Tag: Henan
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Dikengyuan: sunken courtyard houses from the Loess Plateau
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The Loess Plateau, which extends to the north of China through the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Henan, boasts one of the most interesting vernacular architectural typologies of the country: the Yaodong (窑洞), or “cave houses”.It is estimated that over 30 million people still live in Yaodong dwellings in northern China. This…