How did Dongxiang villages come into being?

Although the forms of Zhuangke are basically the same, some facilities are different. There are many brick carvings and walls at the entrance of Huimin Zhuang, and there are self-use wells in the courtyard; Tuzhuang has a layout of Taozhuang and Lianzhuang, with tall walls; All kinds of cloth strips are flying at the four corners of the roof and in front of the door of the Tibetan villa, and a small Buddhist temple is added indoors; The houses of the Salar Zhuang nationality are deep, and most of the houses of the Zhuang nationality are single-sided or double-sided, with woodcut patterns and carved birds, which are more elegant.

Over the past hundred years, in the struggle with nature, local residents have been constantly innovating, creating and perfecting the living form of "Zhuangke", making it constantly adapt to the local natural and climatic conditions. Although the climate in Qinghai is dry and windy, the interior of Zhuangke is very clean. At the same time, it also has the advantages of convenient life, safety, local materials and convenient construction. Zhuangke is still widely used by local farmers because of its characteristics of wind and sand fixation, good thermal insulation, easy beautification and easy construction.

Dongxiang people call their home Zhuangke. Most of the Zhuangke were built on the mountain, and there was an earth wall more than ten feet high outside. There are open spaces inside, some houses are built on four sides, some houses are built on three sides, some houses face south and west, and some houses are built in one row, mostly civil structures. Except doors, windows, beams and rafters, all buildings are made of mud.

Dongxiang people generally don't pay attention to geomantic omen when they build houses and play tricks on villages. But by the Han nationality

Influence, when the tree is erected, wrap the beam with red cloth. To build a house and a farmhouse, except for a few carpenters, family members, neighbors, relatives and friends all helped us build the farmhouse wall first, and then build the house. When putting on the beam, the housewife took out red cloth, gold and silver jewelry and so on, wrapped them on the beam and tied them with several bundles of loose hemp. After that, I don't understand. Let it go forever.