Also called "dikengyuan" in Mandarin, which means "pit courtyards," the homes are a type of cave dwelling ("yaodong") commonly found in the Loess Plateau in northern China. "Academic literature ...

The Yaodong, Loess Plateau, China, 300 BCE-present. [Photo: ©Iwan Baan/courtesy Taschen] A sparse landscape and scarcity of resources for construction often drove this innovative sculpting of the ...

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