Similarities and differences between Hakka folk houses and Dai bamboo houses.

The similarity is multi-storey residence, but the difference is different living customs.

Hakka dwellings

1. Most people live in remote mountainous areas.

2. 100 to more than 200 houses are arranged in orange petals.

3. Grand and even layout.

4. Hakka ancestors advocated the circle as a symbol of auspiciousness, happiness and peace.

5. Rammed earth building, with wall thickness 1m and height 15m.

6. Most of them are 3 to 6 floors, and 100 to more than 200 houses are arranged like orange petals.

Daijiazhulou

1. Bamboo buildings help to prevent extreme heat and humidity.

2. There are as many as 10, 20, 200 and 300 Dai villages, all of which are composed of unique bamboo houses.

3. There are shelterbelts around the village. Every bamboo house is surrounded by bamboo fences. There are all kinds of flowers, trees and fruit trees in the fence.

4. The roof is covered with thatched straw rows or sawdust, but in recent years it has been changed to tiled roof.

5. One family builds a house and the whole village helps.

6. Simple structure, very spacious, unique and beautiful.