Evolution Analysis of Zhuang Residences in Longan County, Guangxi

Longan county, Guangxi province, China, is a region with a large population of Zhuang people, where Han culture and Zhuang culture communicate and collide frequently. A field survey was carried out in the villages of Longan county, and the architecture mapping of Zhuang residences were made. There are three types of Zhuang residences in Longan county successively: traditional timber Pile dwellings, secondary brick(stone)-timber Pile dwellings, and modern masonry structure ground houses. The characteristics of plan layout, important space, structure form and building materials of the three types of Zhuang residences are compared and analyzed, and the leading factors of the development and evolution of the three types of Zhuang dwellings are revealed.