Some shansi houses have been around almost as long . The wind and harsh winter storms may beat upon them with ferocity .
同样某些山西房屋也存在了相当长的时间,可能也受到了风和恶劣冬季风暴的凶猛冲击。
In shansi , the people have made of granite a testament to life and its vibrant continuance .
在山西,人们已经制造了花岗岩的生命遗嘱,使它充满活力地延续。
Vaulting the ceilings , another key feature of shansi houses , eliminates need for support beams and opens interior space .
把天花板做成拱顶是山西房屋的另一个主要特点,这样就不需要用支撑横梁,并可以扩大室内的空间。
Even those people of shansi who cannot manage to build one of these houses , devote much of their disposible income to improving the houses they have .
In mountainous shansi province , near the northern mongolia border , this is especially true .
北面邻近蒙古边界多山的山西省,情况尤其是这样。
Such a man was general kao hsu-hsun , who , having deserted chiang kai-shek , now sat before me in a hut in shansi province telling me the story of his life .
In shansi province , for instance , we have surrounded the tatung-puchow railway on three sides and the city of taiyuan on all sides ;
例如在山西,我已三面包围了同蒲路,四面包围了太原城;
The invasions of history , the mongols from the north among them , have gone around the impenetrable mountains of shansi , in much the same way water seeks its own course .
In shansi province , for instance , we have surrounded the tatung-puchow railway on three sides the east and west flanks and the southern end and the city of taiyuan on all sides ;
例如在山西,我已三面包围了同蒲路路之东西两侧及南端,四面包围了太原城;
By western standards , shansi houses may seem primitive .