The tulou, or "earthen buildings," of Fujian Province in southeastern China are traditional homes built by the Hakka people, who migrated south to this region from central China around the 14th ...

The Hakka people, who migrated to provinces in South China from northern areas, often faced conflict with the natives.. To protect against hostile forces, the walls of the tulou could be built up ...

BEIJING, China - On Feb. 20, 2011, hosted by the Fujian Provincial Tourism Administration and Longyan Municipal Government, produced by JSB Destination Marketing Co.

The colossal Hakka earth buildings (Kejia tulou) are a unique vestige of an ancient, but slowly disappearing way of life in China. Strewn across the hills where the three provinces of Fujian ...

Communal packed-earth buildings in China date back 6,000 years, but tulou took the style to a whole new level both in scale and sophistication. In 2008, Unesco recognised their importance and gave ...

The Zhencheng Building, a tulou in Longyan, Fujian. [Photo provided to China Daily] Every time he tells visitors stories about his special house, Lin Rigeng beams with pride. Lin, 72, owns the ...

The Fujian Tulou are nestled amidst the subtropical mountains of southeast China. Photograph by Keren Su, Getty Images While tulou translates to “earthen building” in Chinese, the construction ...

Fujian Tulou is a type of Chinese rural dwellings of the Hakka and Minnan people in the mountainous areas in Fujian Province. Beauty of Fujian Tulou 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail China.org.cn, May 6, 2016 ...

On a recent trip to China, I visited a “tulou” in Fujian province. As I stood in the centre courtyard of the centuries-old circular building, I was awestruck by the architectural edifice.

Catalan filmmaker Adrià Guxens premieres 'A Hakka Song', a short film about the life of this community in the Chinese province of Fujian. In southern China, in the province of Fujian, nestled ...

Zhong arrived equipped with tools and a team of maintenance workers to care for the Yan Yiwei Hakka enclosed house in Yangcun village. With a history dating back to more than 350 years, the four-story ...