The Tulous of Fujian Province
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Around the 12th Century the people of the Fujian Province in China decided that their homes did not offer them sufficient protection in times of civil strife and from the armed bandit gangs which plagued the area for hundreds of years. Groups of families combined their incomes to provide their community with something more substantial – a tulou - that could safeguard their property and their lives in this mountainous area on the southeast coast of China. The walls of a tulou can be anything up to 6 feet thick and were created by building an inner and outer walls and filling the gap in between. In order to maximise the strength of the wall a combination of materials was used – stone, wood, bamboo and anything else which could be compacted to reinforce the structure. These walls were strong enough to protect the residents even from cannon fire.
http://www.kuriositas.com/2013/03/the-tulous-of-fujian-province.html
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