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Hongcun

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Hongcun is a village in Yixian county, Anhui, located near the Southwest slope of Mount Huangshan.

The village is arranged to form the shape of an ox, nearby Lake Nanhun being the belly of the ox. The architecture and carvings of the ca. 150 residences dating back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties are said to be among the best of their time in China. One of the biggest of the residences open to visitors, Chenzhi Hall, also contains a small residence museum.

Together with Xidi it was made a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2000. Hongcun also was the location of the action film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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