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The Fujian Hakka Earth Buildings are a design of building where people belonging to the same clan live together, with the added function of defense.

Yongding County and Nanjing County in Fujian Province have the greatest concentration of Fujian Hakka Earth Buildings, which can also be seen in Pinghe, Zhangpu, Yunxiao, Hua’an, Zhao’an and other regions in the Minnan area (the southern part of Fujian province).

Fujian Tulou were built in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and have a history of more than 1,000 years.

This style of building was in its heyday in the late Ming Dynasty, the early Qing Dynasty and the era of the Republic of China, and has been preserved until now.

The buildings are over two-stories tall, consisting of thick walls constructed of rammed-earth between outer panels.

The main architecture materials were earth, wood, stones and bamboo. It was a mixture of clay and sandy soil in a specific proportion.

In 1995, as the representative of China’s southern and northern circular architecture, architectural models of Fujian Hakka Earth Building and Temple of Heaven were displayed in the World Architecture Exhibition of America in Los Angeles.

It caused a sensation and was honored as “the Oriental Pearl of Architecture”. In 2008, the Fujian Hakka Earth Building was officially added to the World Heritage List.
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★★ Formation of Fujian Hakka Earth Building ★★
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The formation of the Fujian Hakka Earth Building is relevant to several famous great migrations of the Han people in central China in history. In the Yongjia period of the Western Tsin Dynasty (the 4th century A.D.), with frequent wars and numerous natural disasters, residents from central China migrated to the south on a large scale, which marked the beginning of the continuous migration of the Han people from central China to Fujian province.

The immigrants from central China integrated with the local people in Minnan (southern Fujian) and formed the Hoklo people who speak Hokkien.

After migration, the newcomers entered into the mountain areas of western Fujian through Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province and formed another important patriarchal clan in Fujian – the Hakka people who speak the Hakka dialect.

Fujian Hakka Earth Buildings can be found in the mountainous areas of southwestern Fujian where the topography is precipitous and at the time the population was sparse, with wild beasts and rampant bandits frequently attacking.

Living together with the clan is not only a firmly established requirement of Confucian tradition in central China, but also a practical need to consolidate power to defend themselves against enemies.

Making full use of the advantage of terrain, Fujian Hakka Earth Buildings enjoy a rational layout and absorb the Fengshui concept of Chinese traditional architectural design, satisfying the requirements of living together with the clan as well as the need for defense.

At first, the local people followed the old earth construction techniques and took the local bamboo, wood, mud and stones as their raw materials.

Gradually the primary simple log cabins and mud houses evolved into earth buildings with mud walls and tile roofs. Later, in order to satisfy the need to live together with the clan, the buildings developed into large multi-story earth buildings with complex organization.

As well as defending against enemies, the earth building also has the function of fire resistance, earthquake resistance, beast resistance, adequate ventilation and good lighting. As well as this, the building is cool in summer and warm in winter.

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