Interior of the Tulou
The tulou's have no roof, but interior rings are topped by tiled roofs with wide over-hanging eaves. The buildings are divided vertically between families so each family would have two or three rooms on each floor. Some tulous offer accommodation to visitors, but because they are still lived in by local people, there are few luxuries provided. This one had a couple of hundred people living in it, but was half open to tourists, who bring in a lot on money buying trinkets and drinking tea.
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
