凉屋通常傍水而建，利用机械原理将水送至屋顶，然后水流沿着屋檐往下淌，大有人工“水帘洞”的味道。
liángwū tōngcháng bàngshuǐérjiàn ，lìyòng jīxiè yuánlǐ jiāng shuǐ sòng zhì wūdǐng ，ránhòu shuǐliú yánzhe wūyán wǎng xià tǎng ，dàyǒu réngōng “shuǐliándòng ”de wèidao 。
Summer houses were built near water, and used mechanical principle to deliver water to the roof top and down the eaves creating a man made water curtain