Nanjing Tulou

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UNESCO World Heritage Site earthen building complex traditional dwelling

Nanjing Tulou are large, historic earthen communal buildings in Fujian Province, China, renowned for their unique circular and rectangular fortress-like architecture and recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fujian Tulou 3
Yongding Tulou 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
earthen building complex ⓘ
traditional dwelling ⓘ
architecturalStyle earthen architecture ⓘ
architecturalType communal residence ⓘ
fortified dwelling ⓘ
buildingMaterial rammed earth ⓘ
wood ⓘ
category Hakka architecture ⓘ
Vernacular architecture in China ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in China ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalRegion Hakka culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Hakka people NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature central courtyard ⓘ
fortress-like thick earthen walls ⓘ
multi-storey ring-shaped structure ⓘ
hasFunction climate-adaptive architecture ⓘ
earthquake-resistant housing ⓘ
heritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
locatedIn China ⓘ
Fujian Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nanjing County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zhangzhou City NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableExample Hegui Tulou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hekeng Tulou cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tianluokeng Tulou cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuchang Tulou NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Fujian Tulou NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionStatus nationally protected cultural heritage site of China ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
rectangular ⓘ
timePeriod Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism major tourist attraction in Fujian ⓘ
UNESCORegion Asia and the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1113 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Fujian Tulou NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor communal living ⓘ
defensive ⓘ
residential ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longyan → hasCulturalHeritage → Nanjing Tulou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fujian Tulou
Zhangzhou → hasHeritageSite → Nanjing Tulou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fujian Tulou
World Heritage Sites in China → hasPart → Nanjing Tulou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fujian Tulou
Zhangzhou → hasTouristAttraction → Nanjing Tulou ⓘ
Longyan → tourismAttraction → Nanjing Tulou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yongding Tulou