Plan your Hakka Tulou Tour? The Hakka tulou buildings in Yongding accounts for a large number of the Hakka clay buildings in Fujian. Yongding County here refers both to Fengcheng Town ( the seat of Yongding County ) and Yongding County itself as well. Yongding County is under the administration of Longyan City in Fujian. Yongding County itself also administrates 10 Towns and 14 Townships including the Fengcheng Town, the seat of Yongding county.
Fengcheng Town (Seat of Yongding County)
Fengcheng Town is the seat of Yongding county, 76km south of Longyan City, 240km southwest of Xiamen. Yongding River winds through the center of the Fengcheng Town. The Yongding Government is located at Yanhe Road of Nanmen in Fengcheng Town. Fengcheng Town has a population of over 4,000. There are 3 high schools, 5 primary schools, 2 kindergartens.
Yongding River cuts through the Fengcheng Town, the seat of Yongding County.
Fengcheng Town is very clean. All the street front stores have clear and pretty signs which are under the uniform control of the local government. Fengcheng Town is an important springboard for visiting Hakka Tulou buildings. It is only 36km east of Hongkeng Tulou Cluster. Many travelers choose to stay in Fengcheng Town before or after visiting the tulou clusters nearby.
The only traffic light on the streets with clean and uniform store signs.
The Yongding River passes the town from northeast to southwest with two bridges spanning the river – East Gate Bridge and South Gate Bridge. The main streets in the town include River Bank South Road, River Bank North Road, Nanmen Road (South Gate Road ), Huanccheng Road (City Ring Road ) and Jiuyi Road.
Yongding Bus Station is located in the north of Fengcheng Town. Hourly Buses operate between Fengcheng Town and Hongkeng and Gaobei Tulou clusters. Any questions on the bus service, please call the bus station on the phone – 0597 5535779.
At the time of my writing, the best hotel in Fengcheng Town is Kingdom Hotel (金腾大酒店), a 4 star hotel located south of Yongding River. The hotel address: Xiakeng Plaza, Yongding. Tel: 0597 5551666.
Yongding County
Yongding County also administrates 10 Towns and 14 Townships including the Fengcheng Town, the seat of Yongding county. The well known towns and villages under Yongding County include Hukeng Town where Hongkeng Tulou Cluster are located; Gaotou Town where Gaobei Tulou cluster are located, Xiayang Town where Chuxi Tulou Cluster are located.
Chengqilou, Gaobei Tulou Cluster in Gaotou Village
