Chengqi Lou (Gaobei Tulou Cluster)
承启楼
The 'King of Tulou', a round tulou with four concentric rings. At its peak it housed more than 800 people, and it is the centrepiece of the Gaobei Tulou Cluster.
Chengqi Lou is in Gaobei Village, Gaotou Township, Yongding District. Construction began in the Chongzhen era of the Ming dynasty and was completed in the Kangxi era of the Qing, built over several generations by the Jiang clan. The building has four concentric rings. The outer ring is four storeys high, and the whole building has about 400 rooms. At its peak, more than 80 households and over 800 people lived here. It is said: 'Four storeys high, four rings, four hundred rooms up and down,' and it is known as the 'King of Tulou'. The ancestral hall stands at the centre. Between the inner and outer rings, courtyards and corridors form distinct layers, and looking up from inside the building you can photograph its classic circular eaves. The same village has Shize Lou, Qiaofu Lou, and Wuyun Lou, which together are called the Gaobei Tulou Cluster. Admission costs about 50 yuan (subject to the posted price). It is about 5 kilometres from Hongkeng Village, so the two are usually visited on the same day. People still live in the building. Whether the upper floors are open depends on the site, so do not enter private rooms.
Opening hours
08:30–17:00
Nearby sights
- Hongkeng Tulou Cluster & Zhencheng Lou
- Shiqiao Village & Shunyu Lou
- Hekeng Tulou Cluster
- Taxia Village
- Zhenfu Lou
- Nanxi Tulou Valley & Yanxiang Lou
- Huanji Lou
- Yuchang Lou