Datian County is located in the center of Bamin, adjacent to Dehua in the east, Yongchun and Zhangping in the south, Yong 'an and Sanyuan in the west, Sanming and Shaxian in the north and Youxi in the northeast. In this ancient land, the exchange, collision, derivation and spread of multiculturalism have become the intersection center and transit point of history and culture. Due to the special natural and human environment in Daejeon, the ancestors of Yuan and Ming Dynasties rammed characteristic earth castles to fight bandits, which attracted close attention at home and abroad.
Datian Tubo began in Song and Yuan Dynasties and prevailed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its unique architectural style, unique architectural system, integrity of overall preservation, authenticity of environmental features, regionality of group gathering, rationality of architectural art and sociality of self-protection are all unique to Fujian and have great historical, scientific and artistic values. Datian Earth Fort is different from the earth buildings in western Fujian and southern Fujian, from the enclosed houses in southern Jiangxi, from the enclosed houses and watchtowers in Guangdong, and from the watchtowers in Sichuan and Tibet. This is a local defensive building. It is a bright spot in Fujian vernacular architecture series, and also occupies an important position in China ancient defense architecture. However, due to various natural and ideological reasons, there are less than 100 existing earth castles, which are mainly concentrated in towns and villages such as Jianshe, Guangping, Taihua, Junxi and Jiyang, which are very rare and precious.
The number of existing earth buildings in Datian ranks first in Sanming City. Tulou Group is the most concentrated, largest, oldest, most complex and rich in cultural connotation in Fujian. It is listed as an important new discovery in the third national cultural relics survey in 2009, and it is a rare combination of earth castles in Sanming City and even the whole province. 20 10 12, China? Fujian adobe seminar held in Daejeon. More than 30 experts and scholars from all over the country agree that it is of great significance to develop adobe tourism resources, continue adobe construction skills and inherit adobe civilization. At present, Datian County is making efforts to declare Datian Bunny Group as a national cultural relics protection unit.