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The embankments dwellings in southeast of Henan Province have significant geographical characteristics and the uniqueness of which mainly reflected in the pattern construction of “inhabit by the water”. The formation of this kind of residential morphology is the result of long-term comprehensive effects of various factors, such as historical cultural heritage, molding of physical geography and climate conditions, as well as timing. It can not be realized overnight. The making of embankments dwellings reflects a series of plain ecological coping strategy and manifests unique regional experience of human settlement construction.