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Hakka earth buildings at Snail pit village in Fujian

  •  Info What are these mysterious looking objects ? Nuclear reactor ? Nope.

They are actually hundreds years old commuity housing of the Hakka people deep in the remote mountaineous region at southwestern Fujian, a 4 hours bumpy drive by taxi from Xiamen.

Any one has seen this type of buildings made out of earth and timber anywhere in the world ?

UNESCO has sent experts the examine the site, it has high hope of becoming a World Cultural Heritage site in 2008. By then, it would be overcrowded with visitors, and would be impossible to obtain picture without people in it.

See en:Tian Luo Keng Earth Buildings--Gisling 13:37, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]


result: 3 supports, 3 opposes, 0 neutral => not featured. Benh 20:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]