1、it is a kind of building which is located in mountainous areas in southeastern fujian, china！once they were regarded as nuclear equipments by others countries and caused a panic.and now they have been inscribed in 2008 by unesco as world heritage site ！can you guess what it is？now,let us see a video

2、. fujian tulou , is a type of chinese rural dwellings of the hakka (客家人，古時遷至閩粵等地的中原人)and others in the mountainous areas in southeastern fujian, china. they were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries. a tulou is usually a large, enclosed and fortified earth building, rectangular or ci

3、rcular in configuration, with very thick load-bearing rammed earth walls between three and five storeys high and housing up to 80 families. smaller interior buildings are often enclosed by these huge peripheral walls which can contain halls, storehouses, wells and living areas, the whole structure r

4、esembling a small fortified city. i. the origin of tulou as a unique culture, tulou has existed for a long time. the people living in the area faced both natural and human threats. they had to fend off wild animals from the surrounding forest as well as the occasional group of bandits. in order to p

5、rotect themselves against bandits and wild beasts，they used local materials to build tall，multistorey circular earthen buildings where a whole family or clan could live inthese are the earth towers that we see todaythese tulou buildings not only are comfortable dwellings, but also mighty fortresses.

6、 today, tulou has become the worlds cultural heritage. ii. theconstruction of tulou the construction of tulou needs long time and many people. it is not very easy to construct, but the local people know the best way to finish the big task. these buildings were constructed using fireresistive materia

7、l and therefore practically impregnable they are spacious and they are made up of different shapes like square， rectangular， semicircular and roundi am really proud of the people here. the work is done very well. iii. features of tulou the features of tulous structurethe structure of tulou indicates

8、 culture of china in many ways. to modern people, many things are not familiar, so that is the beauty of tulou.the buildings that are round in shape are the most famous .they divided into three classes of sizes namely，small, medium and big the small ones are usually 2 to 3 stories tall with a single

9、 ring and have 21 to 28 rooms. the medium dwellings are usually 3 to 4 stories tall with a large inner open space ,which come in single ring or double rings and could contain 30 to 40 rooms the larger round buildings are usually 4 to 5 stories tall consisting of as many as three rings and could hous

10、e about 42 to 58 roomsfinally，the very small round buildings have about 12 to 18 rooms we can see the main entrance door is padded with iron sheet and is locked by 2 horizontal wood bars the wooden bars retract into the walls in order to open the doorinside the entrance is a huge central courtyard w

11、here all the doors of the rooms and inner windows open facing it normally， the rooms at the ground level， except the hall and the staircases， are used as kitchens and dining roomsthe rooms on the second floor are used for storage and those on the third level are used as bedrooms some uses of tuloulo

12、ng long ago, the people living in the area faced both natural and human threats. they had to fend off wild animals from the surrounding forest as well as the occasional group of bandits. so they created tulou.they constructed some watchtowers which are perched on the top floor of the building. when

13、one building was being attacked the villagers would sound a gong and people from the neighboring buildings would come to the rescue. by this way, they can they can protect themselves very well the earth buildings were also built particularly strong. all the windows are very small and do not appear u

14、ntil the third or fourth floors. the entrance gate the structures only vulnerable point is fortified with a stone frame. as it incorporates a lot of wood a fire would be devastating here. the earth building has a special mechanism to guard against the danger. the holes in the wall are linked through

15、 bamboo pipes to the entrance gate below. water is poured down the channels and comes out from above the gate downstairs. the water might not be much but it would be enough to dampen any attempt to torch the gate. the villagers used to check the pipes regularly to ensure they werent clogged. all the

16、ses methods constitute a strong hinds to prevent the pace of danger.iv. the culture of tulouthe culture of tolou is an important part of china, the formation of the earth buildings amplify the wisdom and creativeness of the ancestors of the hakkas settlers in yongding countyover a long time, experts

17、 in many countries come to china only to see beauty of tulou. it really strengthens the communication between china and other countries. every time when i think of tulou, i am proud of it, i am proud of chinese culture.i am pround of yongding,fujian. some famous special tulou zhenchenglou 振成樓振成樓, nicknamed the prince of tulou ” 振成樓土樓