Fujian Tulou is also known as "Hakka Tulou" because most of them were built by Hakka people in Fujian. Tulou was created in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and matured in the late Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods. With earth, wood, stone, bamboo as the main building materials, the use of unburnt earth and a certain proportion of sandy clay and clay sand mixed together, with sandwich panels rammed into more than two-storey houses.

Fujian Tulou contains Gao Bei Tulou Group, Hong Keng Tulou Group, Chuxi Tulou Group and Diffractive Xiang Lou, Zhenfu Lou in Yongding County, Fujian Province, Tianluokeng Tulou Group, Hekeng Tulou Group and Guilou, Huaiyuan Lou in Nanjing County, and Didi Tulou Group in Hua'an County. Among them, Eryi Building is located in Dadi Village, Xiantu Town, Hua'an County, which is an outstanding representative of China's ancient dwellings, known as the "King of Tulou", "the treasure of the country" reputation, which is known for its grand scale, scientific design, rational layout, well-preserved, for the National Key It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Fujian Tulou, as an architectural form that the Hakka people of Fujian are proud of, is the treasure of Fujian residential buildings. At the same time, it has humanistic elements, epitomizing the tripartite combination of "heaven, earth and man". Dozens of families and hundreds of people live together in one building, reflecting the Hakka people's family tradition of living together and living in harmony. Therefore, a history of Tulou is a history of rural families. The children and grandchildren of the Tulou are often able to tell the origin of the family without the need of genealogy.

Tulou was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List on July 6, 2008, at the 32nd World Heritage Conference in Quebec City, Canada.