Oyster Shell House in Xiaozhou Village

The oyster shell house with a history of several hundred years is a house built by the ancestors of the villagers in Xiaozhou Village by using a large number of oyster shells dug out from the coastal sand embankment. It is said that houses constructed with this material are warm in winter and cool in summer. Moreover, they do not accumulate rainwater and are not afraid of being eaten by insects. It is very suitable for the climate in Lingnan. There were once as many as more than a hundred oyster shell houses in Xiaozhou Village. Now most of them have been demolished, leaving only four. Open all day throughout the year.


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