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Palpung monastery.

The northeast courtyard of Palpung monastery shows the 'movement' of major structures.

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Cave- house.

Found in Shaanxi Province.

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'Pit Cave' or 'Well Cave'.

A residence found in Northwest China and in Gansu and Henan Provinces.

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Hakka residence.

Sketch showing the traditional residence of the Hakkas in Fujian Province.

This style can also be found in the north of Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Region.

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Bamboo Building of the Dai Nationality.

A type of banistered building of the Dai nationality, it is rectangular and bolstered up with wood stakes.

It is not windowed, and its roof is covered with grass. It is two storied with stairs, corridors and balconies.

Residents hold rituals around a 'saint furnace' in the middle of the main room.

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Bamboo Building of the Dai Nationality.

A type of banistered building of the Dai nationality, it is rectangular and bolstered up with wood stakes.

It is not windowed, and its roof is covered with grass. It is two storied with stairs, corridors and balconies.

Residents hold rituals around a 'saint furnace' in the middle of the main room.

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House of the Dong Nationality.

Found in China's Guizhou Province.

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Dong Village.

Found in China's Guizhou Province.

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Miao Village.

Found in China's Guizhou Province.

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Miao House.

The base-in-the-air building of the Miao nationality is the most typical. The wall is bamboo weaves blended with clay.

It is usually built on the slope and is two stories. The first floor houses livestock, while the second serves as living space.

Its roof is covered with grass.

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Miao House.

The base-in-the-air building of the Miao nationality is the most typical. The wall is bamboo weaves blended with clay.

It is usually built on the slope and is two stories. The first floor houses livestock, while the second serves as living space.

Its roof is covered with grass.

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Miao Village.

Found in China's Guizhou Province.

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A blockhouse in Tibet.

These houses have been the traditional style for hundreds, if not thousands of years in the area.

They usually are accompanied by a hill or slope against one or more of the walls. Often the hills are created artificially to continue the traditional style.

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