Hongcun

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Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun *
Nanhu Lake.jpg
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv, v
Reference 1002
Region ** Asia-Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription 2000 (24th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCO

Hongcun (Chinese: 宏村; pinyin: Hóngcūn) is a village in Yi County county, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan.

The village is arranged in the shape of an ox with the nearby hill (Leigang Hill) interpreted as the head, and two trees standing on it as the horns. Four bridges across the Jiyin stream can be seen as the legs whilst the houses of the village form the body. Inside the “body”, the Jiyin stream represents the intestines and various lakes such as the “South Lake” (Nanhu) form the other internal organs.

The architecture and carvings of the approximately 150 residences dating back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties are said to be among the best of their kind in China.[citation needed] One of the biggest of the residences open to visitors, Chenzhi Hall, also contains a small museum.

Together with Xidi, the village became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.[1][2] Scenes from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were filmed on location in Hongcun.

  • Hongcun

  • Hongcun's central clearing

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun". UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1002. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  2. ^ "Xidi and Hongcun Villages". China.com. 2008-09-16. http://english.china.com/zh_cn/culture_history/heritages/11023762/20040916/11881915.html. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 

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East

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South Central

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Southwest

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Northeast

Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom  · Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
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Coordinates: 30°00′13″N 117°58′54″E / 30.00361°N 117.98167°E / 30.00361; 117.98167

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