Most of the houses in Tsaoling are made from wood and bamboo and patterned in traditional Chinese style. In the yard of each house can be found pots of orchids, and in some, domesticated squirrels and monkeys scamper around.
在每個民屋的後院，村民不是種了幾盆蘭花，就是養了幾隻山中捕獲的松鼠、猴子… …，頗具山居的野趣。草嶺的民屋多半是以木竹為主要建材築成的三合院，三兩人家自成聚落，有若古代的莊院。