Yongding Travel Guide

Basic information Area code: 0597 Tourism complaints phone: 0597-2336649 Medical treatment Longyan Yongding District Hospital Address: 76 Ximen Street, Yongding District, Longyan City Tel: 0597-5834120 Yongding City Hospital Address: No.96, North Hebei Road, Fengcheng Town, Yongding District Tel: 0597-5832253 Yongding […]

Basic information

Area code: 0597
Tourism complaints phone: 0597-2336649

Medical treatment

Longyan Yongding District Hospital
Address: 76 Ximen Street, Yongding District, Longyan City
Tel: 0597-5834120

Yongding City Hospital
Address: No.96, North Hebei Road, Fengcheng Town, Yongding District
Tel: 0597-5832253

Yongding County Kan City Hospital
Address: Kanshi Town, Yongding County
Tel: 0597-5662538

Destination overview

Destination sketch

Tulou is a kind of traditional rammed citadel of the Hakkas. The resident building can be round and square. In Yongding County, there are entirely three hundred and sixty round houses and four thousand square houses. The grand complex of Hakka residence in Yongding show best the intelligence of the Hakka, added luster to Chinese traditional architecture. It’s a highlight in Longyan travel.

Belief and Taboos

Mazu culture originate from Fujian province.

Best Travel season

This city belongs to the subtropical zone, enjoying an oceanic monsoon climate. Its weather is moderate all the year round. Without chilly winter and torrid summer, the annual average temperature falls between 18 and 20 degree centigrade (64 and 68 degree Fahrenheit).

Consumption level

The consumption of Yongding Tulou is low, and restaurant consumption ranges from 7 yuan to 50 yuan per capita. If you want to experience Tulou life, there are many Tulou Inns in Yongding, but they are all ordinary rooms without toilets. It costs only about RMB 100. If you are not accustomed to earth building, you can also choose the county hotel, generally mid to high-end hotels price range of 300 to 500 yuan, the price range of economic hotels less than 200 yuan.

Practical information

Longyan Tourism Bureau
Address: Room 229, 2nd Floor, West Annex, Longyan Avenue
Tel: 0597-2321038

Tulou Tourist Service Center
Address: No. 1, Hebin Road, Fengcheng Township
Tel: 0597-5939631

Intercity traffic

Aircraft

Rock guanzhishan Airport,LCX
Service Phone:0597-8918820
24-hour telephone number: 96363
airport bus
There is a free bus service at Guanlanshan Airport. At present, the “Airport Express Line” has opened 5 service lines in Longyan, Yongding, Shanghang, Changting and Wuping. As the visitors to Yongan, Sanming and Meizhou in Guangdong Province are adjacent More and more, the “Airport Express” will gradually open up its connected land transport lines to better serve the development of the tourism industry in western Yunnan.
taxi
Located at the arrival point on the 1st floor, because the Crowne Plaza Airport has not increased the special section fare so far, so there is no need to pay extra for the intercity taxi rental. The freeway usage fee is borne by the passenger.

Train

Longyan Railway Station
Address: Denggao East Road, Longyan City
Arrival method: Take Bus 1, 4, 9, or 21 to reach
Tel: 0579-2887885

Guanzhaishan Station
Address: Pengkou Town, Liancheng County
Arrival method: Take the 21, 25, 32, K19 bus to reach
Tel: 0597-8367068

Long-distance bus

Longyan Bus Terminal
Address: No.77, Jiuyi South Road, Longyan City
Tel: 0597-2291099

Longyan Bus Transportation Center Station
Address: Xinluo District, Longyan City
Tel: 0597-3100099

Yongding Bus Station
Address: Opposite to the mobile company at the exit of Guanlan Tourist Bus Station, Fengtai Town, Taiping Road
Tel: 0597-3151008

Traffic in the city

Bus

Tulou travelling, the most convenient and flexible way of transportation is motorbikes because there are very few buses. Renting a motorcycle costs about 150 yuan a day. You can freely design routes and visit more earth buildings.

Taxis

The starting price is 5 RMB for 3 km, then 1.8 RMB/km. You can also negotiate with the local driver for a price.

Chartered

The 11-seater will cost about 400 yuan per day, the 7-seater will cost about 300 yuan per day, the sedan will cost 150-200 yuan per day, and the motorcycle will cost 100 yuan per day.

Attractions

Yongding Tulou

Fujian Tulou, that the Earth Towers of the Hakkas, has a long history. As early as one thousand years ago, some of the original Hakkas migrated and settled at the sparse Yongding area of ​​Fujian. In order to protect themselves against bandits and wild beasts , they used local materials to build tall, multi-storey circular earthen building clusters where a whole family or clan could live in. These are the Tulou that we see today. As early as 2008, it has been listed as a world cultural heritage by The UNESCO.

Fujian Tulou were constructed using fire-resistive material and then practically impregnable. They are spacious and they are made up of different shapes like square, rectangular, semi-circular and round.

They are divided into three classes of sizes, namely, small, medium and big. . The medium dwellings are usually 3 to 4 stories tall with a large inner open space, which come in single ring or double rings and could contain 30 to 40 rooms. The larger round buildings are usually 4 to 5 stories tall consisting of as many as Finally, the very small round buildings have about 12 to 18 rooms.
The main entrance door is padded with The wooden bars retract into the walls in order to open the door.
Normal the, the rooms at the ground level, except the hall and the staircases, are used as kitchens and dining rooms.The rooms on the Second floor are used for storage and those on the third level are used bedrooms. The rooms at each level are used. In front of each room, there is an open round hallway and usually there are 4 staircases to move from one level to another .

That the round building is fairly large, it has an inner ring, which is like an round building within a round building. The round buildings that were built earlier than the 15th century also had another function, that of counter siege. During the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates who intruded the coastal areas, always leave the Hakka’s Earth Buildings area alone.

The formation of the Fujian Tulou amplify the wisdom and creativeness of the ancestors of the Hakkas settlers in Yongding County. It closes the gaps between Chinese architecture history and the world architecture history and is regarded as a miraculous wonder by thousands of experts, scholars and tourists Who have been enchanted by its beauty. Whenever you are in Fujian, don’t forget to take a Tulou tour, especially to Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster, the most famous one worldwide.
Arrival method: There is a passenger bus going to Hukeng Tulou Culture Village at Yongding station. The fare is RMB 15 and the class is 40 minutes. The journey takes 1 hour.
Opening hours: 7:00-19:00
Tickets: 90 yuan, including Zhencheng Lou, Kuijulou, Rusheng Building and other core attractions

Chuxi Tulou Group

Address: Chuxi Village, Xiayang Town, Yongding District
Arrival method: Long-distance bus terminal of Xiamen Hubin South Road has a car direct to the ocean from 6:00 in the morning to 12:30 in the morning and passes through Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Nanjing-Xiayo. It lasts for 6 hours.
Opening hours: 7:00-19:00
Tickets: 70 yuan, including Jiqing Building, Rosing Building, Shanqing Building, Gengqing Building, Gongqing Building, Museum

Gaobei Tulou Group

Address: Gaobei Village, Gaotou Town, Yongding County
Arrival method: There is a passenger bus heading for Gaotou at Yongding station. The fare is RMB 13 and the opening time is 50 minutes. 7:00-19:00
Tickets: 50 yuan

Huanji Tulou

Address: Nanjiang Village, Yongding County, Longyan City

Yijing Tulou

Address: Shangyang Village, Gaochun Town, Longyan City

Liancheng Peitian Ancient Houses

The unique Hakka architectural pattern makes Peitian ancient residences together with Yongding Tulou and Meizhou Weilong House form the three classic classics of Hakka architectural culture.
Address: Peita Village, Xuanhe Township, Liancheng County, Longyan City
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Tickets: 50 yuan

Guanzhai Mountain

Located 0.6 miles to the eastern suburb of Liancheng County in Fujian Province, Guanzhai Mountain is renowned for its majestic, attractive scenic sight as well as the unique Danxia landscape. The shape of the mountain is like the crown of Xiezhi that is a strange beast in Chinese ancient legend, hence the mountain’s name “Guanzhai”.

Lingying Peak, shaped like a fungi, is the main peak, measuring 2,168 feet in height. Stand upon its flat topped Summit, you will see a panoramic vista of villages amongst green fieldfacing the west. To the east, high cliffs stand majestically, stacked one upon another. Wulao Peak to the southwest, rises close to Lingzhi Peak. There is a crevasse between the two Peaks, called “Yi Xian Tian” (a gleam of sky).

Guanzhai Mountain also is blessed with notable manmade landscapes, among which are are academies of classical learning built during the Song (960-1279), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties in the majority with Yangzhi Pavilion, Qiushi Academy, Xiuzhu Academy and Dongshan Cottage being the more famous ones. There are two temples: Fayun Temple built in the late Song Dynasty, and Lingzhi Templeinduced offers sacrifice to Kwan-yin, the mercy Buddha.

Due to its striking beauty, Guanzhai Mountain attracted countless men of letters to leave a great many precious calligraphies and paintings at these sites. Today, more and more visitors come here for activities such as mountain hiking, sightseeing or just to relax.
Address: 1.5 kilometers east of Liancheng County, Longyan City
How to get there: From Longyan Long-distance Bus Station, take the car to Liancheng, about 30 yuan, 2.5 hours trip, you can get off the motorcycle and get to Guanyin Mountain, usually 3 yuan, tricycle 5 yuan, taxi 15-20 yuan
Opening hours: May-October 8:00-17:30; November-April 8:30-17:00
Tickets: 40 yuan, Guanlanshan tickets + Shimen Lake scenic ticket ticket 115 yuan

Food

Changting bean curd
Liancheng dried sweet potato
Mingxi dried meat

Accommodation

There are no air-conditioners and separate toilets in the Tulou. If you find it inconvenient, you can choose a hotel in the county town.

Shopping

Yongding flue-cured tobacco
Yongding red persimmon
Wan Ying Tea

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