Yongding () is a district under the jurisdiction of Longyan prefecture-level city in the southwest of Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. The district is a center for Hakka culture, including the traditional Hakka tulou, and a local dialect of the Hakka Chinese called the . As of 2015, Yongding has a permanent population of about 361,000, of which more than 99% are Hakka, the rest being She people. In December 2014, the Fujian government signed legislation converting Yongding from a county to a district.

Yongding is the hometown of many overseas Chinese immigrants that came to south-east Asia and Burma during the British Raj.

History

Yongding County was established in the 14th year of Chenghua (AD 1478) in the Ming dynasty. It was originally part of Shanghang County. The governor of Fujian province proposed to separate this south-eastern part of the Shanghang County to form a new county and name it Yongding, literally meaning peaceful forever, after suppressing a riot in that particular region.

On December 13, 2014, the Fujian government passed a law converting Yongding from a county to a district.

Administrative divisions

Yongding District current administers 1 subdistrict, 14 towns, and 9 townships.

divided into twenty-four township-level divisions: one subdistrict, twelve towns and eleven townships.

Subdistrict

The district executive, legislature and judiciary are in (), formerly the town of Fengcheng (), together with the CPC and PSB branches. Fengcheng Subdistrict is the district's sole subdistrict,

Culture

thumb|Changyuan Lou, a restored square [[tulou in Xinnan Village (), Hukeng]]

Yongding District is famous for its tulou, large multi-family adobe buildings. Out of the 10 tulous or tulous clusters inscribed on the World Heritage List (as Fujian Tulou), 5 are within Yongding District:

  • Chuxi Tulou cluster, in Chuxi Village (),
  • Chengqi Lou and adjacent buildings (the ), in Gaobei Village (), Gaotou Township
  • Hongkeng Tulou cluster including Zhencheng Lou, in Hongkeng Village (), Hukeng
  • Zhenfu Lou, near Xipian Village (), Hukeng
  • Yanxiang Lou, in Xinnan Village (), Hukeng

Economy

thumb|Water is brought from the mountains via a pipe to a small [[hydro power plant in Yangduo Village (), Hukeng]]

Yongding District recorded a gross domestic product of 19.12 billion renminbi (RMB) in 2015, an 8.2% increase from 2014.