The Space Arrangements And Formations Of The Traditional Construction In Mountainous Regions

Of the Chinese, traditional constructions in mountainous, local-style dwelling houses are considered as the majority. They spread in large areas with a wide variety of types and meaningful significance. Not only are they closely linked with the life of laboring people, but also come from them. Moreover, they are the best illustration of the wisdom and skills and the artistic talent of the laboring people. These houses were built with great intelligence, by making full use of space without sticking to conventions. They are shown the character of our nation and regions. Also, they can tell us the social ideology and the manta attitude in different historical periods. Therefore, they are important parts of the priceless relics of Chinese constructions as well as the typical models of oriental dwelling culture.As important parts of Chinese traditional local-style dwelling houses. The ones from Shanxi contain many constructing features of both our nation and their locality, during their development, they have deeply influenced by geographical environment, politics, economy historical culture, customs and so on. And the local-style dwelling houses in mountainous regions, well known as a new construction form, were developed by people who put their experience into practice and went on to accumulate more in a long time. These kinds of houses were built wisely on the basis of the features of district where they were and attract people with their unique styles in space arrangements, and constructing formations.From the economics of Ming and Qing dynasties, we know, the merchants from Jin (the name of Shanxi in ancient times) were significant. In the middle of the 17-19^th century. Most of the Jin merchants came from the middle part of Jin. As time passed by, the success of their business was already remembered by Chinese history. But the dwelling as the symbols of the culture of the Jin merchant after hundreds of years. On the yards, buildings are standing side by side, around which are different types of pavilions. The owners are all from superior families. Walking in the houses, we can still feel the power and glory of the Jin merchants whose achievements made the whole nation-admire. And these well-remained elegant houses are forever waiting for us to understand the cultural history of Jin's construction better.The essay describes the Zhang's Dollar Mountain Villa in Guangou village, Shanxi. By analyzing the space arrangements and formations of the traditional construction in mountainous regions, it makes a further and deeper explanation of the traditional construction in mountainous regions and the culture of the Jin merchants.