Miracle Architecture in Southern Fujian —— Brief Introduction of Nanjing Earth Building in Zhangzhou

Speaking of tulou, as the name implies, it is a house made of soil and sand mixed with a certain proportion of mixed soil and made of wood as a frame. From this, we can see his unique artistic atmosphere. There is such a building in Zhangzhou. Where is it? It is the tulou in the mountainous area of Nanjing County, so what unique art does he have? Come and have a look with me.

Distributed in mountainous areas of Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City. Known for its peculiar shape and unique style, it is known as the "mythical mountain architecture". It is usually three to five stories high, with a kitchen on the first floor, a warehouse on the second floor and a living room above the third floor, which can accommodate 200 to 700 people. Earth building is made of raw soil as the main material, with lime, fine sand, glutinous rice, brown sugar, bamboo chips, wood strips and so on. Repeatedly knead, squeeze and tamp. It has the characteristics of sharing, anti-theft, earthquake prevention, animal prevention, fire prevention, moisture prevention, ventilation and lighting, warm in winter and cool in summer.

There are thousands of tulou in Nanjing, which is called "Tulou Kingdom". These earth buildings vary in size and shape. Besides the common round and square, they are also oval, five-phoenix, bucket-moon, fan-shaped, chair-shaped, square, gossip-shaped, apron-shaped, tower-shaped, cross-shaped, convex, front-back round, sleeve-shaped, umbrella-shaped, square-shaped and horseshoe-shaped, and they are the largest, tallest and oldest. Japanese architect Ichiro Shigeki is known as "a flying saucer falling from the sky and a mushroom growing on the ground", said Stevenson, consultant of UNESCO.

An Lie called it "a unique and mythical mountain architecture model in the world", and American expert Neville conducted a preliminary investigation on the application of earth buildings for world cultural heritage. Agnew thinks that "it is a folk building that I have ever seen in harmony with the surrounding environment", and Luo, director of the China Cultural Relics Bureau and head of the ancient building protection expert group, commented that "it seems to be similar, but in fact it is eclectic and has its own characteristics" and "it is a wonderful flower in the history of world architecture". Lu, a professor at Tongji University, led the teachers and students to complete the Survey Atlas of Yuanzhai in Nanjing, Fujian, and said: "You can't really see the earth building without seeing the earth building in Nanjing Tianluokeng."

Zhutulou

Mei Lin and Gui Lou

The tallest earth building-merlin and your building. It was built in the tenth year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1732), with five floors and a height of 2 1. 5 meters, 28 rooms on each floor, 140 rooms in total. The building has 220 Chinese fir columns with a diameter of 20 cm and 780 beams with a diameter of 65 cm. Surprisingly, this building was built on a swamp without pile foundation, just like a big ship floating on the sea, and it still stands tall after more than 200 years.

Shuyang Yu Shun Building

The largest earth building-Yu Shun Building in Shuyang. Built in 1937, the veranda is 86 meters in diameter, with 72 rooms on each floor, 288 rooms on the fourth floor and 80 rooms in the building, totaling 368 rooms. Backed by mountains and rivers, it is magnificent and has the reputation of "king among kings".