Hongkeng Tulou Cluster


Hongkeng Tulou Cluster, located in Hongkeng Village of Hukeng Township of Yongding County,  is one of the five major tulou clusters in Fujian Province. Lying about 36 km east of Yongding County., Hongkeng Tulou Cluster is a group of Hakka earth rammed buildings in in Fujian Province. Hongkeng Tulou Cluster boasts of over 40 tulou buildings different in shape and size, circular, square, rectangular, crescent and with some variations. All the tulou buildings were built by the descendants of a family surnamed “Lin”, a rich tobacco merchant, starting to build the tulou buildings during later Song Dynasty (960 – 1279) and early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
 

Zhengcheng Tulou Building
Zhencheng Building is located in Hongkeng Tulou Folk Culture Village, Hukeng Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province. Zhencheng is also known as the Prince of Tulou, and the Zhenfu Building of Xiananxi is a sister building. Built in 1912 by the Lin’s family, which took 5 years. Zhengchenglou has two rings – outer ring and inner ring. The outer ring building has four storeys with 48 rooms on each floor. Zhengcheng Tulou is a round building, commonly known as the Hachiman Building, known for its splendor and exquisite interior design, and is called the masterpiece of the Tulou folk house architecture. The inner ring is a two-storey building made of brick and wood with 32 rooms. Its center is the hall used as an ancestral hall, also a place for important events in the Tulou building like marriage, mourning…

Zhencheng Building is the most outstanding representatives of Hongkeng Tulou Cluster. In Hongheng  Village, there  are many earth buildings , such as  Kuiju Builing, Fuyu Building and Rusheng Building.


Travel Tips
Add: Hongkeng Tulou Folk Culture Village, Hukeng Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province.
Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00
Entrance Fees: CNY 80
Tle: 0597-3256222 0597-5531369


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