China's Tulous: The TRUTH about Mulan's Family Home

In this video we delve deeper into the history of Fujian's famous 'Tulous', which are ancient Chinese fortresses built by the Hakka people.
We found this area of China so special and wanted to learn more about these incredible pieces of architecture. We speak to the the local Hakka people, as they know this area better than anyone and share with you more about their history, why they were built and how.
We also had the opportunity to stay in a Tulou and experience what life is like in one. Check out last weeks video here to see more: • China's Tulous: Life i...
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[@hangtuah888]

Wonderful and informative video, Nico and Jack. Thank you. Yes, my sister in law is a Hakka and they are supposed to be a wandering tribe and have no fixed address. The word Hakka or Kek Chia is literally mean guests. The Hakka and the Cantonese migrated to one town in Malaysia called Ipoh when the British recruited them to assist them in tin mining. They eventuallly formed into two gangs, known as Gee Hin and Hai San and fought pitch battle to extract tin ores. However, this fight between the two gangs were quickly quelled by a British Resident aka Governor of the State, Sir Hugh Low. The Hakka speaks a distinct language and the closest to it is ironically Cantonese if there is any similarities. In Malaysia the Chinese diaspora hailed from Guandong Province and Fujian Province as well and therefore predominantly Teochew, Hokkien, Hainanese, Hakka and Cantonese. Some like the Hainanese hailed from Hainan Island. They also dominate specific occupational group like the Hainanese in coffee shop, the Teochew in small street stores like fish balls soup, etc.

[@royabcde]

Since you love the culture of Tulous, I'd also like to invite you guys to my hometown of Kaiping in Guangdong Province one day, to see another kind of fortified residential houses called Kaiping Diaolou. In a sense, it tells another side of the story, which was to protect the Cantonese locals from bandits as well as the bitter conflicts with Hakka people. These buildings are located in now peaceful villages and it is also UNESCO's world cultural heritage. But of course, the conflicts have long gone, and now we live peacefully with all groups of people.

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

碉楼？好像是以前的人在海外赚钱回去建的。

[@royabcde]

@@sayaandyangsaya2756 是的，但是建楼的其中一个目的是就是因为这边土匪多，而且由太平天国引发的土客械斗非常严重。

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

@@royabcde 谢谢你的讲解。我来自马来西亚，关于碉楼，我多年前在凤凰卫视或央视看到的相关纪录片。

[@royabcde]

@@sayaandyangsaya2756 不客气，官方媒体现在都淡化了土客械斗这段历史了，毕竟民系和谐最重要。但长达50年的土客械斗深刻地影响了广东跟华侨的历史。其实开平以及整个珠三角的土地是很肥沃的，如果不是因为动乱是不至于民不聊生，人们铤而走险到海外谋生的。

[@lv9657]

I am a Hakka, my great grandfather ventured out to South East Asia at the time the Qing Dynasty still ruled China. Life was tough then, both in & outside China. Just before the pendamic, an entourage of my family members visited the Hakka areas & tuluo in Guandong & Fujian province. We were deeply impressed. As overseas Hakka, we still keep/maintain our Hakka culture/heritage , speak the Hakka dialect & yes, the Hakka food. 😍

[@EduruChan]

and disrespected the IocaIs...betrayed your own country and now you betrayed the country you live in...

[@hangzeng1491]

You've done a deep research about Hakka culture. Let me add some little knowledge about Hakka: some of the famous world political figures are Hakka descendent, such as Sun Yat-sen(Father of modern China), Lee Kuan Yew(Farther of Singapore), Thaksin Shinawatra( former PM of Thailand).

[@apersonfromtheinternet3444]

Also Deng Xiaoping , Hu Yaobang , Zhu De , Chen Yi , Guo Moruo and many more..

[@jimwhite1756]

Really enjoyed your tulou series

[@TheSummeryly]

Nico，great video！you have been definitely a content creator !

[@burgerlee5831]

Being Hokkien, inviting strangers home is our traditional habit. We serve food and wine for guests, just in case they are hungry and thirsty. At least, tea and water. We have to make sure that the guest is ready to hit the road again! That's why you've been so invited

[@sargiedelosangeles8507]

I loved how you ended up this content about Fujian and Tulous! 😉👍Oh! Also you enlightened me about the Mulan movie controversy, thanks and I learned a lot about the real story and the origin. Very interesting culture. ❤ Thanks again for this very informative video, Nico and Jack! Happy Monday! 😊

[@sarawakguy]

Thank you for sharing your video. I am a hakka and i am Malaysian.

[@Kimmimaro86]

Thanks, Nico and Jack for being a bridge showing what China really is to the rest of the world.

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@yusu8884]

As a Hakka, I really appreciate your work. Thanks a lot for your efforts in researching and making this video!

[@tc2334]

Fun fact about Mulan: she (if she did live) would have done in the northern regions around what is today Inner Mongolia or Gansu province and she was likely Xianbei and not Han. As far as a suggestion of where you should go next: Harbin, but in the winter. That's the best and coldest time to be there.

[@wyl7265]

About "Mulan", you should not pretend to know what you don't know, which will mislead many people.

[@tc2334]

@@wyl7265 Not pretending. Just going by the source text, my dude.

[@wyl7265]

@@tc2334 Mulan is a fictional character in literature. Stop talking about it

[@tc2334]

@@wyl7265 I know that. Maybe that wasn't clear enough for you, but by "if she did live" I meant: if she weren't a fictional character. Relax.

[@mariacao6152]

Another amazing video!! Thanks for givnng us the interesting and detailed historical background of Tulou. Btw, Jack's Chinese is pretty good 😀😀 and i guess you guys have known more about Chinese cultrue by travelling across different places in China☺☺

[@wanben3524]

Thank you Nico for another excellent video on the Hakka Tulous. Your accounts on our (Hakka) history and culture are spot on👍. I am glad you point that we originated from Northern China, as there are historians (? ) who have wrongly said that we belonged to a foreign tribe. Our very 1st ancestors came from Taiyuan (太原）, Shanxi Province ( 山西省）in Northern China, according to our clan's archive. In fact, our fellow villagers went all the way to Taiyuan a few years ago to "reunite' with our 'brothers' and 'sisters'. Our ancestors moved to Hong Kong about 3 hundred years ago! I did myself migrate, like my ancestors did in the past, to the UK in 1982 to join my parents ( for economic reason) , but returned to HK at last. There is a large Hakka population in the UK🙂

[@Konamakona]

The narrative and filming are top notch

[@tailslapexplore6887]

Awesome tour remind me of my grandma, thanks heaps🙏🙏

[@wwbren]

This is incredible production values for a two person team!

[@apersonfromtheinternet3444]

Hi a normal Hakka man here 😁. Check this out, I learned that most Hakka women are known to have strong characters (well all the women in my family, sisters, cousin, aunts, especially my grandmother can attest to this lol). Actually it's not all surprising if you understood the lives of our Hakka ancestors, you know the hardships of moving from place to place. Because of this Hakka women are known for not binding their legs because they have to work hard. Hakka women are often used in guerilla tactics during war times and some hold high official ranks.

[@linjingouyang1442]

I almost forget it is not a documentary while it is so professional.

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you so much that is very kind!

[@hangxiaoxh354]

I am a Hakka living in central Fujian Province. We first migrated from Shandong Province and arrived in Fujian around the Ming Dynasty, and we have some amazing local customs - like celebrating ancestors at the Mid-Autumn Festival rather than the Qingming Festival, which I am told is because of the need for family togetherness, both for the alive and the dead, and there is also talk that it It's thought that this is because of the shortage of materials.

[@hangxiaoxh354]

I'm not quite sure if other Hakka people have this custom, because even though we live in a Hakka area, but I never used to know if I was considered Hakka because although we are immigrants, we don't have a tulou or speak Hokkinese, but this custom of worshipping our ancestors at the Mid-Autumn Festival is quite unusual, so I guess it's a rather special custom.

[@louisethonvison4669]

还有中元节，就是农历七月的鬼节。

[@jingjin4101]

Thanks you guys for the amazing video. Not only a travel vlog, you are done a lot of research about the history and culture. As a Chinese, I still learned something new from your video. Thanks again for spreading the positive energy to the whole world!

[@evanyuan2975]

I'm absolutely no expert in Tulous history but I just wanted to leave a comment here, cause you guys video are awesome.

[@GeorgeLouVideo]

Proud Hakka here 👍. Great episode. The amount of videotaping and editing is commendable. Keep up the good work.

[@zl7491]

The quality of your videos is superb.

[@2004rhyy]

very informative, thanks for sharing

[@LaowaiDaveJCP]

You guys are the best

[@MsOceanstar]

Nico, i always enjoy your China travelogs the best! Keep doing more, you are good at it!👍💜🇨🇳

[@573355415]

Nice content to clear the misunderstandings about MuLan!

[@yunlee823]

love your videos! keep posting great videos about China! the world needs to see :)

[@DuckTravel]

It is so beautiful building !! I love to watch this scenery with you !! Thank you for sharing Greeting from China !!😍😍

[@siqhishsqqqshsi6958]

Since the 20th century, there have been twenty Hakkas who had become heads of state or heads of government in different countries, including the leader of the Taiping rebellion, Hong Xiuquan; former president of China, Sun Yat-sen1; former Chinese Communist party chairman, Deng Xiaoping. Outside of China, the Hakkas also had many leaders, including former prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew and his son and current prime minister Lee Hsien Loong; former prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, and his younger sister and former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra; former president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino (Christiansen 1998, 1), and former president of Guyana, Arthur Chung.2 There is even a Hakka Supreme Court chief justice, Y.K.J. Yeung Sik Yuen, in the island of Mauritius. either full or partial hakka blood

[@dannychu2014]

This was fabulous learning experience of these tulous! The back drop of the mountains and farm lands looked amazing.

[@josechong8207]

What Jack said regarding the Tulous being so well and equally distributed among the different families and that it was uniquely socialist centuries before society even coined the term socialism reminded me of the fact that socialism with Chinese characteristics is not a system that can be exported elsewhere. I heard it say that because of China's unique and at the same time diverse culture that values community and family above all else, where collective freedom and well-being is preferred over individualism and individual freedoms that China's system of governance fits it uniquely like a perfect pair of gloves. I was born and raised in the West and have been taught to value individuality and individual freedoms above all else. And this is sometimes at odds with millennia of teachings that family is above all else, not what we individually may aspire to - but the good of the family comes first. So, there is this constant tug of war within. As an example: most Chinese people would not think twice about wearing masks if they know they are protecting the vulnerable ones so they'd sacrifice the individual freedom of choosing not to wear a mask with the collective freedom of knowing wearing a mask protects me and my community so I will wear one regardless of how I feel about wearing them...

[@FoieGras]

Learn the difference between responsibility and freedom.

[@josechong8207]

@@FoieGras Growing up in a Chinese family as a Chinese person, I can personally attest that culturally speaking, most Chinese persons put their families and community first rather than their own individual freedoms. So that they will be responsible enough to sacrifice their own individual freedom for the good of the collective.

[@fanman3524]

Hello nico 我經常看你們的視頻，拍得很好👍我是客家人.天公作美，您們去圍龍屋（土樓）的時候有下雨，讓你看見了另一面的土樓樣子。下著雨的時候來一杯茶或咖啡，靜靜的坐著聽雨，也是一種祥和、享受的時光！特別是雨停滴滴答答由瓦沿而下，獨屬的一種浪漫

[@C3PO_]

With your very interesting and informative documentary-like videos, I feel I could visit more places in China without walking out of my door!😂 It's soooooo good, Nico and Jack! I hope you have been back in to China and keep making more videos as you promised! 🥰

[@harmecxvlogg]

wow wow this is awesome. Very educative indeed. When you stumble upon Changsha city....you will also be amazed.

[@silentwatcher1455]

Very interesting fortress. Did I see a moat just nearby? Mulan was a northern girl and not a southern girl. You don't find those fortresses in the north China.

[@cheese-df1yx]

FuJian is a amazing place with unique local culture! so much to explore! Xiamen, Fuzhou, and San Ming... love them! I only visited Xiamen 3 times. just come back last week. Nice people beautiful and lovely city!

[@apersonfromtheinternet3444]

Some scholars also described Hakka language as a bridge between many dialects in China. If you can speak Hakka you're more likely to understand other dialects more than they can understand you.

[@dianafromsa7586]

Thank you , I'm a Hakka and never been to China. Is on top of my list to visit the Tulous ones.

[@annamiao7867]

Thanks for the great work

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you so much this is really kind of you, we appreciate the support!

[@therealarchstanton3343]

Great trip guys, fascinating! My Hakka friend tells me they were driven from Northern China by nomad invaders and moved South. Despite often being outsiders they were always staunch defenders of China (really need to make that list of generals etc), contributions to culture, cuisine and so on!

[@dikacy]

Wow...I learned so much about the China's Tulous and its culture and history....thank you Nico

[@user-lv1hp1xp8f]

Thanks you make so wonderful video,.I'm pround of being hakkas .There's is a point of view,hakkas is similar to Jew , called East Jewish , because in 1000 years ago we are nobility，force to leave our home because of war , but we still keep our special languages , tradition, and cultur . Hakkas also spread all the world , there's a saying "有日头的地方就有客家人"，meams where have sun , where have hakkas.

[@joeysu7591]

Wow thank you for this one Nico. I love Chinese history and their culture, and I love Mulan too. Thank you for another great video~ keep it up guys. ☺️💕💕💕

[@seechunchong9876]

Thanks for sharing the nice video, Nico. I am a Hakka in Malaysia, grandparents and parents originate from Moiyen (known in Hakka) now Meixian (in Mandarin). The family name is Chong (in Hakka), Cheong (in Cantonese), Zhang (in Mandarin), Teoh (in Fujinese) and what else, I don't know. Funny thing is the Hakkas are spread all over China and the world and the Hakka varies accordingly to the place they settled down over the ages. Hence, when I speak to my brother in law, another Hakka from Yongding (Fujian), I can hardly understand what he says. The same when I was in Taiwan, watching their Hakka TV program, no comprehendo but watching the Meixian TV, hey, that sounded my cup of tea. Hahaha. Btw, if you have a chance, check out old traditional famous Hakka "Mountain/Hill songs", it is funny and hilarious if you can understand what they sing. Keep up your good work and have fun. Cheers.

[@josechong8207]

We have the same surname even though we originate from different parts of China. You are so right, and some would argue that Moiyen Hakka is the purest or original form of Hakka. I am from Guangdong province (rather my parents and grandparents are) from a district called Huadu (Fa-Tu) and I am Fa-Yen Hakka. I love listening to the Hill Songs, they are so spontaneous and such an integral part of who we are as Hakka people, I guess.

[@seechunchong9876]

@@josechong8207 Hi Jose,, good to know another Chong. Cheers

[@josechong8207]

@@seechunchong9876 we might share the same great great great great great great......great set of grandparents....

[@seechunchong9876]

@@josechong8207 Yes Sir...I read/guess that the 1st ancestor was Shih Wang Ti's son (3rd son?) who was awarded the surname "Zhang" for his invention or ability with the ancient "long bow". Hahaha.

[@josechong8207]

@@seechunchong9876 wow.. I didn't know... this is amazing... our surname does sound like the word for long, though I don't think it is that? I cannot read or write Chinese except for a handful of characters...

[@sougayilangfishingtackles9312]

your channel is so GREAT!

[@uconnjames]

Another great video, thanks for sharing!

[@ykl8924]

really nice video!!love from China🇨🇳

[@stchan8569]

The only dialect group that do not bind the woman feet. In Penang, the Hakkas live in the hills and in the old days, these people had to bring the vegetables for sale in the market. On the way home, they had to carry sacks of rice to their homes up the hills. This is one dialect group whom the Japanese respected for their tenacity. Many of Hakkas fighting the Japanese died in Nanjing massacre. Though the Hakka is not large dialect group, the majority of the long march soldiers were Hakka. In Malaysian village where I spent my school holidays was known to fight the Japanese during WW2. This is one dialect group migrated where other dialect groups fear to tread and you can find them in many islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Carribbean

[@emilydunbar7005]

What an excellent film, great photography and narration. Thank you for sharing this interesting Chinese history and culture. There are still many Hakka people in Taiwan, and I was growing up in Hakka environment till I was teens. I have strong impression of their hardworking, dedication, and traditional living philosophy. Thank you for delivering this well-done film.

[@jonah_lau]

Both the depth of the content and the editing have reached a much deeper level. Thank you! ♥

[@annamiao7867]

You have learned more than I have known about Fujian

[@wanghan1206]

Awesome video. Even I'm a Chinese, wehn i looking yours video, these just explain and answer me many question about my motherland. Thanks.

[@777hoolee]

Your videos have never failed to amaze me! What a fantastic mini doco, so original. Well done and congrats ! Can’t wait to see your next one. Take care guys

[@nganyf61]

Great job guys very informative .

[@sabrinastraveladventures4263]

Fabulous 2nd part! Epic vlogs loved every second! 👌🏼🫶🏼👏🏼I’m so impressed thank you 🙏🏼 Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧

[@halnicholas3791]

Great video! The 土楼 culture is fascinating. And Jack’s Chinese is getting better and better, which really enhances all the encounters. Looking forward to the next one!

[@horridohobbies]

Very interesting and educational. Thank you very much.

[@Dragons_Armory]

Awwww, hearing Jack speak Chinese is so wholesome I feel a piece of my soul that was lost is refunded back to me

[@lydialee468]

视频质量越来越高啦

[@Pen2paw]

Hakka language was the ancient China's Mandarin. There are various variants of Hakka language as they came all over from the mid and northern China. But, modern Mandarin is replacing Hakka so I am not sure how long it will last. I envy your trip to the tulous because as a Hakka not from China, we rarely speak Hakka now. But, if there is a chance, I very much like to speak our family Hakka again.

[@apersonfromtheinternet3444]

Some scholars also described Hakka language as a bridge between many dialects in China. If you can speak Hakka you're more likely to understand other dialects more than they can understand you.

[@hichi88]

Very educational and informative video. Worth to be given as a lecture in any educational institution. Thanks for your love and passion in our Chinese culture.

[@LD88888]

This is soooooo interesting!

[@dchan1231]

Very good introduction of Tulous, well done ! :)

[@Way827]

Thanks for another great video Nico and Jack. :) ;) ;)

[@user-wd3tn3el4v]

I think this episode is really perfect! Thank you very much.

[@eltonfive]

Love the content, as always high quality

[@darrenwang1544]

Just found out about your channel and your video is amazing! Very informative

[@ChunCaoMingQin]

It is enjoyable to watch your Vlogs , thanks Nico and Jack 👍 I would like to advice you the Provinz Shān Xī 山西 ，there should be many traditional buildings that show the old culture . I have never been there 🙈but much heard

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

Wow I gained a lot of new knowledge, thank u very much

[@gliu1431]

One of the most well known Hakka is Lee Kuan Yeow, the first prime minister of Singapore. I am Hakka but sadly I have stopped speaking Hakka for few decades already.

[@jackjee1321]

The greatest episode you've ever done in history😄👏Jack's shooting and editing skill are getting better and better

[@horridohobbies]

Last year, American analysts mistook windmill installations for missile silos. You'd think that in 40 years, they'd learn. LOL.

[@millennialx9044]

Must have been some fancy windmills 😂

[@ruonanzhao5508]

I feel like the analysts probably just had a presumption and didn’t even look further into the structures. They wanted to believe they were miso silos and probably just didn’t bother checking.

[@BenjiSun]

considering their still heavily biased views of satellite imagery in Xinjiang, no, they are choosing not to learn.

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Cool~ Amazing! ❤❤❤

[@jennyohara4011]

Thanks for more great content Nico and Jack, China is Wonderful..

[@jeffreysoo8779]

Hakka here

[@lemanlie4921]

Great video

[@raymondlianto9882]

I think you had done a pretty good job explaining the history of the tulous despite communication problem with the locals.

[@10lauset]

Cheers to you.

[@user-el3zk2nf7x]

很喜欢你们的视频，做得很好，加油

[@samchung1227]

Loved this episode, there is a very interesting name giving in Hakka. Very scientific and practicle. , If I visit my home village in Meizhou and tell people my name. They can tell right away tell me who my father is and which generation I am from . It's all to do with a family poem. Very interesting.

[@efenli]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@chintham2861]

My mother told me that a Chinese girl disguised herself as a man to fight in a war. It was in the fifties and I didn't think too much of it as I was 8 or 9 which as you know most boys at that age didn't think too much of little girls having been schooled in a Catholic boarding school of all places. Anyway, when Mulan movie I realized that my mom was telling the truth somewhat. I learned that all girls are taught about Mulan in Chinese school. It is a legend after all or is it? Recent they found a untouched tomb of a female general Fu Hao, 1200 BC (around the time of the Bronze Age Collapse with the "Seas People" or pirates) who was also a queen in the Shang Dynasty period. When the Chou Dynasty overthrew the Shang all references to Fu Hao disappeared. I watched the French version of Mulan 2009 Zhao Wei as Mulan. I was wondering if the suppressed knowledge of Fu Lao was resurfaced as a legend of a female warrior just as Robbing Hood or Robin Hood was legend. You know, the Somali pirates as the west refers to them, were actually trying to enforce Somali water sovereignty as ships were tresspassing their waters without paying transit fees. Whatever these "pirates" gained they distributed to their local communities. Somali being a failed state, international ships trample on their sovereignty. Makes you wonder who is right and who is wring.

[@Game_Changer_00]

very educational video, they have everything figured out from then only

[@kelvinyschun]

Interesting information...did you know many of China's southern people migrated to the USA. One favorite Hakka dish is the delicious mochi duck.

[@yanliyu6173]

Well done

[@billycheung8836]

Love your awesome and informative video. I'm one of the them and my surname also Zhang (in Mandarin) and I feel so proud of our culture and spartan history which I learned from my grandparents. Thank you so much Nico and Jack ❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@richardlawson5565]

yes i have been there

[@Hayatiu]

Wow feeling thankful 2 u guys for this amazing informative vlog. The single largest ethnic group Han-Chinese with almost billion + population and yet the world seems to know so much less rather making their prospective from news outlets

[@hughwong5711]

I don’t know if you have been to Jiuzhaigou or not.But there’s a really beautiful place to see,especially in the season of autumn(sep to oct).

[@Alonebe]

Real , Funny , Nice !

[@tailslapexplore6887]

Free range chicken, nice 😁✌

[@smileface369]

i love you ,nico !!!!! give u a little advice , never let your video time over 15 minutes

[@andrewflashchannelgibbs5384]

I live in Shenzhen and we have a small Hakka museum here. I read the story of the Americans mistaking them for missile silos.🙈 Thanks for sharing your visit, great video.

[@mglee1431]

Thanks for this very interesting and informative video. In Singapore, like Malaysia, we have many Chinese ethnic groups including the Hakka. I m quite ignorant about the ancestry so your info really opens my eyes.

[@user-xv5ks3kw1i]

good

[@h3nryC]

you can check out wulin also in fujian

[@tigerinus]

This what inspired Apple HQ originally. 😂

[@larshofler8298]

It's also interesting that Mulan in real life lived in Northern Wei, a kingdom founded by a Mongolic Xianbei people. So it wasn't quite likely that Mulan would have resided in a Hakka tulou. We know Hakka people live in the far south of the country, very far from the border with Mongolia...