The Influence of Social Class in Human Settlements - Take Yen Hsi-Shan's Former Residence and Zhang Jiata Villages as an Example

Abstract:

The Chinese officers and the people, this two big social hierarchies have been long-term antagonistic and coexistent situation for thousand years, under the influence of which the Chinese traditional houses also seems to head to the two different roads. This article selects two typical local-style dwelling houses building communities of Shanxi Province and shows the two different residential types of features from the layout, courtyard pattern to architectural form.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 477-478)
• Pages: 1136-1139
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.477-478.1136
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Guan Yi Xu*, Jin Ping Wang
• Keywords: Architectural Form, Contrast, Traditional Local-Style Dwelling Houses, Yen Hsi-Shan's Former Residence, Zhang Jiata Village

References

[1] Jinping Wang, Qiang Xu, Weicheng-Han. Dwellings in Shanxi. Beijing: China Building Industry Press(2009) (in Chinese).

[2] Luliang City Tourism Bureau. Zhang Jiata Ancient Dwellings (in Chinese).

[3] Shikao Zhao. Zhang Jiata dwellings. Fangshan County Party committee of the Communist Party of China (in Chinese).