Longyan Attractions
Longyan is a small city in rural Fujian. Most visitors end up here passing through to see the Hakka earth houses in Yongding County.
The best-known tourist attraction in the area are the earth houses, often round, of the Hakka people. These houses are on to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Hakka means "guest"; they arrived in the area (western Fujian and Eastern Guangdong) as refugees from one of Northern China's wars several hundred years ago and still have their own dialect and customs. These houses are quite large, holding an extended family, and built to be easily defended. There are none in the city itself, but there are thousands in villages to the West. Hotels can arrange a car or van to visit these places.
Longyan Earth Building | |
The earth buildings were built with the combination of good points of various kinds of Chinese residential buildings as well as the wisdom and creativeness of the ancestors of the Hakkas settlers in Yongding County, Longyan City, the Southwest of Fujian Province. |
Mt. Guanzhi, Longyan | |
It is located in the east suburb o Liancheng County, with its shape just like the heard of an ancient goat, and hence the name, which implies integrity and incorruption |
Meihuashan Nature Reserve | |
Meihuashan Nature Reserve, located in southwestern Fujian, located in Shanghang, Citylink, Longyan three counties (cities) in the border for the main site of Hawksbill Mountain. |
Longkong Cave, Longyan | |
The Longkong Cave scenic spot, the main scenic spot of Longyan National Forest Park, is located in Yanshi Town, Xinlou District, Longyan, 48km away from the downtown of Longyan. It enjoys a repution of “The Number One Cave in east China”. |
Gutian Conference Site | |
The earth buildings were built with the combination of good points of various kinds of Chinese residential buildings as well as the wisdom and creativeness of the ancestors of the Hakkas settlers in Yongding County, Longyan City, the Southwest of Fujian Province. |
Longyan National Forest Park | |
Longyan National Forest Park is located in the national A-class south Meihuashan Nature Reserve, which is south subtropical, area total area of more than 2000 hectares, is a forest plant diversity, mainly karst landscape forest, Lam Xiuzhu large cave and as the main features, set eco-tourism, science education, leisure and holidayVisiting scenic sitesadventure into a comprehensive national forest park. Parks "Dragon Culture and Sport" and "suffer" the two scenic spots. |
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