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Jingji Villa (Chinese: 静寄山庄), also known as the Panshan Palace (盘山行宫), is located in Lianhe Village, Guanzhuang Town, Jixian District, Tianjin, at the southeastern foot of Mount Pan. It was the second-largest royal palace outside Beijing during the Qing dynasty , following the Chengde Mountain Resort .
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]
This ancient town was regarded as the most beautiful town in China by New Zealand writer Rewi Alley. It was built in 1704, and has 300 years of history. The ancient city is a gathering place for Miao and Tujia ethnic minorities. The town was damaged by flooding in July 2014. [10]
Along with Foshan, Jingde, and Hankou, Zhuxian is regarded as one of the "four ancient towns of Qing dynasty China". In 2007, Zhuxian was included in the list of 10 most beautiful village-towns in China.
In China, an administrative village (Chinese: 村; pinyin: cūn) is a type fifth-level administrative division, underneath a township, county, city, and province. There are more than six hundred thousand administrative villages in China. [1] Some villages are not administrative villages but natural villages, which are not administrative divisions.
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Likeng Village is a village in Wuyuan county, Jiangxi, eastern China. It supposedly is populated only by people with the last name " Li ". [ citation needed ] With a history of more than a thousand years, it was first built in the Song dynasty .