Research on Types and Characteristics of Vernacular Residence in Villages in Conghua of Guangzhou
Zeng Lingtai
Guo Huanyu
Li Yuechuan
Xu Bolai
Abstract：From the view of Han Chinese subgroups, the traditional villages in Conghua district of Guangzhou can be divided into three types in areas dominated by Cantonese culture, Hakka culture, and a mixture of Cantonese and Hakka culture. In the first type, 'three-bay-two-corridor' is the basic dwelling unit. While an independent ancestral hall leads all the residential buildings, temples, watch towers, and defensive towers locates in peripheral areas protecting the villages. In the second area type, the rectangular enclosed house is the main architectural type, combining ancestral sacrificial, residential and defensive functionalities. The hall-cross enclosed houses have an orderly relationship between principal and subordinate elements, and the row houses share a uniform spatial character. In the third area type, there are usually multiple kinds of building types co-exist in one village, mixing with each other. One typical example is in the Hakka sacrifice space influenced by Cantonese culture. The hall is separated as a sacrifice space from the hall-cross type.
Keywords：ConghuaGuangfu clanHakka clanvernacular residencearchitectural type
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 72-76 )