What Is Traditional Japanese Housing Like

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What Is Traditional Japanese Housing Like

Japan is the country which is near to China and the culture of Japan is deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Nowadays, Japan is a developed country in Asia. This special neighbor has aroused the curiosity of many Chinese people. The traditional Japanese housing is of course included in their interests.

Japan is the country which is near to China and the culture of Japan is deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Nowadays, Japan is a developed country in Asia. This special neighbor has aroused the curiosity of many Chinese people. The traditional Japanese housing is of course included in their interests.

At present, there are many models of housing in Japan. The Japanese houses are made of many materials like wood, steel and concrete. However according to a survey, more than 80% of Japanese people like to live in houses made of wood, which shows the preference Japanese people have to wooden houses.. In history, several years ago, all the houses were made of wood in Japan. Therefore, we can see that Japanese people tend to remember subjects and people in past times.

Though traditional houses are all made of wood, they are not the same. That is due to the fact that traditional houses are made of wood produced in local places and different places have their own characteristics. Japanese housing has much to do with factors like place, climate, custom, social status and profession. For example houses in snowy places are made slant in order to get rid of accumulated snow. The traditional houses are not only very practical but also full of wisdom.

Traditional Japanese houses are set up by many pillars which are from superior woods of more than two hundred years. Therefore, there is a saying that the traditional wooden house can last as long as the age of wood. Of course it is merely a saying but from it we can also see the fine quality of wooden houses. What's more, wooden houses have few problems like cracking and transformation. When wooden houses are taken apart, the wood can be reused as well.

Traditional wooden houses have their own styles. Compared with modern housing, these houses may cushion the anxiety of modern Japanese people who have a lot of press nowadays. However recent years there newly emerged a kind of wooden house that combines the traditional elements and modern elements together. Houses of the new style is warmly welcomed by not only young people but also the old. Another feature of Japanese housing is the mysterious sense people can dig from it. The black color of these traditional houses seem to tell people a lot of mysterious legend these house once saw in the past. Of course, people can have such a feeling partly due to the mysterious nationalism Japan shows to the world.

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