural areas of Guanzhong area of Shaanxi. She also suggested that we should not generalize, but should learn and use from the practice of killing multiple birds with one stone, which is worthy of architectural scholars to think about the development of future residential buildings from a practical and practical perspective.
The times have come to this day, and the houses built in half of the Guanzhong area have become a distant history. With the improvement of people's lives and the popularization of construction technology, local farmers also live in buildings made of cement and steel. February** Dynamic Incentive Program