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Fujian Tulou
Rising up in colonies from the hilly borderlands of Fujian, Guangdong and Ji-
angxi, the stupendous
tulou
roundhouses (
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) house entire villages,
even though occupant numbers are way down these days. The imposing and
well-defended bastions of wood and earth - not all circular it must be added -
were once mistaken by the CIA for missile silos. Do the right thing and spend
the night in one: this is a vanishing way of life, the pastoral setting is quite su-
perb and the architecture is unique.
