{"id":8790,"date":"2012-03-27T00:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T16:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=8790"},"modified":"2012-03-27T00:31:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T16:31:50","slug":"yaodong-cave-dwellings-in-yanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shaanxi-travel\/yanan\/yaodong-cave-dwellings-in-yanan","title":{"rendered":"Yaodong Cave Dwellings in Yan’an"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you visit Yan’an<\/span>,<\/a>\u00a0a revolutionary holy place in China and a cradle of Chinese civilization, you are still able to find a great number of caves houses, popularly called “Yaodong” in Chinese. The city proper of Yan’an is located about 400km\u00a0north of\u00a0Xian<\/a><\/span>. But Yan’an has a large administration area inclding one district and 12 counties. Hukou Waterfalls<\/span> <\/a>and Huangdi Mausoleum<\/span> <\/a>are also under the administration of Yan’an.<\/span><\/div>\n
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These loess cave dwellings are one of the four traditional Chinese dwellings including\u00a0Tulou <\/a><\/span>( earth houses,\u00a0common in Fujian Province), Yaodong ( Cave Abodes, on the loess in the Northwest China), Ganlan (\u00a0a wood or bamboo storied house common\u00a0in Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi) and Yikeyin (Seal-like Compound in popular\u00a0Yunnan Province). <\/span><\/div>\n
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Yaodong, or\u00a0cave residences are mainly divided into\u00a0three categories – earth cave houses, brick cave houses and stone cave houses. Some of them are\u00a0carved into hillsides and others are just dugouts. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Generally one standard cave house is 7-8m deep, 3m high and 3m wide. Some cave houses are dug as deep as 20m. One family usually have 3 or 5 caves houses which form a courtyard. Most of the cave house courtyards are built at the foot of a hill facing the sun. Above the cave dwellings are ofen planted with trees and flowers. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Yaodongs have the advantage of being cool in summer and warm in winter; both fire-proof and sound-proof; economic both in land and labour. Yaodongs are most popular in northen Shaanxi Province (Shaanbei) including Yan’an. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Most of the cave dwellings hosts are very kind and friendly to visitors. You may stop for a chat and picture taking when you pass by a cave residential courtyard.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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An earth cave house courtyard<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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An earth cave house courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A stone cave dwelling courtyard with a dog gate keeper<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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A stone cave dwelling coutyard with a dog gate keeper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Chairman Mao (Mao Zedong) moved here and stayed\u00a0in the\u00a0cave house\u00a0at Date Garden in Yan’an from Oct, 1943 to Dec, 1945.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Chairman Mao (Mao Zedong) stayed in the Yaodong courtyard in Yan'an.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Today, cave dwellings are still available in the city center of Yan’an.<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Today, cave dwelling are still available in the city center of Yan'an<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Any questions about the cave houses in Yan’an, please drop a line.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  When you visit Yan’an,\u00a0a revolutionary holy place in China and a cradle of Chinese civilization, you are still able to find a great number of caves houses, popularly called “Yaodong” in Chinese. The city proper of Yan’an is located about 400km\u00a0north of\u00a0Xian. But Yan’an has a large administration area inclding one district and 12…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1614],"tags":[1497,1699,1698,1502,1501],"class_list":["post-8790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yanan","tag-cave-dwellings","tag-cave-house","tag-cave-residence","tag-yaodong","tag-yaodongs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8797,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790\/revisions\/8797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}