Table 4 Clustering and coding information of cultural landscape genes

Major Category

A Spatial Pattern Gene, B Building Characteristics Gene, C Traditional Art Gene, D Religious Belief Gene, E Culture Folk

Middle Category

♦ A1 Village Size, A2 Road Network Layout, A3 Water System Layout, A4 Building Pattern

♦ B1 Building Type, B2 Building Form, B3 Building Function, B4 Building Decoration

♦ C1 Dress Characteristics, C2 Traditional Crafts, C3 Traditional Art Form

♦ D1 Religious Sect, D2 Religious Custom, D3 Totemic Worship

♦ E1 Language and Text, E2 Traditional Festival, E3 Liturgical Customs

Subcategory

♦ A1-1 Village boundary, A1-2 Topographical, A1-3 Scale,A2-1 Shape,A2-2 Surface material,A3-1 Form,A3-2 Area,A4-1 Scale,A4-2 Form,A4-3 Location

♦ B1-1 Traditional dwelling, B1-2 Temple building, B2-1 Plane pattern, B2-2 Roof style, B2-3 Material, B3-1 Living or production,

♦ B4-1 Color, B4-2 Patterns and motifs, B4-3 Form of expression.

♦ C1-1 Baldric, C1-2 Material/Color, C2-1 School, C2-2 Content, C3-1

♦ D1-1, D2-1, D2-2, D3-1, D3-2

♦ E1-1 Language Family, E1-2 Dialect, E1-3 Text, E2-1, E3-1

Unit components

♦ A1-101 Nature environment; A1-102 History events.

A1-201 High Mountain type; A1-202 Middle Mountain type; A1-203 Low Mountain type; A1-204 Location and orientation

A1-301 Land using and type; A1-302 Household and a permanent population

♦ A2-101 Fishbone shape; A2-102 Branch shape; A2-103 Z-shape; A2-104 Row and column shape

A2-201 Cement Road; A2-202 Slate Road; A2-203 Mud Road

♦ A3-101 Irregularly; A3-102 Dependent on terrain

A3-201 Number and distribution; A3-202 Water body type; A3-203 Climate change

♦ A4-101 High altitude; A4-102 Resident land use.

A4-201 Aggregation type; A4-202 Dispersion type; A4-203 Aggregation and Dispersion type; A4-204 Irregular type; A4-301 Waterfront type; A4-302 Dependent on mountainous terrain

♦ B1-101 Flat type; B1-102 Dry column type; B1-201 Buddhist temple; B1-202 Tibetan scripture pavilion; B1-203 Monk residence; B1-204 Stupa; B1-205 Annex building.

♦ B2-101 “Enclosed”shape; B2-102“String”shape; B2-103“Dented”shape; B2-104 Convex shape; B2-105 Three-sided or Four-sided courtyard; B2-106 Square; B2-107 Rectangle; B2-108 Trapezoid.B2-201 Flat roof; B2-202 Shed roof, B2-202 Gable and Hip roof; B2-203 Fudian roof, B2-301 Stone; B2-302 Rammed earth; B2-303 Flaky; B2-304 Clay; B2-305 Blue Tile,

♦ B3-101 Living, drying, party activities; B3-102 Poultry breeding.

♦ B4-201 Buddha’s lights bottle pattern; B4-202 Babao Ji Xiang pattern; B4-203 Treasure flower pattern; B4-204 Sanskrit pattern.； B4-301 Carvings; B4-302 Drawing.

♦ C1-101 Clothing style; C1-102 Belt; C1-103 Headdress; C1-201 Clothing material; C1-202 Accessories material; C1-203 Color matching.

♦ C2-101 Gazi sect; C2-102 Qinze sect; C2-103 Miantang sect; C2-201 Buddhist stories.C2-202 Myths and Legends; C2-203 National Epic

♦ C3-101 Song, C3-102 Dance, C3-103-Opera

♦ D1-101 Gelu sect; D1-102 Nyingma sect; D1-103 Sakya sect; D1-104 Yongzhongben sect

♦ D2-101 Worship, Chanting and Praying.D2-201: Put up a banner.

♦ D3-101 Rock; D3-102 Sun and moon; D3-103 Grains; D3-104 Rams; D3-105 Cows; D3-106 Ancestors；D3-201 Folklore; D3-202 History inheritance

♦ E1-101 Kangba Language; E1-102 Jajong Language; E1-103 Ando Language.E1-104 Baima Language; E1-105 Ersu Language.E1-201 Font style; E1-202 Graphic symbol.

♦ E2-101 Tibetan New Year; Sai Buddha festival; Mountain worshiping festival; Archery festival, etc.

♦ E3-101 Marriages and funerals, respect for new Buddhist teaching, respect for elders and monks