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Sashihijiki is a special kind of Chinese traditional wooden bracket which is used in Fujian Provence, Southeast China. The Sashihijiki is also known as a character of daibutsu-yo style, which was a Japanese architecture style coming from China in about 13th Century. The researches about Sashihijiki nowadays focus Buddhist temple, however, Sashihijiki has a wider range of use in vernacular architecture in Fujian Provence. So, a research of Sashihijiki in Chinese vernacular architecture can have a more complete understanding of the structure, history and distribution of it.
This paper is based on fieldwork and references, and the purpose is to find the distribution of Sashihijiki in vernacular architecture of Southeast China and the relationship between the distribution of Sashihijiki and the dialects in Fujian. As a result, Sashihijiki is a traditional structure just used in the east area of Fujian Provence. Over 90% houses in East Fujian where speak East Fujian dialect are use Sashihijiki structure. And Sashihijiki structure are also widely used in south and west of Fujian, but not used in north Fujian.