Crane Lake Hakka House, also known as Longgang Hakka Folk-custom Museum, is one of the best-preserved Hakka-style residential buildings. It is also the largest and best-preserved group of Hakka dwellings. Crane Lake Hakka House sits in Luoruihe Village in Longgang District, 28 km from Shenzhen's city center.

Crane Lake Hakka House is a gathering place for the Luo Family that lives in the castle-style roundhouses. These houses are over 24 thousand square meters of useable space and occupy an area of 14 thousand meters. Luo Ruifeng, the founder of the settlement, first began constructing these houses over 200 years ago during the reign of Qing Emperor Qianlong. It took three generations of Luos to finally complete the complex. The complex is comprised of three central structures and two horizontal houses, partitioned by walls. Numerous houses, halls, room are within. The massive scale of the structures makes them unusually large compared to other Hakka roundhouses.

According to records, the first generation of the Luos in Longgang built an inner wall; four guard towers, and a watchtower. Subsequent generations built the outer walls, another four guard towers, and a watchtower extending the compound.

There are over 300 rooms in the roundhouse complex and houses over one thousand people. The Luo Estate is a great representative of Hakka culture and customs. The compound is a complex labyrinth of passageways and hard to negotiate. It was designed to maximize defensive capabilities while making it difficult to attack. Crane Lake is one of the Shenzhen area's protected cultural units, and now functions as a Hakka Custom museum.

Crane Lake Hakka House (Longgang Hakka Folk-custom Museum)
Add: Luoruihe Village, Longgang Township, Longgang District, Shenzhen
深圳市原龙岗镇罗瑞合村
Tel: 0755-8429628
Website: http://www.szlgkjbwg.com/index.htm (Chinese)

Ticket: RMB 10

How to get there:
Crane Lake Hakka House is located in Luoruihe Village, Longgang County in Longgang District, only about 28km east of Shenzhen city center. Take public bus 309, 351, 361, 365 and 870 to get there.

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