Block House in Shanyan Baiyu  Ganzi  China


The villagers built up their house with other families, 20 meters high with four to five floors and two-meter-thick wall. Each peel has only one door, decorated with auspicious totem. The first floor is stall for cattle. A whole trunk stair of Tibetan style connects the ground floor with the second floor. Generally, each step longs 0.33 meter and the stair has 17 or 19 steps. It must be singular number. In the middle of the second floor, there are five stairs lead to different families.

The second is a big kitchen, also, used as a bedroom and living room. There are ram pot, stone-made milling tools and hearth. After the guests come in, the host will arrange the seat opposite the door and near the hearth, and take out wine and beef to entertain them. In the kitchen, there is still an attic for brewing and ferment. They put an amount of distiller's yeast in the jar, which store full provision, and cover the vessel by wheat straws. After certain days, there will be a jar of mellow wine.

The third floor is special for store up foodstuff and valuables. The forth floor is designed to store fresh harvested foodstuff and livestock's fodder in winter. The roof can be also used as the place to thresh gain. Also, the roof is used as an artery connecting several families.

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