Chuxi Traditional Hakka Village (初溪村土楼)

Today we travelled 2hrs of mountainous road to get to the Chuxi Traditional Hakka Village (初溪村土楼). What a sight to behold!

It started out with a 350-step trek up the opposite hill to get a panoramic view of the village.

After that we crossed the river via stone steps to trek up the village.

The village is still a living village with 3,000+ inhabitants. The entire village is made up of the Xu (许) clan, so everyone's surname is Xu. In fact it has ties to Singapore, or so the old folks say, which we suspect their descendants to be surnamed Koh in Singapore.

The village itself is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the main 土楼 pictured in the first picture is a preserved museum. The structure has survived several hundred years since the Ming dynasty.

We even found some origins of the Hakka Lum (蓝) surname!

The rest of the housing are actual living quarters, which we explored abit.