Rusheng Earth Building

Go to Longyan for a business trip, and go to Yongding Tulou by the way. There are many earth buildings in this scenic spot, and there are round squares. The Rusheng Building is the smallest of the earth buildings. It is a earth-made round building. It is opposite Fuyu Building across the stream. This building is small because it is small. Many people call it "pocket earth building". The building was built in 1901, the owner is surnamed Lin, there are three floors, each floor has 16 rooms, including granary, dining room, kitchen, and a well.

The structure and function of the earth building fully meet the special needs of this smallholder economy. The building has wells, kitchens, warehousing, bedrooms, grain processing rooms, firewood rooms, pig and cattle houses, toilets and other facilities. The whole family enjoys the joy of family reunion for generations while getting basic life security.

The owner of the building, Lin Gaolin, originally lacked housing, and then had a dream: a round of red sun fell here, he thought that the building was good, so he tried his best to raise funds, and it took three years to build this smallest round building. The name "like rising" has a deeper meaning - like the sun rises, bright years

If the building is affectionately known as the "pocket earth building" "big fish seagull", it is said: after death, the body will become soil, the soul will swim to the northernmost such as the building, and then become a small fish, the Lingpo cares for the small and exquisite such as the building, as the name implies, Just like the Hakka used to make a rice measuring device "rice rise" made of bamboo tubes, it is a single-ring structure, the bottom of the building is only 8 meters in diameter, and the Fuyu Building on the other side of the river can see this small building. It is said that the main forest of the building was originally lacking housing, and then a dream: a red sun fell here. He thought that the building was good, so he tried every means to raise funds, and it took three years to build the smallest round building. The patio in the house was round, the inner edge of the roof tile was octagonal, and the outer edge was round.

If the building is the smallest round building in Yongding Tulou, it is located on the edge of Hongchuan River in Hongkeng Tulou Culture and Folk Village, Hukeng Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province, and Fuyu Building across the stream. Such as the building was built in 1901, sitting east to west, single ring, the building is 3 floors high, 23 meters in diameter, small and exquisite, is called by tourists "pocket earth building".

It is said that the name "like rising" has a deeper meaning, that is to rely on the owner of the beautiful wish - like the sun east rise, bright for thousands of years