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Earth Buildings of the Hakkas

The Smallest Earth Building—Rusheng Building

 

Photo: Yang Yichou 

Time: 2002 

Site: Yongding County, Fujian Province 

Height: More than hundred meters

Brief Introduction: The Smallest Earth BuildingRusheng Building located in Yongding County, Fujian Province, Rusheng building is famous for its smallness. As the smallest earth building well-protected, it was built in 1901, covering  an area of about 930 square meters. The building is a two-storied one with a diameter of 17 meters and an internal diameter of 5.2 meters. There are 16 rooms in this building, inhabiting six households. Since it looks like a container to store rice, people named it as Rusheng Building.

 
     
 
2007 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS.