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The world's most bizarre house: The Pearl of the Grasslands Yurt

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The world's most bizarre house: The Pearl of the Grasslands Yurt

The most peculiar house in the world is of course the yurt in China. The yurt is a nomadic house invented by the nomads and can be moved at any time, which is very much in line with the nomadic characteristics, and the yurt has its own characteristics and culture. Aug 13, 2024

The structure of yurt

A yurt consists of three main parts, the structure is mainly wood, then thatch felt and rope belt, which is different from other places in China to build a house, using no cement, brick and tile materials, very environmentally friendly, while the wood used mainly includes set of nao, uni, hana and threshold. In addition to that, there are the top felt, the roof, the perimeter felt, the outer cover, the straps, the rope, the pressure rope, the bundle rope and the drop rope, and finally, the haya buki, all of which make up a complete yurt.

 

History of Yurt


Because human beings lived in caves at the beginning, and then people would make doors and skylights, because later on the development of animal husbandry, it needs a shelter that can be easily moved, which makes the prototype of yurt gradually appear, it is a nomadic people to survive and create a shelter, this kind of shelter is easy to disassemble, its first appeared in the Xiongnu period, and has continued to this day, it contains a lot of functions, not only can live but also Can accommodate hundreds of people, inside can cook, heating, shelter from the wind and rain.

Because the development of the country is getting better and better now, many people in Inner Mongolia of China have slowly stopped using yurts and turned into stable dwellings. Nowadays, yurts are only used by nomads, which is the characteristic culture of the Mongolian people of China and needs to be well protected and inherited, and from yurts we can perceive that people at that time were so smart and wise that they defeated nature to bring a good The unique appearance and interior of the yurt has a certain appreciation value, and it is not only a peculiar house, but also a practical historical and cultural product.

Now Mongolian culture is known to more and more people, and many people have gone to Inner Mongolia, China to travel, and this place is no longer a place that people in the Central Plains do not want to go to, and people here do not have to deliberately go outward to develop.

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