Gan Lan architecture is one of the important architectural forms in the south of China since the Neolithic Age, and Hemudu is the earliest one found at present. The living form is closely related to the natural and economic living conditions of all ethnic groups. Guyue tribe is similar to a nest-like "dry fence" house, that is, a two-story building with bamboo and wood structure, with cattle, pigs and other livestock raised on the lower floor and people living on the upper floor.
This can prevent the humid climate in the south and avoid all kinds of fierce beasts, insects and snakes.
The structure of the dry column house:
Dry-column house refers to the above-ground house built on the wooden (bamboo) column underframe. The concrete construction method is based on the erected wooden stakes, bamboo and wooden keels are erected on the wooden stakes as pedestals to support the suspended floor, and then wooden columns and beams are erected on the pedestals to form a frame-shaped fence and roof, and thatched skins, bamboo strips or grass mud are filled in the columns and beams.
Gan Lan-style residence, also known as Gan Lan, Gaolan and Gaolan in China ancient books, is called high bed in modern Japanese, or is considered as Gan Lan-style residence with water residence or enclosure in archaeology and ethnography.