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Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster — Street View

Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster: earthen architecture, “four dishes and one soup” layout, communal life, UNESCO status and respectful visits.

Tianluokeng tulou cluster (simplified Chinese: 田螺坑土楼群; traditional Chinese: 田螺坑土樓群; pinyin: Tiánluókēng tǔlóu qún) is one of the better known groups of Fujian tulou. It is located in the village of Tianluokeng (lit.: 'snail pit') in the town of Fujian, Nanjing County, southern Fujian province.

The cluster consists of a square earth building at the center of a quincunx, surrounded by four round earth buildings (or more exactly, 3 round earth buildings and one oval shape earth building), figuratively nicknamed "四菜一汤" (pinyin: sìcài yītāng; lit.: 'four dishes with a soup'.

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Where it is: Zhangzhou S, China · 24.584619, 117.063076