The front porch is very permeable,

The front porch is very permeable, there are no walls on three sides, it is covered by the eaves to shade from the rain. The material element that forming this space entirely made by bamboo, the distance between bamboo posts are around 1.5 – 3 meters. Sometime they set up seats and the under eaves small storage on the outer side, people rest and enjoy here because the front porch is spacious and well ventilated (图37). Although the front porch can not to be say as a center of the house, it is a space that is almost connecting each room. It is directly connect with hall where the family helds some important activities such as the ritual and so on.