Yun Shui Yao in Summer
Yun Shui Yao is an ancient town in Nanjing City.
Tour of 云水谣 Yun Shui Yao Tulou Village in Fujian, China
A quick tour and summary of the 云水谣 Yun Shui Yao Tulou Village in Fujian, China. Tulou are residential buildings made of soil, unique to Fujian province in China. In this video, I show you what I saw and what to expect from a day trip there from Xiamen. Be sure to read the article on my website here:
Nanjing County- Tulous and The Yunshuiyao Scenic Area, Fujian
Our experience in Nanjing County was both peaceful and relaxing. It wasn’t very busy and as we had hired a driver for the second day we had little stress travelling between the different sites.
Itinerary- Yunshuiyao Scenic Area, Tianluokeng Tulou cluster, Yuchanglou, Taxia Village and Hongkeng Tulou Cluster.
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Filmed 7th-9th July 2017
Province du Fujian : villages & Tulous
Les villages et Tulous que l'on aperçoit dans la vidéo :
- Village de Taxia
- Village de Tianluokeng
- Hekeng
- Dapinglou
- Village de Shiqiao
- Chuxi
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Tulou in Fujian province China
Tulou in Fujian province China
The Lotus Terraces in China's Fujian
Every summer, the Lianhai Terraces become one of the most beautiful places in China's Fujian Province. #AmazingChina
Yong ding and Nanjing Hakka roundhouses and squarehouses in Fujian of China
Fujian Hakka Tulou (Yong ding and Nanjing Hakka roundhouses and squarehouse etc)
In July 2008, Quebec City, Canada held the 32nd World Heritage Conference, after fierce competition among 47 other candidates from 41 countries, the sign of Chinese Hakkas Culture Fujian Tulou architecture have been inscribed in by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. This means Fujian Tulou has been approved as the world level and had become a culture site with significant meaning and general value. The world unique, legendary hill architecture mode; falling down like a black UFO, rising up like the mushroom; a miracle of Chinese ancient architecture; and mysterious eastern castle, these are all the visuals naming for this kind of Fujian Tulou. From this naming, Tulou is one of the most characteristic kinds of Chinese local architecture. It has a distinctive history position that reflects thousands years of visitors' and locals' wisdom and persistence to protect and improve the environment and preserve and promote the culture under the modern society.
Tulou, Ancient Earthen Complexes of China
Tulou, Ancient Earthen Complexes of China
Tulou is a kind of earthen houses, built by Hakka and Minnan peoples in the mountainous and rural areas of south-eastern China, mainly in the province of Fujian. They were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries. Tulou is a powerful, multi-storey homes, usually circular in shape, with a very thick, 'almost 6 feet' of mud walls, reinforced with wood, bamboo and stones, with access to the central courtyard through one door only. The result is a well-lit, well-ventilated, windproof and earthquake-proof building that is warm in winter and cool in summer. Tulous usually have only one main gate, guarded by 4–5-inch-thick or 100–130 mm wooden doors reinforced with an outer shell of iron plate. The top level of these earth buildings has gun holes for defensive purposes. In the middle of the stone courtyard is a small building performing ceremonial functions like weddings, funerals, prayer. The courtyard is surrounded by wooden corridors leading to housing consisting of two or three rooms. The two lowest floors of Tulou are bulky, do not have windows and are most commonly used as warehouses and granaries, while homes are located above the second floor.
Tulou are called small kingdoms or small towns because they fit the whole clan and can house up to 800 people or 80 families each. Tulou first emerged as early as the thirteenth century, But the most complex houses built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Tulou design exercises not only residential and defensive functions, but also provides the harmony and peace of mind thanks to the subordination of the rules of feng shui. In the province of Fujian is currently 46 Tulou gathered in several groups, of which the largest and best known Chuxi, Tianluokeng, Hekeng, Gaobei, Dadi, Hongkeng and Yangxian. In 2008 Fujian Tulou, designated as UNESCO World Heritage site, is a small and specialized subgroup of tulou, known for their unique shape, large scale, and ingenious structure. There are more than 20,000 tulou in southern Fujian, still stand today, ten of which are over 600 years old. The oldest one, “Fu Xing Lou” in Hu Le town, was constructed over 1,200 years ago and is regarded as a “living fossil” of the construction style of central China.
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Fujian Tulou in China | Toyotoro
The various clusters of circular and rectangular earth buildings in the southeast of China’s Fujian province is another testimony to the country’s rich culture. As a UNESCO Heritage site, local and foreign tourists are drawn to this area like bees to honey, making a crowd unavoidable. Many tulou had a revamp and the main ones charge a fee to enter. For us, exploring the more derelict but still inhabited tulou just outside of the commercialised area is far more interesting. However, communication proved difficult to say the least and comical at best, as people especially the older generation only speak mingnanhua, which is totally unintelligible to a putonghua or chongqinghua speaker. A few minutes of excruciatingly painful conversation commenced between a sweet kejia (or Hakka) elderly lady and myself, that involved me throwing every language I know at her. Despite all the syllables that past between us, it ended with neither of us understanding a single thing that came out of the other person’s mouth.
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Fujian Tulou 福建土楼 - Aerial View of Key UNESCO Heritage Earthen Buildings (4K)
Take a closer look at these magnificent Tulou (earthen buildings) from the sky. Aerial views covering key UNESCO Heritage buildings, including the Tianluokeng Complex, Fuyulou, Zhenchenglou (Prince of Tulou), Chengqilou (King of Tulou), and the Chuxi Complex.
Jingyanglou Private Tulou in The Hongkeng Cluster, China
You can drive from gorgeous Taxia Village over to the Hongkeng Tulou Cluster without any problems. The Hongkeng cluster contains Zhengchanglou, Jingyanglou, Kaijulou and Fuyulou, all completely different styles of tulous that should be seen even through we were definately becoming toulou'd out...
Jingyanglou is a very friendly and quiet private tulou that didn't have many families still living inside along with even fewer tourists. Originally called the Lins' residence, Jingyanglou was constructed between 1821-1852 and is a square tulou. Four stories high, 12 bays wide and 10 bays deep.
Hakka Tulou Cluster Yong Ding Fujian China
This is the famous Hakka Tulou in Yong Ding, Fujian Province, China, May 2015.
Fujian Tulou, China (2017)
Tulou means mud house. A Tulou is a multi-story commun structure who protects inhabitants from bandits and wild animals. They inhabit entire clans. They are buildings of communal living, with communal kitchens, bathrooms in the middle and lower floor and individual sleeping rooms in the upper floor.
Forty six Tulou were given World Heritage status by Unesco in 2008. We visited some of them like the Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster and capture it in a short video.
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King of Tulou in Fujian China
King of Tulou in Fujian China
Tulou Houses, Nanjing, China.
Tulou Houses is a UNESCO World's Heritage.
Living in China gave me the chance to go to a small and tourist village, Nanjing, in the south-east of China. In that place, I spent some time being surrounding by old and prestige constructions. This is video from outside perspective.
China, Fujian: Tianloukeng Tulou Cluster 3 (Nov 2018)
Walking down from top viewpoint to the village.
Hakka Tulou Fujian China
Tulou cluster in Fujian China, May 2015.
Nice architecture and lots of fresh air.
Oriental ancient castle, world architecture：earth buildings of Hakka，Fujian，China
The earth building is a Hakka area in the three provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong in southeastern China. It uses raw soil as the main building material, a combination of raw soil and wood structure, and uses large-scale residential buildings of stone to varying degrees. They are the product of several historical turmoil in China and even East Asia and the great migration of the people. Among them, Fujian Tulou is the most widely distributed, the largest quantity, the most abundant, and the best preserved.
14 Stunning Photos of Fujian's UNESCO listed Hakka Roundhouses
Fujian Tulou (literally meaning “mud buildings”) is a property of 46 buildings constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries over 120 km in Nanjing County, south-west of Fujian province.
They were built for defence purposes and are inscribed as exceptional examples of a building tradition and function exemplifying a particular type of communal living and defensive organization.
Housing a whole clan, the houses functioned as village units and were known as “a little kingdom for the family” or “bustling small city.”
They feature tall fortified mud walls capped by tiled roofs with wide over-hanging eaves.
Yuchang is a round building and looks like other round houses from outside. It sits quietly on the mountain and by the river. Though the seemingly collapsing wooden frames look unsafe and even dangerous, the four-story house has been in use for over 700 years.
The ancestral hall, a site of ancestor worship in Chinese culture, was placed at the center of the round house representing the critical importance of the ancestral hall. Ancestral halls are believed to be closely linked to Confucian culture.
The heritage town of Yunshui (literally cloud and water) is a historical site with featured scenery spots such as enduring ancient paths, centuries old banyan trees and the famous earthen building.
One of the oldest banyan trees in the town covers an area of 1933 square meters (20806 square feet), it is also by far the largest banyan tree found in Fujian Province.
The two-story stores next to the ancient path are all brick-and-wood houses which have been in use for hundreds of years witnessing the town’s up and down as time goes by.
Hegui Building (Chinese: 和贵楼), a square earthen building served as the residence of the Jian Family, was built in the 10th year of Yongzheng Era of the Qing Dynasty (1732 AD). It was once the highest building in Nanjing County in history.
It is built on a swamp covering more than 3,000 square meters and is known as the “Onshore Noah's Ark.
Huaiyuan Building (Chinese:怀远楼), or Huaiyuan Earthen Building, built in 1905 in late Qing Dynasty, is located in Kanxia Village, Meili Town, 54 kilometers from Nanjing County.
Covering an area of 1384 square meters, Huaiyuan Building is 4-storey round earthen building in the height of 14.5 meters with 136 rooms. It is the best preserved earthen building with the most exquisite construction technology in Nanjing County.
The Experience, Ep 02: Tulou of Hakka, Fujian, China
Tulou of Hakka people. Each house has always been occupied by an extended family. Their ancestral lineage goes back even 700 years. Hakka are one of 50+ ethnic minorities in China.
Enjoy the second episode of the Experience.
Place: Tulou houses, countryside of Fujian province, China
Song: Hakka music - The Road of Nei Shan (
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