Study On Traditional Settlements And Dwellings In The Upper Reaches Of Weihe River

Settlement provides residents with a living space,it is the human habitat. Production and use of forms of human settlements related to the natural, it is also a result of the transformation of human nature, human reproduction and development since ancient times embodied in intelligence and culture. Whether the evolution of settlements, or by the body is the ultimate form of settlement, in which all contain heavy spiritual and cultural and historical heritage. The upper reaches of the Weihe River Basin is located in the southeastern part of Gansu Province, it is one of the settlements of ancient Chinese culture, but also the Silk Road,Shaanxi and Gansu Tea Horse Road pass. Aboudant in historical and cultural heritage, rich in typical local feature. In such a rich historical and cultural background, the upper reaches of the Weihe River region is generated in a long time and has retained many traditional settlements and residential buildings, these settlements and the building itself is full of local feature and traditional regional culture, it is typical regional represent.Weihe River basin upstream of this thesis is the study area bounded domain objects.Under the premise of dissertation research-subject, through field survey, taking pictures,visiting a variety of data collection, the region and the settlement pattern of the elements form vernacular architecture made integration and classification. Combined with the large settlement environmental factors relevant aspects of analysis of historical evolution, natural landscape area, local cultural customs Weihe River basin upstream, etc., from the evolution of settlements, development perspectives summed up the mutual settlement pattern and environmental factors between the Weihe River basin upstream the role of the various elements of the system and do a detailed description and interpretation. Finally, summed up the basic elements of traditional settlement and residential architectural form Weihe upstream watershed areas: First, the traditional settlement Weihe upstream watershed areas followed the rule of the ancient settlement distribution, settlement pattern combined Valley of rich flat shape type, the space together, Settlement Space structure and morphology of roads for the skeleton, public buildings as the main node, its shape and location and scale both have an important association; Second, the upper reaches of the Weihe River Watershed traditional houses belonging to northern residential area on a large type, the overall layout was acourtyard type, mostly for construction of rammed earth adobe masonry buildings, the layout of local conditions, the presence of defensive elegant building decorated with carvings based simplicity, local traditional colors more rich.