[1] The group provides a tourist attraction in the town of Xiayang (下洋镇), Yongding County, Longyan, Fujian Province, China.
Chuxi Tulou cluster is a Hakka village inhabited by Xu (徐) clan, who settled down in the 14th century.
[4] The largest and also the oldest in the cluster is Jiqing Lou (simplified Chinese: 集庆楼; traditional Chinese: 集慶樓), built in 1419 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
[5] Ten tulous were listed in the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The CIA once believed that Chuxi Tulou were missile bases due to their size and shape in the 1960s.