Tents in pastoral areas are generally black. There are prayer flags in front of the tent. There are small boxes and cabinets on one side of the tent facing the door, and sleeping mats on both sides. Near the center, the stone is buried in a pot as a stove, and tea and milk are often cooked on it. There are buckets and various animal husbandry tools by the door, and fresh or air-dried beef and mutton or a string of milk powder are hung under the tent. Build walls around the tent with straw cakes or cow dung cakes to increase shelter from the wind. There are many wool ropes nailed to the outside of the tent to tie cattle and sheep. Not far from the tent door, a mastiff unique to Tibetan pastoral areas is usually tied to protect family and livestock.
According to the traditional custom, the guest comes to the door and the man sits on the right, which is called the "guest seat"; On the left is the female seat, which can also be called the "kitchen room".
Flat-roofed houses are the most common in agricultural areas in southern Tibet. According to "Tibet Tongzhi": "Before and after hiding everywhere, the houses are flat-topped." Ordinary people live on one floor, with simple structure and stone walls. In the past, beams were used as the skeleton. The cross-section of the wooden column is circular, square barrels and supporting wood are added to the stigma in turn, and then wooden beams are placed. The rafters on the beams are covered with branches or short sticks, and the tops are covered with stones and mud. Some houses are compacted and leveled with local weathered "Aga" soil to prevent rainwater leakage. Horseshoe-shaped bungalows in rural residential areas generally face south. The roof is surrounded by 80 cm retaining walls, and the buttresses stand at four corners. During the Tibetan New Year, branches are inserted into each crib, and each branch tip is decorated with colorful wind and horse sutra flags. The Tibetan calendar is usually changed once a year to show good luck.
Manor buildings in rural areas are very tall and gorgeous, and some are as high as 5 or 6 floors. The owner of the manor lives on the highest floor, with large glass windows facing the sun on three sides. The warm sunshine in winter shines into the room, which is very warm; In summer, you can enjoy the surrounding green fields and Woods. Vivid and detailed patterns are carved on the lintel, beam, forehead and stigma. There is a hall, a living room, a bedroom, a housekeeper's room, a storage room and so on. There are cloisters on three sides in front of the building to form a courtyard. There are large and small kitchens in the yard, rooms for domestic slaves and "Langsheng", and workshops for spinning wool and twisting yarn. Stables, sheepfolds and cowsheds are generally separated from the yard and located in the backyard.