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Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter

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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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