The Preservation Research of Traditional Houses of Tujia Minority in Western Hunan - Taking the Market Town in Huochang Tujia Township as an Example

Abstract:

With the high-speed development of urbanization and the strengthening of new countryside construction, traditional houses of Tujia minority in western Hunan are facing a severe test. Nowadays, it has become a difficult problem that how to make the vanishing traditional houses not only get effective preservation but also can continue to use for residents. This paper takes the architectures of Huochang Tujia Township, Yuanling County in western Hunan as an example, through the analysis of the existing situation of the architectures of market town, puts forward some measures of preservation and renovation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1049-1050)
• Pages: 316-320
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1049-1050.316
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Bei Lei Dai*, Hong Tao Liu
• Keywords: Huochang Tujia Township, Preservation, Traditional Houses, Tujia Minority

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