The Architectural Form Of The The Guizhou Dry Bar

"Pile-Dwelling" structure, one of two main inhabitation forms in China once had a great popularity around the country with a long history. Nowadays, there are still lots of this kind structures can be found in the surrounding areas of the south of "Chang Jiang" river, showing their strong vitality after long-term development and evolvement. In Guizhou Province, most of the minority houses take the form of "Pile Dwelling" with various, vivid styles which reflect the difference of custom and traditional culture among different nations.As a traditional fabric with long history, "Pile-Dwelling" conflicts more or less with the modern living styles. But it is more compatible with the nature in fitting the landform, saving space, adjusting to the weather, saving energy, using local material, and environment protection. All these indicate its bright future and the revelatory role in modern architecture.In this article, the origin and evolvement of "Pile Dwelling" was firstly analyzed from the view of historical textual research. Then the social structural relationship and characteristics of village were also discussed by focusing on the circumstance of the formation of village tribe. The general characteristic of "Pile Dwelling" in plane layout, the particular element such as "fire stove" and special "long room", were also discussed here. As the typical example of Chinese public village, the "drum-tower" and "wind and rain bridges" of Dong were studied next. Furthermore, different kinds of houses were compared transversely using analogy method to summarize their specialty. Lastly, according to the sum-up of the construction, decoration and roof styles, the overall understanding to "Pile Dwelling" in Guizhou Province was elucidated.In conclusion, due to its role on culture carrying, there is no reason to ignore the protection of "Pile-Dwelling" during its development. As matter of fact, better protection is the only way for better improvement and development, which is right the prime aim of our "Pile-Dwelling" study.