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These huge buildings, which...

These huge buildings, which resemble fortresses and are usually as high as 5-storey-buildings, are called earth buildings because of their height and their strong, outer shell which is made up of earth

During the hundreds of years...

During the hundreds of years of migration, the Hakka people tried to maintain their own culture and way of life, keeping their own unique dialect, custom and cuisine

Directions: They were built and inhabited by the Hakka people - a group belonging to the Han family who can trace their ancestors back more than 1,500 years to central and north China

Other Contact: Regarded by architects as the cr

The walls, often propped up by a frame of bamboo and wood chips, are made of earth, sand and limestone

Other Contact: The tulou has various functions

Directions: All the families of a Hakka clan lived together in an enclosed earth building

They built the earth complexes to guard against invasion from local bandits and to protect their children from the influence of local communities