Chinahasavastterritoryandanextremelylonghistorywiththenaturalandculturalenvironmentdifferingfromregiontoregion.ThereforethediversificationofChinesevernaculardwellingisrarelyseeninthearchitecturalhistoryoftheworld.Thisbookhaschosensomesettlementswhicharerepresentativeandwidelyspreadtointroducebasingontheinteractionofthelivingcustoms,actioncharacteristicsandthespacemodeofpeoplewhoinhabitthetraditionalvernaculardwellings.Chinesevernaculardwellingisvariousandcolorful.Boththeprofoundandsteadynorthernvernaculardwellingsandtheelegantandprettysouthernvernaculardwellingscontainthephilosophythat"humanbeingsshouldbeinharmonywithnature"andtheethicviewssuchassuperiorityandinferiorityinsociallife,theorderofeldersandtheyoung,thedifferenttreatmenttowardsmenandwomen,thedifferentiationbetweenpeopleinandoutofaclan.Thisbookhasdescribedtheorigin,architecturalcharacteristicsandthepassing-downvalueoftheChinesetraditionalvernaculardwellingsinapopularwaybutwiththeprofessionalaccuracy.Thisbookisdottedwithrelatedhistoricallegendsandfolklores.Thus,avividscrollofChinesevernaculardwellingwasclearlydrawn.