In Henan west, domestic and foreign tourists have been known as a "construction miracle," the folk phenomenon, that is, "see trees but not the village, the village see no room,闻声but no one" to pit kiln hospital, and people are calling it the courtyard kiln Hospitals. The Hang kiln is cooperating with the original inhabitants of the cave dwellers traditional roots deep. The Hang kiln hospital since about 4000 history, was once a Chinese Loess Hills region a more common form of residential areas, especially in western Henan, Jinnan, the north, Longdong is particularly concentrated. With the change of time, but now the "cave dwellers" to pit kiln homes have become more scarce, abandoned homes or kiln landfill, or collapse, has been hard to get past outlook. But in Sanmenxia in Henan Province, the Hang homes still scattered in the Loess Hills region in many places. Especially in陕县East where Plateau, Zhang Village Plateau, Mr. Bian Plateau this three Plateau (loess area were special features like Taiwan), but also scattered in dozens of large and small underground village, a few dozen families are still harvesting Hang to the lives of others kiln hospital. The Hang Kiln Center, the name implies, is the formation of the Loess in the ground, dig a side for 10 to 12 meters of square or rectangular deep, deep six, seven meters, and then build a room dug eight holes to 12 holes the cave, a kiln homes 3.10 cave dug a hole oblique corners leading to the ground, as residents of the openings were courtyard. Openings are on the cave is now living elders kiln that is the main kiln, the left side of the kiln, by function into kitchen kiln, the kiln offerings, latrines kiln, kiln, and other openings. According to the kiln where the North-South position towards different things, the House of pits were referred to as "East Chun-house", "West against the house." "South from the house," "beikan home" four. Most cave, with adobe垒成heated kang, winter pool fire cooking heating. Pear, many of the courtyard there are also flowers, spring and summer autumn three quarters of all flowers blooming in the midst of a quiet farm atmosphere. There is a courtyard stopped six meters around seepage wells are mainly used for savings rainwater. Some homes and graves around jigsaw puzzle are 30-40 cm high bar Ma wall (also known as parapet), on the one hand, to prevent rain water irrigation people courtyard, on the one hand consider the children and the safety of night travel, but also can play to a certain role in the landscaping. Busy farming season, they still play top kiln drying food venues, the top of a kitchen kiln has a diameter of about 15 cm hole, good food directly onto the kiln drying, it is saving manual. Kiln House was to pit domestic and foreign tourists as "construction miracle", in north China is the "underground courtyard." Early Twentieth Century, German Rudolf of failing to "no architects building," a book first introduced to the world China's cave, said this cave architecture is a "daring creation,洗练way abstract language, tight the modeling. "

The Hang kiln hospital , Underground quadrangles , Construction miracle , Folklore