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1、TulouI.TheOriginofTulouAsauniqueculture,Tulouhasexistedforalongtime.Thepeoplelivingintheareafacedbothnaturalandhumanthreats.Theyhadtofendoffwildanimalsfromthesurroundingforestaswellastheoccasionalgroupofbandits.Inordertoprotectthemselvesagainstbanditsandwildbeasts，theyuse

2、dlocalmaterialstobuildtall，multi－storeycircularearthenbuildingswhereawholefamilyorclancouldlivein．Thesearetheearthtowersthatweseetoday．TheseTuloubuildingsnotonlyarecomfortabledwellings,butalsoMightyFortresses.Today,Tulouhasbecometheworld′sculturalheritage.Longlongago,thep

3、eoplelivingintheareafacedbothnaturalandhumanthreats.Theyhadtofendoffwildanimalsfromthesurroundingforestaswellastheoccasionalgroupofbandits.SotheycreatedTulou.II.TheConstructionofTulouTheconstructionofTulouneedslongtimeandmanypeople.Itisnotveryeasytoconstruct,butthepeopleh

4、ereknowthebestwaytofinishthebigtask.Thesebuildingswereconstructedusingfire－resistivematerialandthereforepracticallyimpregnable．Theyarespaciousandtheyaremadeupofdifferentshapeslikesquare，rectangular，semi－circularandround．Iamreallyproudofthepeoplehere.Theworkisdoneverywell.

5、III.FeaturesofTulou1.TheFeaturesofTulou’sStructureThestructureofTulouindicatescultureofChinainmanyways.Tomodernpeople,manythingsarenotfamiliar,solet’swhatisthebeautyofTulou.Thebuildingsthatareroundinshapearethemostfamous.Theydividedintothreeclassesofsizesnamely，small,medi

6、umandbig．Thesmallonesareusually2to3storiestallwithasingleringandhave21to28rooms.Themediumdwellingsareusually3to4storiestallwithalargeinneropenspace,whichcomeinsingleringordoubleringsandcouldcontain30to40rooms．Thelargerroundbuildingsareusually4to5storiestallconsistingofasm

7、anyasthreeringsandcouldhouseabout42to58rooms．Finally，theverysmallroundbuildingshaveabout12to18rooms．Wecanseethemainentrancedoorispaddedwithironsheetandislockedby2horizontalwoodbars．Thewoodenbarsretractintothewallsinordertoopenthedoor．Insidetheentranceisahugecentralcourtya

8、rdwhereallthedoorsoftheroomsandinnerwindowsopenfacingit．Normally，theroomsatthegroundlevel，except