Zhangzhou Nanjing | Hekeng Tulou Cluster

📍Address:
Hekeng Group, Qujiang Village, Shuyang Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

🕙Opening hours: 8:00–18:00

⏳Duration: 3–4 hours

🎫Ticket information: CNY 40/person

🏨Hotel environment: Tsingpu Tulou Retreat (Nanjing Tulou)
I highly recommend the cultural experience activities at Tsingpu Tulou Retreat. There are different activities every day, such as handicrafts or tulou tours. We visited the Hekeng Tulou Cluster with a guide arranged by the retreat. The guide was very detailed, and she even sang us a local Hakka song, which was very beautiful.

❤Recommended reason:
Compared with the King of Tulou, Prince of Tulou, or Yunshuiyao Scenic Area, the Hekeng Tulou Cluster is a very low-key attraction among the tulou attractions in Fujian. Many tourists don't come here on purpose. Because of this, Hekeng Tulou is almost free of commercialization and crowds. The tulou of different ages are scattered like stars at the foot of Shizishan Mountain, peaceful and tranquil.

🌟Highlights:
The Hekeng Tulou Cluster was built over a period of more than 400 years, from the earliest Chaoshui Building (1549–1553) to the latest Yongqing Building (1967–1972). The seven square tulou built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the seven round tulou built in modern times form two groups of "Big Dipper" formations, complementing each other and forming a perfect combination of square and round. It is known as the "fairy mountain pavilion."

👍Most recommended:
The village is not big. You can drive into the scenic area and then walk around. From the Shizishan Mountain Viewing Platform at the entrance of the village, you can overlook the "Big Dipper." It is said that since the Hekeng Tulou Cluster was built, except for normal maintenance, the wall structure and interior and exterior spaces of the tulou have remained unchanged. Most of the young and middle-aged people in the village work outside, leaving only the elderly and children behind. Occasionally, when they meet "intruders" like us, they don't refuse our request to go upstairs and have a look.

📅2024.01.15
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