Fujian Tulou: China’s Amazing Hakka Houses

October 15th, 2009

The Hakka Houses are trully a magnificant place and almost seem like they belong on an epic period Jet Li movie. These houses are now part of Unesco’s official World Heritage Sites.  They were constructed in the 12th century in the coastal area of China across from Taiwan.  Over 20,000 of these were built and each could hold a small community of up to 800 people.  These structures were built as forts to protect their inhabitants against bandits.

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  1. supercurt108 October 15th, 2009 11:01 pm

    Beautiful.

  2. Lolita October 16th, 2009 1:18 am

    AMAZING….so many places to see, so little time :)

  3. DR.B October 16th, 2009 4:37 am

    I want to see some fighting going on and bad voice overs !!!

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  4. Brooklyn1 October 16th, 2009 7:45 am

    Only an ego will let you think that you have thought of some thing new. 800 year old condos

  5. JuJu~bee October 17th, 2009 3:14 am

    umkay, these are simply UHHH-MAY-ZZZING.

  6. Julia.O October 17th, 2009 9:19 am

    Those are beautiful! Would love to go and see it with my own eyes.

  7. JustJace November 23rd, 2009 1:29 pm

    that’s actually a good idea!

    surprised no one has ever thought of that since.

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