Archive for the ‘Yanan’ Category When you visit Yan’an, a
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 north of Xian. But Yan’an has a
large administration area inclding one district and 12 counties.
Hukou Waterfalls and Huangdi Mausoleum are also under the
administration of Yan’an. These loess cave dwellings are one of
the four traditional Chinese dwellings including Tulou ( earth
houses, common in Fujian Province), Yaodong ( Cave Abodes, on
the loess in the Northwest China), Ganlan ( a wood or bamboo
storied house common in Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi) and
Yikeyin (Seal-like Compound in popular Yunnan Province).
Yaodong, or cave residences are mainly divided into three
categories – earth cave houses, brick cave houses and stone cave
houses. Some of them are carved into hillsides and others are
just dugouts. Generally one standard cav