Building materials for Weilongwu in Heyuan thoroughfare

The door frames in the Weilong House are all made of wood, and some of the door frames in the side rooms of the Hengwu are made of stone. Looking at this dragon house from the outside, you can see that the dragon house and the towers are painted with white ash, giving people a very solid feeling. The main hall of Weilong House, like many old houses, was painted with many contemporary and political slogans during historical periods such as the Cultural Revolution. The floor in the hall has been covered with green moss and has become a place where people pile up debris.

This dragon-enclosed house is very plain, with no rich carvings on its beams, purlins, or window lattice. This is just an ordinary Hakka house.

Not far from this Weilong House, there is an even older semicircular Weilong House. Villagers say it has a history of more than 200 years. But in this dragon-enclosed house, only the semi-circle of the dragon-enclosed house has not collapsed. The other rooms and halls have become ruins and are left to future generations to pay tribute to.

The house where He Shanshan lives is not the mud-brick house inside the Weilong House. He lives in a cement red brick house on one side of the Weilong House, and cleans the Weilong House from time to time. He Shanshan said that if no one manages the He family's nearly century-old Wailong House, it will become a "relic" just like the abandoned Wailong House.

Our city is located in northeastern Guangdong. The most common houses are "mansion style" and "siheyuan style" (such as Sujiawei, etc.). Round or semicircular dragon walls are not common. Houses, and there are two in Tongqu Town. There may also be regional influence here. Tongqu Town is very close to the guest capitals of Meizhou and Xingning, and semicircular dragon houses are common in Meizhou. Dragon houses can be found all over Meizhou City (including Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City, Wuhua County, Fengshun County, and Dazhou City). Pu County, Pingyuan County, Jiaoling County) and other 6 counties and 2 districts. Tongqu Town was inevitably affected.