Tuesday, November 1, 2016

The Hakka Tulou: World Heritage treasures


Published in Confucius Institute Magazine.Number 29. Volume VI. December 2013.

"The Hakka Tulou are large circular houses, mainly distributed in the bordering areas of Fujian Province (South China), mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries for defence purposes. These vernacular structures were occupied for a Hakka clan as housing for up to 800 people each."

[Jonathan Bluestein posted this article from Confucius Institute Magazine on his Facebook page, for which I am grateful. Anyone possessing familiarity with Chinese arts knows that many are classed as 'Hakka arts'. Here are the amazing houses that some of the Hakka call home. I'd like to see them firsthand someday. Click on the title above to read the entire article. I'm looking forward to perusing other articles in this online magazine. Thanks, Jonathan!]




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