The two lectures let me to think about Chinese dwellings a little bit. It is easy to understand that different dwellings like Tu Lou/土楼or Yaodong/窑洞 were built to meet different needs. These needs can be safety, weather/climate or social economy reasons etc,. However, Confucius said in the “Analects”, The wise delight in water and the benevolent delight in mountains. Because of this Confucius culture, people usually interpret the water as the personality and the mountains as the moral conduct of a person. Therefore, Chinese people love to live by water or mountain area, or add water/ mountain (rocks instead sometimes) elements to inside or around of their houses, some plants as well to be harmony with nature.
