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Circular paddock of Hakka paddock

Typical: Fujian Tulou Yuanlongwu, referred to as Tulou, Yuanlou or Yuanzhai for short, distributed in western Fujian and eastern Guangdong. Because of its circular and fully enclosed design, it was known to the world earlier. The Hakka-style circular building may be the result of the combination of Hakka enclosure dragons and the earth buildings of the local Fulao people in southern Fujian. Compared with the dragon Hakka enclosure, the round earth building has stronger defense function. The construction of circular buildings requires the use of loess with special texture. The freshly dug yellow mud has been piled for three months, and after a special fermentation process, it has formed "cooked mud". After several stirring procedures, add brown sugar or honey to the cooked glutinous rice slurry, then pour it into the cooked mud and stir it together before use. Visitors from Zhao 'an to Yunlin, Taiwan Province, may not be able to find suitable building materials and build round buildings, so they can only build ""-shaped houses and connect them into a village.