The courtyard of loess ground hole that this is one part pattern, the ground hole courtyard that resembles such forms in partial country of Jin Na already was not much saw, inhabited still is amount to is not much more, take touchdown hole courtyard is the doubt that how creates, we walked into this courtyard. Cross to grow long tunnel, we issued a courtyard in, hear outside the master home that someone says, the station is making call to us in cave dwelling doorway, after the one's purpose in coming that is informed us, a respectful form of address for an old person is laughing to say, they this old courtyard almost every day in light of somebody rare, he makes us informal look around. Old person this year 74 years old, the old person says loess plateau loess is very thick, be mingled with has the makings hornstone that is similar to block inside, these makings horn resemble cement piece be together with loess layer agitate euqally, dug cave dwelling is especially other and strong. When the old person is speaking of this courtyard to us, proud and complacent expression was revealed on the face. The old person is told to us, the ground hole courtyard of his home is he can be dug 30 years old single-handed then build, dug in all have 3 years, the earth in the courtyard is his person is carried with carrying pole go out, unlike has machine now at that time, await what to be done not have in those days, with respect to a pair of hands a pair of carrying pole gets a head, children are small still build not begin, main task views the old partner namely the child, ground of his person white the world, come to this place dig in the evening, a person is carried with shoulder went out to go up 10 thousand earth, the earth of cave dwelling has red puddle layer, have makings hornstone, use those who do a head to do gouge to come, project amount also is very big. This is the picture that takes outside from cave dwelling. The old person is told to us, the size of ground hole courtyard of his home shares 9 aperture, 3 aperture give priority to kiln, of both sides each have two aperture to slant kiln, have put sundry, have draught animals kiln, because the country pays attention to odd number to become a courtyard, advocate there is one aperture cave dwelling to add corridor on kiln, as it happens is odd number. We look to come out this courtyard has his too much painstaking effort. This is the old partner of the old person, before some year got cerebral stalk, from time to time is muddleheaded from time to time is sober, when we remove a courtyard a little, aunt is like is to understand, still say Hou Zhen is too difficult in those days in the mouth, too poor. Uncle says to us, courtyard of the hole that dig the ground wants optional location namely above all, want to choose the place of a level off, from the excavate intermediate, according to how many of family member mouth, dig how old courtyard, be in a country is much commonly it is with ormer much, cave dwelling is 3 meters or so tall, deep rice of 8 one L2, 4 meters or so wide, two meters of the following wall are cave dwelling perpendicular, two meters of above are a circle to top vaulted. Among them one hole authentic becomes brae, form abduct of corridor of travel of Gu of form of a flight of stairs inclined lead to the ground to right angle, it is people goes the passageway of travel, call door hole, it is the entrance of ground hole courtyard. The courtyard of his home is 40 build before New Year more, the child in the home is much but labor is little, this place that he chooses at that time is first-rate, a lot of courtyard in the village does not live the person collapsed, still had compared what the courtyard of his home saves alone only, the reason wants somebody to live namely, grind one year once even, examine drainage system even at ordinary times. This is the lunch that the old person makes midday, there is big iron bowl on firewood kitchen, the corn San that burns in boiler, have a steamed bread, hot bean curd, he says warm summer of winter of cave dwelling of earth of ground hole courtyard is cool, in this with the old partner old courtyard lives was used to, after a few children get married, move out built new building, let them move the past to live together, let him refuse, he is hated to part with leave here, lived without the person, collapsed very quickly, say oneself again the body still goes now, there are a few mus of lands in be being returned at ordinary times, attend ailing old partner to also do not have a problem. This is one aperture slants kiln, put inside have a tricycle, with other a few dead stock, this tricycle at ordinary times him old person is leaving to still be used work. In there is a thick iron wire among the courtyard, the old person says this iron wire also has some of age, when they are moved into this courtyard, use air to bask in the dress to use. Rural word calls Tan Mei. The old person is explaining the process that digs ground hole courtyard in those days to the associate that goes together. This is to lead to the tunnel in a respectful form of address for an old person, before listening to an old person to say some year rained heavily, good without accost, rainwater carried the kiln above on the head to shatter, became what look now bright passageway. The old person says, he is having too deep feeling to the courtyard, he does the courtyard single-handed, his this all one's life does not have what skill, this courtyard should give it is a dry on his hand important matter, a few children are grown in the courtyard wive is parturient, without giving thought to how appearance wants him only living won't leave old courtyard. This is a cacti in old person courtyard is worn in tenacious growth, the host that is like this courtyard is euqally stubborn and tenacious. (more picture story clicks attention)