The majestic 400-year-old ¡®house of calyx¡¯, 120km east of Meizhou, is the largest circular earthen castle in Guangdong. It comes complete with three rings and stone walls more than 1m thick. There's no public transport to Hu¨¡¡¯¨¨ L¨®u. A taxi from Dabu costs ?100 and takes about an hour to travel 36km on neglected hilly roads.
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Foreboding and beautiful Xuan Villa was built in 1936 by a wealthy Malaysian-Chinese member of a secret society tied to Sun Yatsen. Parts of the building¡
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China¡¯s largest octagonal t¨³l¨®u (ÍÁÂ¥, Hakka earthen house), ¶Ù¨¤´Ç²â¨´²Ô±ô¨®³Ü is located in Raoping (ÈÄƽ, R¨¢op¨ªng), 53km northeast of Chaozhou. Some 600 villagers¡
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This is the ancestral home of the Burmese-Chinese businessman Aw Boon Haw, inventor of the medicinal salve Tiger Balm and owner of (in)famously quirky Haw¡
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This delightful river settlement boasts several t¨³l¨®u-converted guesthouses and it is a great base from which to explore the t¨³l¨®u areas. The highlight of¡
Soviet Department Store Building
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This weather-beaten, three-storey building just opposite Chayang Guesthouse (²èê–Ùeð^, Ch¨¢y¨¢ng B¨©ngu?n) was a department store built in the 1950s with Soviet¡
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In the village of Gaobei (¸ß±±), this 300-year-old t¨³l¨®u has 400 rooms and once housed 1000 inhabitants. It¡¯s built with elaborate concentric rings, with¡
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This most visited t¨³l¨®u is a grandiose structure built in 1912, with two concentric circles and 222 rooms. The four storeys of the outer circle are¡
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Lack of upkeep and old age (it dates from early 18th century) mean Qinan Villa looks a bit like a princeling-turned-pauper. The stone carvings around its¡
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An eye-catching, early-20th-century mansion, the Haiyuan Inn combines Southeast Asian features, Western details and the attributes of a hakka (×ßÂíÂ¥; z¨¯um¨£¡
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Inhabited by the third and fourth generations of the founder, a pharmaceutical merchant, this balmy courtyard residence (c 1914) features stone, wood and¡
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Lack of upkeep and old age (it dates from early 18th century) mean Qinan Villa looks a bit like a princeling-turned-pauper. The stone carvings around its¡
20.59 MILES
China¡¯s largest octagonal t¨³l¨®u (ÍÁÂ¥, Hakka earthen house), ¶Ù¨¤´Ç²â¨´²Ô±ô¨®³Ü is located in Raoping (ÈÄƽ, R¨¢op¨ªng), 53km northeast of Chaozhou. Some 600 villagers¡
5. Memorial Arch of the Father & Son Graduates
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This handsome granite archway from 1610 stands before a school. The arch was set up by the Ming government to commemorate a father and son who were both¡
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Foreboding and beautiful Xuan Villa was built in 1936 by a wealthy Malaysian-Chinese member of a secret society tied to Sun Yatsen. Parts of the building¡
7. Soviet Department Store Building
23.38 MILES
This weather-beaten, three-storey building just opposite Chayang Guesthouse (²èê–Ùeð^, Ch¨¢y¨¢ng B¨©ngu?n) was a department store built in the 1950s with Soviet¡
23.38 MILES
Sitting midway between Yongding and Nanjing County, this four-storey building is a huge roundhouse with inner concentric passages, tiled interior passages¡