[China] Hakka earthen building – Sheng wu lou (縄武楼)
Photo taken on 5th August 2010.
Kodak 200 film. Canon EOS 300 camera.
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Sheng wu lou (縄武楼), Hakka tulou (客家土楼）
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*These photo were taken during summer 2010*
Sheng wu lou (縄武楼) is one of my favorite tulous (Hakka earthen building)
among the Fujian tulou cluster (福建土楼) that I visited during this trip.
The whole architecture were ornate with beautiful wood cravings
but it’s really sad to see most of it in a really bad state now.
No one is living there now except an old couple.
The other Tulous (Hakka earthen buildings) that I visited during this trip
were quite well preserved but not this one.
I wonder why?
It’s such a waste to see such a beautiful architecture
became derelict over time…
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English : Cultural heritage
Japanese : 文化遺産 (ぶんかいさん・bunka isan)
Korean : 문화 유산 (mun hwa yu san)
Chinese : 文化遗产 (wen hua yi chan)
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p/s: Thank god it’s friday tomorrow!!! I don’t know about you guys out there.
I’m sure looking forward to weekend!!
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stunning and simple architecture. thank you for sharing :)
Hi meds :) Thank you for commenting :) Hope you have a great week ahead!
It’s very beautiful, despite it’s condition. I find it very interesting that circular buildings show up in so many cultures and traditions.
Hi David :) Never thought of it but now you’ve mentioned I think so too!
What an awesome place to photograph. Great shots!
Thank you ;) It’s such a photogenic place isn’t it! :)
many of these historic remain / structure gave good inspiration to game designers. I found the PC game ‘Guild Wars’ had structures similar to those in China and even the Original Kowloon City of Hong Kong (a member of their product team) had explained.
Really? That’s interesting. Thanks for sharing the information :)