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Chinese Memorial Archway
Paifang or Pailou, meaning archway in English, is a traditional Chinese gateway with a memorial or decorative nature. Traditional Chinese memorial archway could be made of wood, brick, stone or glaze, and is built mainly to commemorate the great achievements or loftiness of a family's ancestors. M...
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Wooden Stilted Houses, Ethnic Dwellings in Southwestern China
Wooden stilted houses in China (or Diao Jiao Lou in Chinese) are houses raised on piles over the surface of water. Traditional wooden stilted houses, mainly found in Southwestern China, are residential houses of Miao, Dong, Tujia, Zhuang and Buyi ethnic groups. The wooden building is built close t...
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Traditional Wooden Architecture of Dong Ethnic Group
The Dong is one of the 56 ethnic groups in China mainly distributed in eastern Guizhou, western Hunan, and northern Guangxi. Dong people are known for their native-bred Kam Sweet Rice and the Grand Song, which has been declared as the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. In addition, Dong people a...
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Hui-style Architecture, Representative of Ancient Chinese Buildings
Situated in southern Anhui Province, Huangshan Mountain has been honored as a world cultural heritage. At the foot of picturesque Huangshan Mountain, there are some characteristic local villages and towns. Clusters of grey-tiled and white-walled houses can be found here, forming the most typical s...
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Top 7 Ancient Water Town in the East China
Top 1 Zhouzhuang
Location: 60KM from Shanghai to the east; 40KM from Suzhou to the west;
Zhouzhuang is located within Kunshan county-level city, 30 km southeast of Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Zhouzhuang is a cluster of ancient towns dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, whe...
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