Culture
Yongding County is famous for its tulou, large multi-family adobe buildings. Out of the 10 tulous or tulous clusters inscribed on the World Heritage List (as Fujian Tulou), 5 are within Yongding County:
- Chuxi Tulou cluster, in Chuxi Village.
- Chengqi Lou and adjacent buildings (the Gaobei tulou cluster), in Gaobei Village of Gaotou Township.
- Hongkeng Tulou cluster including Zhencheng Lou, in Hongkeng village, Hukeng Town.
- Zhenfu Lou, near Xipian Village, Hukeng Town
- Yanxiang Lou, in Xinnan Village, Hukeng Town
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