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In the mountainous area in southwestern Fujian
Province, Kejia People build their storied building with soil, lime, glutinous
rice, brown sugar, wood and bamboo. Wells are inside the construction and
the water trough is on the roof. With 1-2 meter thick wall, it is a kind
of unique defensive castle. |
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1. Shunyulou Building in nanjing County, the
largest building of its kind in the world, was built in 1938. It has four
stories and has 72 rooms on the first floor. It has three gates and the
diameter of the building is 72 meters. |
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2. Ancient building and contented
people. |
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4. The mortar which was used to husk rice is
now used for animal feed. |
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5. Kitchen on the first floor. |
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6. Dried vegetables are popular
with the Kejia People. |
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7. Trade at the meat store has been conducted
in this way for several hundred years. |
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8. Carpenters of Deninglou Building
in Meilin are skillful. |
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9. The Fuxinglou Building funeral in Shuyang.
It is very important that the participants walk on their knees. |
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10. Kejia People sit here to
chat and enjoy the cool. |
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12. For generations, Kejia People went to work
at sunrise and stopped work at sunset. |
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