Zhenfulou

This is a magnificent round building. It is designed according to the layout of the eight trigrams. Many stone and brick materials are used in the building, and the carving is fine. It is also an earthen building with outer soil and inner ocean, Chinese and Western walls. It is called the "sister building" of Zhencheng building. If you look back at Zhenfu building from the Village Road on the opposite side of the gate, you can see that the roof of Zhenfu building is just between the mountains on both sides of the canyon. The building is neither high nor low, and it just plays a role of "transition" between the two mountains. It can be said that the beautiful and quiet landscape and pastoral environment with Zhenfu building as the center is a masterpiece of the integration of heaven, earth and man.

Zhenfulou

Zhenfulou, a traditional residential building built in 1913, is located in xiananxi, Hukeng Town, with beautiful scenery. It covers an area of more than 4000 square meters, with 3 halls and 96 rooms. Zhenfu building is a magnificent round building. It is designed according to the layout of eight trigrams. Many stone and brick materials are used in the building, and the carving is fine. It is also an earthen building with a combination of Chinese and western. It is known as the "sister building" of Zhencheng building. Its superb architectural skills and immortal artistic value fully reflect the industrious wisdom and outstanding ability of the Chinese working people. The builder is Su Zhentai. The title of the 8-episode TV series "Tulou family" selects this landscape as the main picture.

brief introduction

Zhenfulou is located in xiananxi, Hukeng Town, with beautiful scenery. "The Phoenix rises, the Danshan is beautiful, and the Jiaoteng is surrounded by clear water.". This couplet accurately describes a mountain landscape composed of Zhenfu building and its surrounding environment. The gate of Zhenfu building faces Nanxi. The stream is broad and gentle, with big rocks lying in the river. The embankments on both sides of the river are high, thick and solid. Not far from the bridge, deep pool, green water, ancient banyan verdant, such as umbrella, such as cover. If you look back at Zhenfu building from the Village Road on the opposite side of the gate, you can see that the roof of Zhenfu building is just between the mountains on both sides of the canyon. The building is neither high nor low, and it just plays a role of "transition" between the two mountains. It can be said that the beautiful and quiet landscape and pastoral environment with Zhenfu building as the center is a masterpiece of the integration of heaven, earth and man.

The title of the 8-episode TV series "Tulou family" selects this landscape as the main picture. Zhenfu building is also a magnificent round building. It is designed according to the layout of the eight trigrams. Many stone and brick materials are used in the building, and the carving is fine. It is also an earthen building with a combination of Chinese and Western elements. It is known as the "sister building" of Zhencheng building. Zhenfu building covers an area of more than 4000 square meters, with a total of 3 halls and 96 rooms. The central hall is two Zhang high and two Zhang wide, with granite pillars on both sides, engraved with a couplet of "Zhenxing, Qingzhan, Huanhuan, Fulu and suisong, chichang". On the right side of the building are the former tobacco factory and workers' houses; on the left side, the collapsed building was originally a western style school and entertainment place, which was destroyed during the cultural revolution. Zhenfu building was built in 1913. Su Zhentai, the builder of the building, was born in poverty. After studying in a private school for a few years, he first learned how to plane cigarettes, then he learned how to sell cigarettes. He made a fortune in tobacco business in Guangdong, Shanghai and other places. He chose this geomantic treasure land and built Zhenfu building with tens of thousands of ocean. There are many descendants of Su Zhentai, including more than 100 overseas descendants, many of whom are experts and scholars.

Travel diary

Today, we came to Yongding to see earth buildings. These earth buildings have different shapes, such as half moon, rectangle, circle and eight trigrams.

Although these earth buildings have a history of more than 500 years, they are still intact. They have not been decorated by modern people. How old are they?

Among these earth buildings, my favorite one is Zhenfu building. Because this earth building is very beautiful, it is called "earth building Princess"!

Zhenfu building is a round earth building. It was built in 1913. It faces south and covers an area of about 4000 square meters. It has two rings. The outer ring is three stories high and 42.5 meters in diameter. It is built according to the pattern of eight trigrams. It has three halls, ninety-six rooms, three gates, four stairs, no windows on the first and second floors, and a patio in the middle. There are many celebrity sculptures in the building.

The wall of Zhenfu building is made of soil. The gate is made of wood and two centimeter thick iron plate. There is a sink above the gate. When the bandits attack with fire, the sink will drip and the wood will become wet. So it is useless to attack with fire. There are no windows on the first and second floors of the Tulou, but only a small window on the third floor. This is to prevent the beast from attacking. If the bandits come, we will attack first before they climb up. Therefore, this move does not work. There are two chimneys on the first floor, which are inclined!

When you enter the gate, the first floor is the kitchen and the bathroom. There is a patio in the middle. It is the place where turtles can get through the sewers, so the sewers are not easy to be blocked. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients.

The second layer is granary, which is to keep the grain dry, so the second layer is chosen as granary. Every room on the second floor has a window, which is called a shutter. It's very easy to hold a meeting from the inside, but it's very difficult to open it from the outside.

The third floor is the guest room, as well as the master's and housekeeper's bedrooms. It's because only the third floor is occupied, so the windows are opened to guard against the enemy.

Each Tulou has its own characteristics, such as green bamboo building, outside is a bamboo forest, the air is fresh and lovely; half moon building, curved, like a curved moon, as if they are Chang'e and Yutu, running in the Moon Palace.

I like Tulou because it has ancient history and beautiful scenery.

Zhenfulou is a classic of world cultural heritage.

Address: Nanjiang village, Yongding County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 116.955207

Latitude: 24.632116

Tel: 0597-5535999

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: Motorcycle - take a motorcycle with shed in hongkeng Tulou group, only 20 yuan, you can get there.

Ticket information: tickets for Nanxi Tulou group are 50 yuan per person, including Zhenfu building, Yanxiang building and Huanji building.

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00

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