What does it mean to say that the houses in the northeast are mountains in the west and mountains in the east?

Dongdashan is the easternmost stamping wall of a building or bungalow, and Xidashan is the westernmost stamping wall.

Gables are generally called external transverse walls, which means that the walls arranged along the short axis of the building are called transverse walls, and the external walls at both ends of the building are generally called gables. All the houses have gables. Because the main beam of traditional hard mountain houses in China is built on gables, which are often load-bearing walls. Generally, the doors of houses face south, so the walls on the east and west sides are called gables.

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Three forms of gables

1, herringbone pattern

Simple and practical, the maintenance cost is not high, so it is widely used by the people.

2, pot ear shape

Beautiful lines, great changes, in fact, it is modeled after the ancient official hat, which has great prospects. Because it looks like the ear of an iron pot, it is commonly called the ear wall of an iron pot. Hu 'er wall is widely used not only in the gable of ancestral temple, but also in the houses of ordinary people. A building like the nylon hall is a typical kettle-ear gable.

3, wavy

Shape ups and downs, pay attention to symmetry, ups and downs are mostly three levels. In fact, it is the deformation of the ear wall of the pot, more like the ancient official hat, which is basically not used by the people. In a relatively large building group, it appears in the community with herringbone gables and pot-ear gables, which is particularly charming.

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