跨文化交际日本房子.pptVIP

Traditional Japanese Home 一.Feature of Home 二.Difference and Reason 三.How People Behave at Home 一.Feature of Home 1.General introduction: Traditional Japanese homes are made of wood and supported by wooden pillars, but today’s homes usually have Western-style rooms with wooden floor and steel pillars. 2.Internal structure kitchen, bathroom, toilet, and genkan(玄关), fusuma(日式花纸门), shōji(格子纸窗门), tatami（榻榻米）, toko(壁龛), kotatsu(被炉) required elements of traditional Japanese style Fusuma(日式花纸门) a kind of sliding door made from wood and paper, which are portable and easily removed. Shōji(格子纸窗门) is also a kind of sliding and portable doors like fusuma, except the paper it used for is very thin so outside light can pass through into the house. Tatami(榻榻米) is a type of mat used as a flooring material. Toko(壁龛) refers to a built-in recessed space in a Japanese style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed. Kotatsu(被炉) is a kind of heating installation in a shape of low, wooden table frame covered by a heavy blanket, upon which a table top sits. Its interior decorations always follow the feature of spaciousness（有空间感）. 二.Difference and Reason 1.First of all, any room can be a living room, dining room, study, or bedroom. It makes full use of limited space and very suits Japan, a small island country with limited land resources. 2.Genkan and bathroom have very special positions in traditional Japanese home for cultural factors.  3.Spaciousness, simplicity and elegance are distinctive features of Japanese decoration style. 4.The last one is its extraordinary seismic resistance(抗震性). located on the Pacific Rim volcanic seismic belt made of wooden structure 三.How People Behave at Home 1.Firstly, you should remove shoes at Genkan before entering and point the tips of shoes to the outside. 2.Seiza(跪坐，正坐) like the pictures show, and make sure that your upper body is perpendicular to the floor.