YongdingTulou
Today,ourdestinationisFujianTulou(YongdingXiayang)touristscenicspot,passingthroughseventowns,includingHongfangTown,GaopiTown,kanshiTown,FushiTown,ChendongTownship,QilingTownshipandXiayangTown,withatotaldistanceofabout80km.NowIuseHakkadialecttosay"welcometoYongdingHakkaEarthBuilding".
Accordingtoincompletestatistics,thereare23018TulouinYongdingCounty,including362roundTulou.YongdingTulouwasfirstbuiltintheTangDynastyandhasahistoryofmorethan1200years.
ItshouldbesaidthattheroundearthbuildinginYongdingisthemostmagicalandcharming,becauseinancientChina,peoplebelievedthattheskywasroundandtheearthwassquare.Theancientsworshipedtheskyandtheearthwithroundandsquare.Inparticular,itisbelievedthat"round"hasinfinitedivinepower,whichbringsharmonytoallthingsandthereunionoffuturegenerations.ThelargestroundearthbuildinginYongdinghasfourfloorsandmorethan400rooms.Itcanaccommodate60or70familiesandabout500or600people.Therearewell,bathroom,toilet,mill,pigsty,garden,schoolandotherfacilitiesinyuantulou,withaconstructionareaofmorethan5000squaremeters.Itisnoexaggerationtosaythatyuantulouislikeasmallcity.Itissaidthattwonewdaughters-in-lawinthesamebuildingmetonedayattheirmother'shome,andtheywereredfacedwiththetopicthat"thebuildingtheyliveinisthebiggestearthenbuilding".Asaresult,whentheywenthometogether,theyfoundoutthattheyliveinthesameearthenbuilding.Accordingtosomestatistics,ifyoustayinaTulou,ittakesmorethantwomonthsforyoutohaveamealineachfamily;ittakesmorethanayearforyoutoliveineachroomforonenight;ittakesnearlytwoyearstogettoknowapersoninthebuildingeveryday.Inthemeantime,anewdaughter-in-lawismarriedandanewlittlelifeisborn,soyouwillneverknowthewholebuilding.
Ifyouencountertheinvasionandattackofforeignforces,aslongasyouclosethedoorandkeepthemainentrance,thewholebuildingwillbesafeandsound.Becausethedooroftheearthbuildingismadeof20-30cmthickmiscellaneouswoodwhichisnoteasytocatchfire.Someofthedoorsarenailedwithironplates,andthefloordoorisequippedwithafireproofsink.Therearenowindowsonthefirstandsecondfloorsoftheoutercircleofthetower,sotheenemycandonothingwhentheyattackthebuilding.Evenafterayearandahalfofsiege,thefirewoodandriceinthebuildingarestillexhausted,andlifeisstillnormal.Expertsconcludedthattheroundearthbuildinghassixfunctions
1.Theylivetogether;
2.Educationandentertainment;
3.Windproofandearthquakeresistant;
4.Fireanddampproof;
5.Securitydefense;
6.It'swarminwinterandcoolinsummer.
Now,Iamhonoredtotellyouapieceofgoodnews:FujianTulouhasbeenlistedintheworldheritagelistbytheworldculturalheritagecenter,whichmeansthatFujianTulouwillbecometheculturalheritageofthewholeworldandmankind.
FujianwriterXuHuaizhongsaid:"YongdingTulouisafullstop,butitleadstocountlessquestionmarksandexclamationmarks."."YongdingTulouislikeahugemushroomcomingoutofthegroundandablackflyingsaucercomingdownfromthesky,"saidKiichiroMaoMu,aprofessoratTokyoUniversityofArts."YongdingEarthBuildingisaboldanduniquemasterpieceofHakkapeople.IttwinkleswiththewisdomofHakkapeopleandoftenmakesmeexcited,"saidClaude,anarchitectofHarvardUniversity.