Sleepwalking in Tokyo

[China] Hakka earthen building – Sheng wu lou (縄武楼)

Posted in Architecture, China, film photography by sleepwalkingintokyo on July 5, 2012

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) 

Shengwulou 縄武楼, Hakka earthen buildings

Shengwulou 縄武楼, Hakka earthen buildings

Shengwulou 縄武楼, Hakka earthen buildings

rusty door knob of Shengwulou 縄武楼, Hakka earthen buildings

Shengwulou 縄武楼, Hakka earthen buildings

Old man mending umbrella at Hakka earthen buildings
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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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