The Inheritance Significance of Hakka Tulou Architectural Skills

Fujian Yongding Hakka earth building is a traditional earth building with rich humanistic connotation and unique modeling function. It is distributed in villages of Yongding County, mainly in Tingjiang River and Yongding River basins. Yongding earth building is mainly square, while round earth building is rare, and the latter is mainly concentrated in Jinfengxi watershed. In addition, Fiona Fang's "Dafudi", that is, "Wufenglou", is mainly distributed in Yongding River Basin. According to statistics, Yongding still preserves more than 20,000 tulou.

Tulou architecture contains the concept of harmony between man and nature, and integrates the needs of safety and defense, production and life, and the awareness of respecting education. The earth building is beautifully built, and the planning and construction are exquisite. It makes full use of natural space, rationally arranges the layout of houses, or depends on mountains or water, so that the residential building can be in harmony with the natural environment. Tulou has diverse structures, rich and orderly internal space and exquisite decoration technology. The construction technology of earth building is a vivid embodiment of Hakka architectural culture. It inherited the ancient earth building technology in the Central Plains, retained a large number of excellent architectural traditions, and became a living fossil for studying ancient architectural technology.

Under the impact of modernization and commodity economy, the residents' living concept in Yongding area has changed, and earth buildings are no longer built. The original Yongding Hakka earth building has been in disrepair for a long time, and the inheritance of architectural skills is also facing a crisis, which urgently needs the attention and support of the government and takes practical measures to protect it.