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Who Said Houses Had To Be Round Anyway?
... of this large 5 storey roundhouse, selling souvenirs to the hoards of tourists that come through its giant door every day. Looking at it you'd think it was about to collapse at any moment, the wooden pillars of the same section that are supporting the building, bend in opposite directions from one floor to the next! From the oldest it only made sense that I next see the biggest. Chengqi Lou is a truly gargantuan tulou with over 400 rooms and 1000 occupants! That's bigger ...
Living like a Hakka
... dirty and for some reason or another, I discovered (not in a good way), you must bring your own tissue paper to the bathroom. Surprise, Justin!
The Tulou's were beautiful even if it was raining. It almost even added to the effect of the old culture. Some tulous have been remodeled and been made into hotels to include electricity. Others remain tattered and on their last breath.
The pictures will tell all. Take a ...
Hakka Tulou's
Went for a day trip to Yongding County some 3 hours drive west of Xiamen. This area is home to hundreds and hundreds of round and square mud houses, ranging in time from the 1300's all the way to the 1940's. In some cases up to 100 familys can live in one building which is split into different levels, the ground for cooking, ...
Province du Fujian : les Tu Lou
... des toits de pierre dans la cour. Ce sont des habitations pour accueillir les hôtes mais on y trouve aussi des animaux.
Comme la structure intérieure est faite de bois, les incendies ont fait beaucoup de dégâts.Sur une des photos, vous verrez que tout un pan a disparu.
La propriétaire de notre hôtel nous a gentiment autorisé à entrer dans le Tu Lou (juste en face de l'hotel) dans lequel elle vivait. Mais ...
Round houses and Rodents
... Made of compacted earth they look at bit like medieval forts and serve as communal living buildings, a kind of ancient apartment block really. They all seem to follow the same standard format, with an ancestral hall for worshiping and individual family kitchens around the ground floor, and then sleeping quarters upstairs. Some of them were enormous, housing dozens of families, totaling hundreds of people, not to mention lots of chickens, pigs, ...
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