A STUDY ON THE INHERITANCE OF THE TRADITIONAL SPACE AND LIVING IN MODERN HOUSE OF YI PEOPLE

Abstract

In Leju village, from 1970s the villagers moved out of their traditional village and built new residences not far from the traditional village. We investigated 39 houses which were built from 1972 to 2021. According to the survey, we clarified that the villagers made the traditional space of central space in the new houses before 2010, 60% of these houses have family altar, but the usage of the traditional space were not retained. After 2010, the new style houses were built which have porch and large living room, with the characteristic of large vitreous facades and window.