Hui Style architecture

The architecture uses bricks, woods and stone as raw materials, timber frames as significant structures.

The bearing structure is a wooden beam, and parapet walls are made of bricks, rocks, and soils.

The central room is decorated with painted beams, sculpted roof, and carved eaves with skylights.

The architecture reflects mountainous features of the area and a geomantic omen of traditional Chinese religions.

During the period of Ming and Qing Dynasty (about 300 years), the commodity business was mainly dominated by the Huizhou merchants, in Qing Dynasty, Huizhou merchants monopolized the salt-trading industry in China, which made them become peak famous through the country.

After they become rich, they go back to Anhui to show off their fortunes and glorify their family name by purchasing lands, squandering consumption, and building luxurious residential houses, gardens, colleges, temples, and memorials.

The central hall is illuminated by three openings (front, right, and left) which are separated by moving screens for winter warming and privacy.

[3] Hui-style architecture takes brick, wood, and stone as raw materials, and mainly uses a wooden frame.

[4] The hui-style architecture also widely used brick, wood, stone carving, showing a high level of decorative art.

Vivid figures, fish, flowers, birds, and patterns are carved on the big black bricks.

Wood carving plays a significant role in ancient residential houses with extensive content.

There are many themes, such as traditional operas, folk stories, myths, and legends, as well as life scenes such as fishing, farming, feasting traveling and dancing.

All of these beautiful horse-head walls well symbolized the wisdom of ancient Huizhou people, as well as the characteristic feature of Hui-style architecture.

This phenomenon was ensured that all water from the four sides collected to the patio which meant that the financial resources would not flow to the outside.

Considering the layout, the patio was the center inside the Hui-style architecture, which made the room with sufficient light, well air circulation, and convenient drainage.

Regarding color, the Hui-style architecture adopted white wall, grey brick, and black tile, which inspired people with the sense of pure, fresh, and simple.