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Hakka Tulou in Xiamen, Fujian Province of China
2009.07.04
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Each tulou (Earth Building) has it's own well. This is is of the tulou inn we lived in. (Of course, there are taps too)
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Each tulou (Earth Building) has it's own well. This is is of the tulou inn we lived in. (Of course, there are taps too)
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Under a staircase. This leads to the bathroom and washrooms outside the building
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Under a staircase. This leads to the bathroom and washrooms outside the building
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Photo from a window of a tulou that is falling apart due to no maintenance. (The owner of this tulou is a 84 year-old lady and the maintenance is simply too costly and labour intensive.) The walls are really 2-3 feet think.
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Photo from a window of a tulou that is falling apart due to no maintenance. (The owner of this tulou is a 84 year-old lady and the maintenance is simply too costly and labour intensive.) The walls are really 2-3 feet think.
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A window and a chimney. The chimney openings are very close to the wall or a few actually go along the middle the wall. This is to to keep the heat inside the building as long as possible. It can get down to zero degree Celsius in the winter
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A window and a chimney. The chimney openings are very close to the wall or a few actually go along the middle the wall. This is to to keep the heat inside the building as long as possible. It can get down to zero degree Celsius in the winter
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This is Chengqilou Tulou or the "King of Tulou". This one was built in 1703 but it is exceptionally well maintained. People still live in this tulou today! There's a temple in the middle of the rotunda, kitchens are generally on the ground floor, bedrooms are upstairs and bathrooms outside of the rotunda building...
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This is Chengqilou Tulou or the "King of Tulou". This one was built in 1703 but it is exceptionally well maintained. People still live in this tulou today! There's a temple in the middle of the rotunda, kitchens are generally on the ground floor, bedrooms are upstairs and bathrooms outside of the rotunda building...
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The tulous are built round for defense purpose. Note the clothes line for drying clothes!
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The tulous are built round for defense purpose. Note the clothes line for drying clothes!
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Tulous generally took between 10-20 years to build
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Tulous generally took between 10-20 years to build
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The Kitty Stretch Class
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The Kitty Stretch Class
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A conversation between a cat and a bird...
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A conversation between a cat and a bird...
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Communities of the "Han" or "Hakka" people still live in most of the tulous (many have fallen apart due to lack in maintenance). There's usually only 2-3 main doors to the inside of the building. The first floor is generally shops and the kitchen (and for some of the "modern one" bathrooms are also on the ground floor). bedrooms and living rooms are generally on the second and third floor. The owner's receiving parlor or a shrine is usually in the middle of the rotunda. It's quite amazing to imagine how people lived in rural areas - they have a pretty sophisticated way to deal with sanitary dilemmas and defense against attacks.
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Beautiful captures! I'm a Hakka, too. I live in Taiwan. : )
Is that no. 18 a personal houses or something else? (looking at no. 17, it looks like mini-supermarket but no. 19 gives different perspective). Thank you for posting such a beautiful pictures.
Thanx for these wonderful pics! Do people really live on the 1st floor of these round buildings? I love to see how people live on the other side of the globe from where where I live. And that people all over the world love to keep animal friends, cats and dogs and such. Bye and please go on to show us parts of your life!
