Tianluokeng Tulou

Take a bus to the native place of Fujian Tulou---Nanjing County, Zhangzhou. After arrival, proceed to Tianluokeng Tulou cluster, it consists of five tulous with a square"Buyunlou" at the center, surrounded by three rotunda tulous and an oval tulou, forming a pattern of"four dishes and a soup". Then visit Yuchanglou, It was built in 1308 Yuan dynasty by Liu family clan. It is one of the oldest and tallest tulou in China. Yuchanglou has a nickname:"zigzag building", because the vertical wooden post structure is not straight and perpendicular, but zigzag left and right. It was built that way due to error on measurement of material length. But in spite of apparent infirmity, this tall tulou stood 700 hundred years of natural elements and social turmoil. Yuchanglou's outer ring is 36 m in diameter, five storeys with 50 rooms on each floor. The 25 kitchens on the ground floor at the back half of the circle have private water well for each beside a stove. This is the only tulou in all Fujian with such convenient water supply. The next destination is Taxia Village. The small village itself is very dainty, with a stream running through it. There are several round/square/rectangular earth buildings in the village, and a quiet temple on the hill slope.