瑶族是个山居民族,其村落大多位于海拔1000米左右的高山密林中,一般建在山顶、半山腰和山脚溪畔。拣坡而上,街面愈窄,泥瓦房、砖木房、吊脚楼并存。瑶族人家房屋的样式,大致可分为四种类型:一是砖瓦式的,二是泥瓦式的,三是干栏式的,四是围篱式的。屋顶均为“人”字形。房屋的坐向,根据地理位置的不同而异,一般以坐西向东或坐北向南的居多,也有坐东向西或坐南向北的。瑶族民居善于因地制宜,有“半边楼”“全楼”和“四合院”之分。“半边楼”一般为五柱三间,两头附建偏厦,或一头偏厦,或一 Yao is a mountainous ethnic group, most of its villages are located in the alpine jungle of about 1,000 meters above sea level, usually built on the top of the mountain, halfway up the mountainside and the foot of the mountain stream. Picking up, the narrower street, mud tile, wooden houses, stilts co-exist. Yao people housing styles, can be broadly divided into four types: one is brick-style, the second is the tile-like, the third is dry-bar-style, the fourth is a fence type. The roof is “person ” shape. Housing orientation, according to the geographical location of different, generally sit west to east or sit north to south most, but also sit east to west or sit south to north. Yao folk are good at adapting to local conditions, there are “half of the building ” “floor ” and “courtyard ” of the points. “Half of the floor ” generally five pillars three, two attached building partial mansion, or a partial mansion, or a