Horn House
| Horn house | |
|---|---|
牛角屋 | |
 Horn house from the front | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Mei County, Guangdong |
| Country | China |
| Coordinates | 24°18′33″N 116°13′51″E / 24.3091167°N 116.2309139°E |
| Completed | 1884 |
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Horn House (Chinese: 牛角屋; pinyin: Niújiǎo wū) is a Hakka bar-style house located at Mei County, Xiyang, Fuliang village. It is about 16 kilometers east of Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
This house is also called "Da Fu Di" (Chinese: 大夫弟; pinyin: Dàfūdì), which belongs to one of the members of the Qiu family (丘).[1]
This house was built by Qiu Kailin (丘开麟) and his brother Qiu Xianglin (丘湘麟), sons of Qiu Changsheng (丘昌盛). In their early years, they traveled to Indonesia for business. Qiu Kailin founded the Kwong Long Company (广隆公司) in Jakarta. After they garnered enough money, they went back to their hometown and built the house.[2] The house was completed in 1884, after 10 years of construction. The whole house has 89 rooms.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "杠式围楼-客家大百科". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "广东梅州客家"牛角屋"的新说-广东梅州市【入围梅县网】运营中心-入围梅县网,广东省梅州市入围梅县网运营中心-入围中国网". Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ http://house.gmw.cn/2010-12/03/content_1437654.htm Archived 2011-04-18 at the Wayback Machine 独一无二梅州“牛角屋”
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