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Longyan

China

Watercolour of Longyan, China. Real prefecture-level city of Longyan, Fujian Province, China as accurately and recognizably as possible, with UNESCO World Heritage Fujian Tulou of Yongding and Hongkeng Tulou.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
UNESCO World Heritage Fujian Tulou of Yongding; Hongkeng Tulou; Mount Guanzhaishan; Gutian Congress Site; Hakka; Minxi; lush western Fujian subtropical mountain flora; Hakka
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the mountain stream toward the massive circular rammed-earth Tulou with terraced hills rising behind it, showing bamboo fronds and stream boulders in the foreground, the majestic curved earthen walls and dark tiled eaves of the Tulou in the middle-ground, and the mist-veiled Minxi mountain ridges fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick bamboo groves, terraced tea hills surrounding the villages, and camphor canopies.
Guarded against
Not Zhangzhou, Sanming, or Quanzhou
Population1,025,087Wikidata: 2,723,637
Coordinates25.07°N, 117.02°E
Area19,028 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:12clock runs 0.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Longyan and you surface nearest to Taco Pozo, Argentina — 68 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

XiamenCN126 km
JinjiangCN159 km
QuanzhouCN159 km
ChaozhouCN163 km
JieyangCN182 km
ShantouCN194 km
PutianCN204 km
GanzhouCN227 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Longyan inside this atlas.

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