Yongding or Nanjing? Two Ways into Fujian’s Tulou Country
Compare Yongding and Nanjing through their villages, house plans and landscapes, from Hongkeng and Chuxi to Tianluokeng.
Yongding
Yongding provides a regional frame for Hongkeng, Gaobei and Chuxi. Its building traditions include circular, square and mansion-like residences. The most revealing contrasts concern how households share a structure and how that structure belongs to surrounding land.
Yongding
Inside a Tulou: Shared Space and Private Lives
Courtyards, stairs, kitchens and closed doors reveal how Yongding’s communal houses balance family life with shared responsibilities.
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Chengqi Lou in Gaobei, illuminated after dusk.福建省客家土楼旅游发展有限公司 · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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Zhencheng Lou’s courtyard and columned central hall.福建省客家土楼旅游发展有限公司 · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
