Yuchang tower

If you are shocked by the Leaning Tower of Pisa, this rickety Yuchang building will certainly attract you. However, from the outside, Yuchang building is no different from other earth buildings except for its larger scale. However, when you step into the gate, you will find that its column is crooked - the third floor is tilted to the right, and the fourth floor is tilted to the left. At this time, you may have to scream to escape, but don't worry, it has been standing here for more than 600 years. These columns, which have been tilted for hundreds of years, not only give Yuchang building a visual shock, but also prove that it is the oldest existing earth building in Nanjing. However, the residents in Yuchang building did not avoid the fate of changing to business. The kitchens on the first floor were changed into shops and stalls to sell some homemade tea and snacks. However, there are also some kind and hospitable hosts who will invite tourists to enjoy tea for free.

Yuchang tower

Yuchanglou, located in shangjieshe village, Xiaban village, Shuyang Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City, was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty (about 1368). It is the oldest and largest circular building known at present. It has 5 floors, 18.2 meters in height, 54 rooms on each floor, 270 rooms in total, covering an area of 2289 square meters, with a construction area of 6358.2 square meters. It is a civil structure and gallery style round building. The wall thickness of the first floor is 1.8 meters, which is reduced by 10 cm layer by layer. The walls in the building are all built with Chinese fir. Sit West to East, for Guanyin sit lotus point.

Introduction to Yuchang building

Yuchang building, built in 1368, is an earthen building in Fujian Province. The oldest existing earth building. Yuchanglou is a product of the early shareholding system,

It was jointly funded by the five surnames of Liu, Luo, Zhang, Tang and fan. Later, the four surnames of Luo, Zhang, Tang and fan moved away, so the residents in Yuchang building are all Liu. A total of five 18.2 meters, 269 rooms. There are five stairs in the whole building, which are divided into five trigrams. There are 22 wells in the kitchen on the ground floor, which is the most wells in Fujian Tulou. In the center of the courtyard in the building, there is a single-layer circular ancestral hall. In front of the hall, there is a Yin Yang eight trigrams paved with pebbles, which is divided into five grids, representing "gold, wood, water, fire and earth". The biggest feature of Yuchang building is that its columns are tilted to the East and West, with a maximum inclination of 15 degrees. It seems to be tottering, but it has been eroded for 700 years and tested by numerous earthquakes. It is still the same today and has become a living specimen of ancient residential buildings.

Let's see

The first point of view of Yuchang building is that some of the pillars incline left and right. After wind, frost, rain and snow, the pillars of the third and fourth floor cloisters incline in one direction (clockwise), and the pillars of the fifth floor cloisters incline in another direction (anticlockwise), with the maximum inclination of 15 degrees. It seems that as long as a gust of wind blows, they will crash down. But Yuchang building has been built for more than 600 years. It has experienced many earthquakes and numerous storms. It is as safe as Mount Tai. Therefore, it is called "East slanting and West slanting building", and Yuchang building is said to have been East slanting and West slanting for 700 years.

Two things to watch

The second focus of Yuchang building is the modeling of wuxingdao. Yuchang building was built by Liu, Luo, Zhang, Tang and fan at the beginning, so the whole building is designed as five hexagrams with different number of rooms. The big hexagram has 13 rooms and the small hexagram has 9 rooms. Each hexagram has a staircase and five watchtowers on the outer wall. Five family names, five layers structure, five units and five elements arrangement, reflect the good wishes of grain harvest and five blessings.

Three points

The third attraction of Yuchang building is the house in the building. Yuchang building is different from tianluokeng earth building. The ancestral hall is not on the first floor of the earth building opposite the gate, but on the center of the courtyard.

Yuchanglou ancestral hall has three gates: the main gate is the gate of happiness, from which to go in and out; the left gate is the gate of life, from which to go in and out, praying for children's safety; the right gate is the gate of death, from which to go in and out for funerals.

In front of the ancestral hall, there is a big circle paved with river pebbles. According to the gold, wood, water, fire and earth, it is divided into five squares. It has different shapes and looks good.

Four points

The fourth attraction of Yuchang building is the well. In addition to the well in the large patio of Yuchang building, there is a well in the kitchen on the first floor of every family in the second half of the building, which is about 1.5 meters deep and 0.6 meters in diameter. The well is clear and full of water. You can draw water with a spoon.

Yuchang building is close to the mountain and the river, with a quiet environment. There are 110 people in 18 families with the surname Liu living in the building.

Five things to watch

The fifth aspect of Yuchang building is the floor design. Yuchang building has five floors. The first floor is kitchen, the second floor is granary, the third floor is for old people, the fourth floor is for young people, and the fifth floor is for coffins.

history

The circular Yuchang building is the oldest existing Tulou in Nanjing County. It was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty (about 1368). It was jointly built by the five surnames of Liu, Luo, Zhang, Tang and fan. Therefore, the whole building is divided into five hexagrams with different number of rooms. Each hexagram has a staircase, and each family has one hexagram. There are 54 axe shaped rooms of the same size on each floor. The bottom floor is the kitchen. Each kitchen has a well 1 meter deep and 0.5 meter wide. The well water is clean and sweet. You can draw water when you pick up a ladle. There is a single-layer circular ancestral hall in the center of the courtyard in the building. In front of the ancestral hall, the courtyard is paved with pebbles into a large circle, which is divided into five squares, representing the five elements of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth". Soon after the completion of this earth building, the wooden columns of the corridor in the building began to tilt from left to right, with a maximum inclination of 15 degrees. It looked like it was on the verge of collapse. However, after hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion and numerous earthquakes, it has remained as it was until now.

Address: Shangjie community, liaocun village, Xiaban village, Shuyang Town, Nanjing County, Fujian Province

Longitude: 117.04705573618

Latitude: 24.591156107542

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: 1. Arrive at tianluokeng scenic spot:

1. Take the train to Nanjing railway station, take the tour bus outside the station directly, about 1 hour, 20 yuan / person, 1.5 hours; or go to Nanjing bus station and transfer to Tulou special line, 20 yuan / person; or charter a car, about 40 yuan / person

2. Take the 8:30 bus to tianluokeng at Xiamen Hubinnan long distance bus station. The ticket price is 55 yuan, and it takes about 3.5 hours

2、 Arrive at Yuchang building

Take the shuttle bus to the scenic spot

Ticket information: tianluokeng Tulou group, yuchanglou and tahia village implement package ticket system, 100 yuan per person;

Half price for children 1.1-1.4m, half price for student certificate

Opening hours: all day

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