Market Streets and Courtyard Forms in Xizhou
Sifang Street and Xizhou’s courtyard compounds connect a town’s caravan trade with the spaces of household life.
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Zhoucheng and Xizhou: Two Views of Local Bai Culture
Zhoucheng’s tied cloth and Xizhou’s painted courtyards belong to connected places. Looking at their different materials makes local cultural history more precise.
How Bai Courtyards Organize Everyday Life
Xizhou’s courtyard houses use wings, screen walls and small light courts to shape movement, shade and shared domestic space.