Architecture

They have two housing types: plank houses and bamboo-slip houses. The plank house is relatively larger, built in the shape of a square. Usually it is divided into an inner room and an outer one. The inner room is the host's bedroom. The outer one is for the guests, furnished with one or several hearths. An iron or stone tripod is often set up on the hearth for cooking. Most houses are enclosed by planks or bamboo slips, and the roofs pressed with planks or stone slabs. A large number of stakes and pillars are used to support the lower part of the house, which is figuratively described as "house propped on the ground by "thousands of legs." Simply structured and easy to construct, it is a unique creation under a special circumstance.