First of all, thank you very much for the English subtitles. It helps tremendously in understanding & appreciating your good works. Thank you very much, too, for showing & sharing with us such unique dwelling, plus the history of it. Great job 👍👍👍
This is truly amazing on so many levels. The structure, historical details, the story to this dwelling, the warmth and hospitality of the hosts certainly warm the cockles of one's heart.
I often watch your reports, often I tell myself.. I have to add this to my travel list to do in China after covid. I will return to China as much as possible.
Passive cooling by having sunken courtyards. In case of rain , Natural drainage by way of rain water seepage into the raw ground and in turn into the low water table reservoir. Water for consumption can then be drawn fr wells likely hand dug. The thick mud plastered blocks served as thermal reservoir to insulate the rooms with heat from fire place where probably cooking is done traditionally. Noise above transmitted across are masked by the thick mature green trees and when deflected down cant get thru the thick wall. All lessons of a green environment thought off 150 yrs ago was passed down to these chinese seniors who are proud of this amazing architecture.