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Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm
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30 Oct 2004, recorded by Hanno E. Lecher
New in IGCS - Architecture
(http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/igcult.htm#architecture):
Clan homes in Fujian
Ed./Corp.: Jens Aaberg-Jorgensen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
URL.: http://www.chinadwelling.dk/
Language: English.
Supplied note: The tulous (clan homes in earth walled building) of the
Fujian Province represent an epoch in China's history which is now closed,
both technologically and socially. Today there are cheaper and faster
methods of home construction. Nevertheless the interest in these very
special structures has increased since the 1980's. They were built in
response to a specific historical situation, with a cohesive clan structure
and a weak state that could not manifest its power at the periphery. The
reduced importance of the clan today is a logical result of changed social
structure. The author, Jens Aaberg-Jorgensen, who is a Danish architect,
focuses on three questions 1.Why do the tulou have such a closed and
defensive nature?
2.Why are some tulou circular? 3.Why did the building of tulou cease? The
article includes a survey of a round tulou: Zhenchenglou in Hongkeng.
Contents: (1) Clan homes in Fujian; (2) Hongkeng - a village in Fujian; (3)
Construction; (4) Case of survey; (5) Links and sources; (6)
Acknowledgement.
Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (30 Sep 2004) by Jens
Aaberg-Jorgensen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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With kind regards,
Hanno E. Lecher
INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
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