Those round houses people are asking about are traditional homes of the Hakka people. IRC they are made that way to be highly defensible. No buff on Chinese history, but they're ethnic Han Chinese living in the mountains of South of China, and I think there was some animosity.
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Taniwha420@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Those round houses people are asking about are traditional homes of the Hakka people. IRC they are made that way to be highly defensible. No buff on Chinese history, but they're ethnic Han Chinese living in the mountains of South of China, and I think there was some animosity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakka_people
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Oh huh, like a miniature walled city. Interesting.
Davel23@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y
I'm reading Neal Stephenson's REAMDE, I just got to the part where they're talking about tulous in Fujian, and this post pops up. Weird coincidence.
Yondoza@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
Just ignore this. It's not time to wake up from the simulation yet.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Why is everything glowing like I’m on mushrooms? Weird photo compression artifacts here.
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Sounds like the shrooms haven’t worn off yet
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I guess I shoulda done more drugs 20 years ago.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
What are those round buildings?
wildcardology@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
I think they are multi units apartment style buildings.
I saw that in the Mulan live action remake.
Taniwha420@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Traditional homes of the Hakka people: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakka_people
Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
Seems like this more specifically for anyone wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujian_tulou?wprov=sfla1
Thanks for the link!
slartibartfast@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Like living in a field of donuts.
Coherence@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I second wanting to know what those round buildings are
match@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y
it's beautiful but i don't know if i could live in a house that was too low