[2024 Raoping Attraction] Travel Guide for Daoyun Building (Updated Nov)

Daoyunlou, an Unseen Attraction Near Shantou

Daoyunlou (道韵楼) Daoyunlou is an octagonal earthen building (Tulou) of the Teochew people. It is constructed in three concentric octagonal rings. The innermost and middle rings are single-story wooden buildings, while the outermost ring is a three-story wooden building with an exposed brick wall on the outside. 🕒Hours: 09:00 – 17:00 💰Costs: 10 CNY (Cash only due to issues with scanning payments) 🚗How to get there: Hire a car from Shantou, travel time ~ 1.5 hours. Note: We hired a car for a day trip. We found a Didi driver who was returning to Shantou from Chaozhou, so we asked if he offered car hire services. He agreed, and we negotiated a price of 500 CNY with no additional charges. Attractions: Daoyunlou and Qinglan Glacier Geopark 📍Address: Raoping, Chaozhou

The distance is not far as long as the heart is set on it, the fifteenth article - Dao Yun Tower

Rao Ping's three Rao Dao Yun Tower, the cultural heritage of the countryside is profound. The grandeur of ancient relics remains, the air is fresh and people live long. History: Dao Yun Tower was built in the thirteenth year of the Ming Chenghua period (1477), and completed in the fifteenth year of the Wanli period (1587), covering an area of about 10,000 square meters. It is the largest Hakka earth building discovered in our country so far, with a history of more than 400 years. Dao Yun Tower is known for being 'ancient, large, strange, and beautiful.' The entire building is shaped like a Bagua, with alleys separating each Gua. Inside the tower, there are 72 rooms, 32 wells, and 112 staircases. There are two wells in the central square of the surrounding building, symbolizing the two Yi fish eyes of Tai Chi in the Yin and Yang. Facing south and north, with a perimeter of 328 meters, a height of 11.5 meters, and wall thickness of 1.6 meters. Inside Dao Yun Tower, there are carved beams and painted rafters, inverted lotus flowers, murals, sculptures, etc., making it a tourist attraction for history, culture, and folklore. Suggestions: Be sure to go up to the third floor, where there is a corridor that allows access to any room. The windowsills on the second floor are actually connected as well. Wearing a horse-face skirt and taking photos on the top is the most beautiful! Location: Dao Yun Tower is located in Nanlian Village, Sanrao Town, northern mountainous area of Raoping County, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province Transportation: Self-driving, exit the highway at Sanrao Toll Station Attention: 1. There is a parking lot with a parking fee of 10 yuan 2. Do outdoor mosquito and sun protection 3. Be careful not to litter, take the trash with you, and ensure 'no litter left behind'

Red lanterns hang high

The Daoyun Building is located in Nanlian Village, Sanrao Town, Raoping County, Chaozhou City, and is the largest octagonal tulou. In 1477, the Huang family ancestors invited a feng shui master to choose a location to build the building. Initially, the geomancer chose this place, but then thought that perhaps the next place would be better. After surveying several places, they still felt this place was the best and returned here. The name Daoyun Building, which sounds like 'reversing fortune,' thus arose. The tulou was originally round, and after three constructions and three collapses, the feng shui master said that this place was a 'crab land,' which required the suppression of the eight legs of a crab with the Bagua, giving the building its unique octagonal shape. To the north of the building is Pen Rack Mountain, which is used to boost literary fortune, hence the building faces north. When the tulou was finally completed after three generations, it was the year 1587. In 1647, Huang Jin, a former Minister of Rites who resigned after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, inscribed its plaque. The tulou has a circumference of 328 meters, an inscribed circle diameter of 101.2 meters, a height of 11.5 meters, a wall thickness of 1.6 meters, and a total area of about 10,000 square meters. The octagonal shape corresponds to the eight trigrams of the I Ching; there are 16 skylights, 32 wells, 72 rooms, and 112 ladders, all multiples of eight; each unit has three entrances and three floors, corresponding to the three lines of the Bagua; the two central wells correspond to the two fish eyes of yin and yang in the Taiji. Due to the cluttered self-built houses and cramped surroundings, the exterior of China's largest octagonal tulou does not look spectacular. After paying a 15 yuan entrance fee and passing through the alleyway, the spacious courtyard suddenly appears, bright and open. The residents inside the building have completely moved out, and the exhibition has not yet been set up, leaving the building large and empty. On the third floor, there is a corridor that allows one to walk around the entire building. After queuing and squeezing onto the third floor, the impression of Daoyun Building is finally set: a colossal structure, where a 14mm wide-angle lens cannot fully capture the second ring of Daoyun Building. Daoyun Building has an atmosphere entirely different from those World Heritage tulous in Fujian, with mountains stretching out like a desk, clouds rolling and unfolding in the sky, completely free from the cramped feeling of other tulous, replaced by a sense of exhilaration and ease.

Daoyun Building is located in Nanlian Village, Sanrao Town, Raoping County, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. Built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it has a history of more than 400 years. It is the largest Hakka earth building discovered in China so far, and it is also the largest octagonal earth building discovered in China so far. The earth building looks very broken, the crack can reach in, and one wall collapses. , and suddenly turned into a narrower village, the village's low house, low trees, how can support the two buses. Driving along the dense forest road, I thought we were going to the halfway up the mountain to see the circular earth building. At that time, we had already filled up a lot of pictures: clear creek is a earthen building like a missile base. The circles are surrounded by verdant mountains. It is in a village of yellow mud bricks.