{"id":6247,"date":"2011-09-12T00:35:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=6247"},"modified":"2016-10-05T04:25:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T20:25:41","slug":"zhengchenglou-hongkeng-tulou-cluster-%e2%80%93-fujian-tulou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/fujian-travel\/fujian-tulou-travel\/zhengchenglou-hongkeng-tulou-cluster-%e2%80%93-fujian-tulou","title":{"rendered":"Zhengchenglou, Hongkeng Tulou Cluster \u2013 Fujian Tulou"},"content":{"rendered":"
Plan your Fujian Tulou Tour<\/a><\/strong>? Hongkeng Tulou Cluster is one of the five major tulou clusters in Fujian. Hongkeng Tulou Cluster is a group of Hakka earth rammed buildings in Hongkeng Village of Hukeng Township of Yongding County in Fujian Province. Hongkeng Tulou Cluster is about 36km east of Yongding County.<\/p>\n

Hongkeng Tulou Cluster boasts of over 40 tulou buildings different in shape\u00a0and size,\u00a0circular, square, rectangular, crescent and with some variations. All the tulou buildings were built by the descendants of a family surnamed “Lin”,\u00a0a rich tobacco merchant,\u00a0starting to build the tulou buildings during later Song Dynasty (960\u00a0– 1279)\u00a0and early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).<\/p>\n

The most outstanding representatives of Hongkeng Tulou Cluster are\u00a0Zhengchenglou, Kuijulou, Fuyulou and Rushenglou.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Zhengchenglou ( Zhengcheng Tulou Building)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Zhengchenglou is well known as “the Prince of Tulou”. Its construction started 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.<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n

The exterior of Zhengchenglou<\/span><\/div>\n

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The exterior of Zhengchenglou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Inside Zhengchenglou with 4 storeys outer building, 2 storey inner building and the ancestral hall in the center.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Inside Zhengchenglou with 4 storeys outer building, 2 storey inner building and the ancestral hall in the center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The outer building is divided into 8 units by the arch brick walls with connected corridor. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The outer building is divided into 8 units by arch brick walls with connected corridor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On the first floor, 8 courtyards are formed by the arch brick walls with connected corridor. <\/span><\/div>\n
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On the floor, 8 courtyards are formed by the arch brick walls with connected corridor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The ancestral hall\u00a0in the center\u00a0bears some\u00a0Greek style columns with western enfluence.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The ancestral in the center bears some Greek style columns with western enfluence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Look at the iron railing of the second floor corridor of the inner ring building.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Look at the iron railing of the second floor corridor of the inner ring building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One of the two wells inside Zhengchenglou<\/span><\/div>\n
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One of the two wells inside Zhengchenglou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The higher outer ring building and the lower inner ring building<\/span><\/div>\n
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The wood corridor on the 4 level of the outer building<\/span><\/div>\n
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The wood corridor on the 4 level of the outer building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Kuijulou (Kuiju Tulou Building)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
The construction of Kuijulou Building started in 1834. It is a square tulou building built\u00a0on a hillside facing south with the rear building higher (4 levels) and the front building lower 92 levels).<\/p>\n

It is the only palace styled tulou building in Yongding County. It is also known as “Potala Palace” since it is simailar to the style of the Tibetan palace.<\/p>\n

The entrance to the square Kuijulou tulou building<\/span><\/div>\n

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The entrance to the square Kuijulou tulou building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Kuijulou tulou building is a square building.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kuijulou tulou building is a square building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Inside the Kuijulou building<\/span><\/div>\n
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Inside the Kuijulou building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
The only palace styled tulou building in Yongding County<\/span><\/div>\n
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the only palace styled tulou building in Yongding County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Fuyulou (Fuyulou Building)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Fuyunlou Earth Building was built in 1880. It faces east and occupies and area of 4,000 square meters. It is a five-phoenix tulou building. It has three halls and four annexes on both sides. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The tour guide gives us a brief introduction to the building – Fuyulou. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The tour guide gives us a brief introduction to the building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Fuyunlou is teemed with exquisite carvings <\/span><\/div>\n
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Fuyunlou is teemed with exquisite carvings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Inside the Fuyunlou Building<\/span><\/div>\n
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Inside the Fuyunlou Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Some part of the Fuyun Building has been used as an interesting tulou inn hotel.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Some part of the Fuyun Building has been used as an interesting tulou inn hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Fuyun Inn tel 0597 – 5532800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Rushenglou (Rusheng Tulou Building)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Rushenglou is one of the smallest tulou buildings in Yongding. It was built between 1875 and 1908. Rushenglou is a one-storey earth building of brick and rammed earth. It has three levels of storeys with a diameters of 23 meters. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Rushenglou is one of the smallest tulou buildings in Yongding<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rushenglou is one of the smallest tulou buildings in Yongding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Hongkeng Tulou Clusters<\/a>
\nGaobei Tulou Clusters<\/a>
\nChuxi Tulou Clusters<\/a>
\nNanjing Tulou Clusters<\/a>
\nPeitian Village<\/a>
\nYongding County<\/a>
\nXiayang Town<\/a>
\nFuyulou Changdi Inn<\/a><\/div>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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