Qualla: Hakka Round House https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/g/hakka-round-house-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Hakka Round House https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house Hakka Round House: Introduction https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house/ Photo credit Alton Thompson, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Hakka people have a long history of building in circles. In the mountains of Fujian province on China's southeastern coast, their ancestors raised tulou — massive round earthen fortresses, sometimes five stories tall, housing entire extended families behind walls thick enough to absorb both bandit raids and the passing of centuries. When Miaoli County decided to build a new cultural center honoring its Hakka heritage in Houlong Township, the designers reached back to that ancestral form. The result, which opened in October 2014, is not a replica of a Fujian tulou. It is something more deliberate: a contemporary building that wears an ancient silhouette.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/g/hakka-round-house-wp/wsmg-hakka-round-house-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hakka Round House: Why Circles? The Architecture of Belonging https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house/ Photo credit Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Hakka are one of Taiwan's largest ethnic groups, descendants of migrants who moved from central China to Fujian and Guangdong provinces before crossing the Taiwan Strait, often under difficult circumstances, across several centuries. They brought with them the tulou tradition...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/g/hakka-round-house-wp/wsmg-hakka-round-house-why-circles-the-architecture-of-belonging.mp3 0:06 2 full Hakka Round House: Four Floors of Story https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house/ Photo credit Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Hakka Round House descends as much as it rises. Below ground level, a multimedia viewing room introduces visitors to Hakka history and culture through film and interactive displays — a deliberate choice to begin underground, in the foundation of things. The ground floor holds...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/g/hakka-round-house-wp/wsmg-hakka-round-house-four-floors-of-story.mp3 0:06 3 full Hakka Round House: Hakka Identity, Woven Into Brick https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house/ Photo credit Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 4.0. The material choice for the Round House is deliberately grounded: brick, not glass and steel. Brick echoes the earthen walls of the original tulou, though in a contemporary structural form rather than rammed earth. In Miaoli County, Hakka culture runs deep. The county is home to ...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/g/hakka-round-house-wp/wsmg-hakka-round-house-hakka-identity-woven-into-brick.mp3 0:06 4 full Hakka Round House: Getting There, Getting Oriented https://qualla.com/hakka-round-house/ Photo credit Mk2010, CC BY-SA 4.0. Houlong Township occupies the coast of northern Miaoli County, where the land is low and the sea close. The Round House is accessible from two rail connections: Miaoli Station on the Taiwan High Speed Rail for travelers arriving from Taipei or Taichung, and Fengfu Station on the ...

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