This is the bizarre house that was built out of stones, wood and earth by a Chinese farmer over the course of ten years.
Hu Guangzhou, 55, said the building is for his brothers to move into when they come back – but they have been dead for ten years, according to local papers.
The structure’s gait has been compared to the popular building in the Japanese animated film Howl’s Moving Castle, scripted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Hu Guangzhou, 55, said the building is for his brothers to move into when they come back – but they have been dead for ten years, according to local papers.
The structure’s gait has been compared to the popular building in the Japanese animated film Howl’s Moving Castle, scripted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Hu, who is described in Chinese media reports as having ‘a biased personality’, built the base of the home in Linqu County, Shandong, in five years. It took him three years to add the storeys.
He even caught a sickness after completing the second story which put him out of action for months, before he decided to add more stories and then put the roof.
His building materials were primarily clay and stone blocks he collected with a small wheelbarrow.
Authorities have remonstrated with Hu for years but have not had the guts to tear down the building.
Hu’s brothers died over a decade ago but he insists they are still alive and will come back one day to live with him in the house he’s building.
The farmer makes repairs and strengthens the structure in his spare time.
The man gets subsidies from the government every three months, along with complimentary steam buns he entitled to at the local bun store.
Hu, who is described in Chinese media reports as having ‘a biased personality’, built the base of the home in Linqu County, Shandong, in five years
His building materials were primarily clay and stone blocks he collected with a small wheelbarrow
Hu’s invention attracted a lot of attention on Weibo, China’s most popular microblogging site.
‘Is this mental illness? This is the IQ of a master—normal people don’t get it,’ some people commented, according to the Epoch Times.
‘Those who want to tear the building down better consider facing off against his certificate of mental illness and kitchen knife!,’ said another.
‘This is a real life version of Howl’s Moving Castle!’
