土家族文化与吊脚楼

土家族文化历史悠久 ,其主源廪君种巴人对中原文化影响深重 ,中华民族历史的第一笔 ,完全可能是由他们开始的。从建筑学的角度看中华建筑的干栏、窑洞和帐幕 ,对应于巢居、穴居和广卢居三大类 ,而源自中国西南部的干栏 ,及相配套的席居曾流行于全国 ,直到隋唐以后 ,才退回到西南。土家吊脚楼处于干栏建筑发展之顶端 ,也是与窑洞四合院建筑的交汇点。土家族文化 ,是西南与中原文化交流的枢纽 ,也是封存大量历史信息的文化宝库

The Culture of Tujia Nationality and the Traditiotal Tujia Suspended Houses

The culture of Tujia nationality enjoys a quite long history.Its main origin,Ba people of Ningjun species,has erected profound influences on Central China culture;the first writing in the history of the Chinese nation most probably begins with them.The bole fences,cave dwellings and tents of Chinese architecture are equivalent to such three categories as living on trees,in tents and huts in perpective of architecture.while the bole fences which oreginated from southwest China and the aesorted mat sheds,once popular throughout the country,did not retreat to southwest China until after the Dynasties of Sui and Tang.The traditional Tujia suspended houses have reached the top of the developrment in culture and are also the meeting point of cave dwellingsthe courtyard buildings.The culture of Tujia nationality is the hab of cultural communication between southwest China and Central China,and the cultural treasury restoring a great a mount of historical information as well.