- Tulou
A tulou (zh-stp|s=土楼|t=土樓|p=tǔlóu), or "earthen building", is a traditional communal residence in the
Fujian province of SouthernChina , usually of a circular configuration surrounding a central shrine. These vernacular structures were occupied by clan groups.Although most tulou were of earthen construction, the definition "tulou", is a broadly descriptive label for a building type and does not indicate construction type. Some were constructed of cut granite or had substantial walls of fired brick. Most large-scale tulou seen today were built of a composite of earth, sand, and lime known as sanhetu rather than just earth.
The famous
Fujian Tulou , designated as UNESCO World Heritage site in2008 , is a small and specialized subgroup of tulou, and are known for their unique shape, large scale, and ingenious structure. There are more than 20,000 tulou in southern Fujian. Approximately 3,000 of them areFujian Tulou , that is 15% of tulou belongs to Fujian Tulou category.ee also
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Fujian Tulou
*Hakka architecture External links
* http://www.chinadwelling.dk/images/htm/13_01.htm
* http://www.chinadwelling.dk/hovedsider/construction-tekst.htm
* http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1689/
* [http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/articles/cw-magazine/travel/earth/ From the Earth] Article about the Tulou earth villages of the Fujian Hakka
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