Research On Rural Residential Culture In Jizhong Plain

Beizhangwu Village is located in the southern part of the Jizhong Plain.It is located in Shijiazhuang City,Hebei Province.The residential culture in this area has rich connotations and is the epitome of the residential culture of Jizhong Plain.The residential culture of Beizhangwu Village includes material culture and spiritual culture.There are many types of residential buildings,including adobe houses in the early stage,brick and tile buildings and floor buildings in the later stage,floor buildings are the main type in present,and the houses are situated in the north and facing the south;Each family has a courtyard pattern,with four walls and open doors.In the courtyard,there are shadow walls,livestock circles,shacks and cellars,and other ancillary buildings,garages have been added in resent years;The "treasure land" should be chosen according to the "geomantic omen",when choosing the location of the building;There is a warm room custom in moving house,on the day of moving house owner invites relatives and friends of different zodiac signs to have dinner and pray for good luck;Housing allocation follows the principle of superiority and inferiority of the elder and the younger,with the East as the main,the elder housing in the east,and the younger housing in the west;Furniture must be placed against the wall,implying that there are mountains to support,giving family a sense of security;Many gods were worshipped at home in the past,such as the God of wealth,the God of doors,the God of land and the God of kitchen;There are also many living taboos,such as prohibiting sleepers under the roof beams,prohibiting stepping on the threshold,and prohibiting the planting of mulberry and apricot trees with bad meanings in the courtyard.The residential culture of Beizhangwu Village is the result of the joint action of natural environment and social cultural environment in the Jizhong Plain.The land is fertile and the trees are abundant,so the houses are made of earth and wood;This is located in the north temperate zone,the summer is hot and the winter is cold,it is difficult to get enough sunshine,so the house is situated in the north facing south,and the courtyard is deep North and south;The houses are mostly flat-roofed because of the drought;Jizhong Plain is located in the central plains of China,which is greatly influenced by Confucianism,so there are rules of residence and symmetrical layout;Influenced by the traditional geomantic omen concept,the location of houses should be based on Yin and Yang in order to achieve good fortune;Influenced by Natural Worship and Ghost Worship,villagers worship gods such as land gods and kitchen gods to pray for good luck,and decorate houses with special objects such as swords and mirrors to drive away ghosts and evil spirits.At present,the traditional residential culture of Beizhangwu Village is in an endangered state.The promotion of urbanization and industrialization makes the traditional villages face disintegration,and the traditional residential buildings are on the verge of being demolished.With the progress of modern science and technology,the residential buildings have no regional characteristics and the houses in different places are identical.Therefore,attention and protection should be paid to them.On the one hand,people,as the main body of protection and inheritance of traditional dwellings,should arouse their attention and protection to traditional dwellings.On the other hand,the government should give space for the inheritance and development of traditional dwellings to protect traditional dwellings.