Five buildings, one hillside
Read Tianluokeng’s five tulou through their different shapes, hillside positions and relationship with the farmland beyond the famous overview.
Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster
Tianluokeng’s one square, three round and one oval building create a celebrated overview. At ground level, differences of elevation and the surrounding cultivated landscape complicate that neat image. The cluster offers a way to understand tulou through settlement choices: where large communal structures could stand, how they related to one another, and what land around them remained essential.
Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster
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The roofs and open courts of Tianluokeng’s five-building group.福建省住房和城乡建设厅；转载传统村落博物馆公众号 · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.