In Yongning Mosuo Local-style Dwelling Houses Building Research

Architecture is caky music, stony historical book, machine house even the crystallization of human culture. The history of architecture originated from residential buildings. No matter when and where you are, residential buildings are the main body of construction, which account for a substantial quantities of buildings. Yongning area, lived by Mosuo, lies in the plateau of the northwest of Yunnan province. It is also the marginal intersection of different culture, the significant key position and material distribution center of the famous Tea Horse Road across Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet in history, as well as the important city of Sichuan and Yunnan province, which plays a crucial role in the development of regional economy. Under the influence of such special natural environment, sociocultural background and economic foundation, Mosuo residential buildings with geographic and ethnic characteristics come into being.The paper selects Mosuo residential buildings in Yongning area as the study object. The researches about residents in the fields of ethnology, anthropology and folk culture are weak, nor the aspect of single building. Residential buildings act as the most widly kinds of traditional architecture, which can better carry and follow region culture. With its unique historical culture and distinguishing ethnic feature, Mosuo residential buildings in Yongning area play an important role in the rich type of residential buildings of Yunnan.If you want to study the Mosuo buildings, you must start from theirs architectural forms and cultures, which interact and interplay each other to achieve common development in historical stage. During the process of the formation, development, and evolution of residential construction, They are formed by the aspects of economy, politics, culture, customs, ethics and religious faith.Based on the previous research achievements, the writer summarizes the feature of Mosuo buildings and the reasons of its formation by collecting and analysising the historical data, on-the-spot investigation, mapping and taking pictures, which provide traditional architectural elements and building vocabulary reference for the future architectural creation. Finally, considering the Mosuo buildings facing the challenge of the modern society, and combining the study that the writer participates in the retrofit of Mosuo residential buildings in Yongning area, the writer puts forward the ideas of protection and renewal transformation on the Mosuo buildings, which supplying some replicable experiences in the future.