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Fujian Tulous of Southern China

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November 3rd 2008
Of all my China adventures this short trip to Fujian Province to visit the Tulous proved to be one of the best yet. My good friend David Zeng helped with all the logistics and we both flew into Xiamen to begin our journey. We left from Xiamen by bus and 3 hours later stopped in Longyan for the night. Longyan is a city of 1 million located in the southwest part of Fujian Province. We arranged a ... read more

Asia » China » Fujian » Zhangzhou City

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more