---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 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. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno E. Lecher INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html