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 | People's Republic of 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, People's Republic of China.
This house also called "Da Fu Di" (Chinese: 大夫弟; pinyin: Dàfūdì), which is belongs to one of 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 early year, they went to Indonesia for business, Qiu Kailin founded Kwong Long Company (广隆公司) in Jakarta. After got money they went back to their hometown and built the house.[2] The house was completed in 1884, after 10 years construction. The whole house has 89 rooms.[3]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://gdmeixian.cn.roowei.com/news/newid-234769.html
- ^ 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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