Brief introduction and historical background of Yongding earth building

Introduction to Yongding Earth Building:

Yongding tulou, also known as tongzilou. Yongding County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, located in the southeast coast of China, is a unique magical mountain residential building in the world and a wonderful flower of ancient architecture in China. As a proud architectural form of Fujian Hakka, Tulou is a microcosm of the combination of "heaven, earth and people" and humanistic factors. The living custom of dozens of households and hundreds of people on the first floor embodies the family tradition of Hakkas living in groups, unity and harmony.

Introduction to the history of Yongding Tulou;

Yongding earth building has a history of 1200 years. It was built in 769 AD and is the oldest Hakka earth building in Fujian. Yongding tulou is the oldest one. Fuxin Building, located in xiazhai village, Lei Hu Town, is the earliest existing earth building in Fujian.

Yongding tulou preferential treatment policy for children: children under the height of 1.2 meters are free; Children with a height of 1.2m (excluding)-1.5m (including) enjoy the discount.

Old people: retirees with retirement certificates; Old people over 70 years old (excluding) are free; Senior citizens aged 60 (inclusive) -70 (inclusive) (with resident ID card), discount.

Disabled people: Disabled people with disability certificates are free of charge.

National model worker: National model worker is free with the national model worker certificate.

Soldiers: Soldiers with valid certificates are free of charge.

Personnel in the tourism industry: those who hold valid national tour guide card, travel agency manager qualification certificate and travel agency leader card are free.

Public servants in scenic spots: those who perform official duties in scenic spots (with the certificate of the unit) are free of charge.

Staff in related industries: those who hold the press card and the certificates of the photography association, art association, writers association and other literary and art associations at or above the municipal level are free.

Students: students in school (with valid student ID card), discount.

Supplementary note: The specific preferential policies are subject to the scenic spots.