abstract:A yaodong () or "house cave" is a particular form of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in China's north. They are generally carved out of a hillside or excavated horizontally from a central "sunken courtyard".
Professor Lu Yaodongstarted his studies on modernChineseliteratureinthe 1950s, and has maderemarkableachievements, especially in the field of modern Chinese poetry.