Why are white walls and black tiles popular in southern dwellings? What is the origin of this architectural aesthetics? Why?

Residential building in the south. Pay attention to the mountains and rivers Influenced by Anhui commercial culture, windows are generally very narrow, with white walls and white tiles, which play an anti-theft role at the height of smooth white walls and are hidden between green mountains and green waters. Huizhou merchants do business all the year round, and most of their families are old, weak, women and children. The high wall has anti-theft function.

Because the climate in the south is humid, and lime has certain adsorption, moisture resistance and moisture absorption, which can effectively protect the wall. Compared with the dry north, bricks can be exposed directly, so Huizhou should brush thick walls to prevent moisture. Now Huizhou architecture has replaced lime with professional exterior wall paint, which further reduces the possibility of mildew and discoloration.

The structure of Jiangnan folk houses;

Most of them are bucket-type wooden frames, which are directly supported by columns without beams, surrounded by thin bucket walls or bamboo plastering walls, and the walls are painted white. The roof structure is also thinner than the houses in the north. Slate is often laid at the bottom of the wall, and the indoor ground is also covered with slate to prevent it from being damp. The interior of the hall is freely separated by traditional covers, wooden fans and screen doors for different purposes.

Only a small amount of exquisite carvings were added to the beam frame, painted with colors such as chestnut, brown and gray, without painting. The wooden structure outside the house is brown, black, dark green and other colors, which are in harmony with the white walls and gray tiles. The color is elegant and bright, and it combines with the surrounding natural environment to form a picturesque water town.