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'Hong village') is a village in Hongcun Town, Yi County, Huangshan City [1] [2] in the historical Huizhou region of southern Anhui Province, China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan. Together with Xidi , the village became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, because of its exceptional preservation of the architecture and city plan ...
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A 2017 article in the Smithsonian Magazine described Zhouzhuang as "the most famous and most commercialized ancient water town in China," in addition to noting that its architecture "dates back more than 900 years, with about 60 original brick archways and 100 original courtyards." [5] It has also been called "Venice of the East". [6] [7]
Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one ...
Likeng Village as well as the area in general is known for its flora, which involves many species of flowering plants, including 124 that are only found in Jiangxi. These plants include (but are not limited to), rhododendrons , rapeseeds (endemic to Wuyuan), navel orange flowers, and other endemic plants.
Switzerland: The Most Beautiful Villages in Switzerland, created in 2015, including 48 villages and to which the Principality of Liechtenstein is also annexed; [9] Germany: Sachsens Schönste Dörfer, created in 2011 and including 11 villages; [10] Russia: The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia, created in 2003 and comprising 11 villages; [11]
Eco-villages in China can generally be categorized as top-down or bottom-up. Top-down villages receive funding and organization from the government, whereas bottom-up villages are founded by community members. Most Western theories about ecovillages generally only focus on bottom-up villages. [2]
The northern part of Zhongshan, including most of the urbanized area, lies on the alluvial plains of the Pearl River Delta, while the southern part of the city's territory reaches into a range of coastal hills. [5] The most notable of these are the Wugui Hills (Chinese: 五桂山; pinyin: Wǔguī Shān; Jyutping: Ng 5 gwai 3 Saan 1). The city's ...