Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
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Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun are exceptionally well-preserved traditional Chinese rural settlements famed for their Ming–Qing era Hui-style architecture, intricate water systems, and culturally rich village layouts recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ historic rural settlement ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Hui architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confucian clan culture
ⓘ
Hui ⓘ
surface form:
Hui merchants
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Huizhou ⓘ |
| governedBy |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| hasPart |
Hongcun
ⓘ
Yixian ⓘ
surface form:
Xidi
|
| hasSignificantFeature |
ancestral halls
ⓘ
artificial ponds and canals ⓘ clan-based village organization ⓘ elaborate wooden carvings ⓘ stone-paved lanes ⓘ traditional drainage systems ⓘ whitewashed walls and black-tiled roofs ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
agricultural fields
ⓘ
mountainous landscape ⓘ |
| heritageTheme |
merchant culture of Huizhou
ⓘ
traditional Chinese rural settlement ⓘ |
| inscriptionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hui-style architecture
ⓘ
Ming–Qing era buildings ⓘ ancestral halls and clan-based structures ⓘ traditional water management systems ⓘ well-preserved village layout ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalCommunity | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anhui
ⓘ
surface form:
Anhui Province
eastern China ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern China
Xuancheng ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Anhui
|
| locatedNear |
Huangshan
ⓘ
surface form:
Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)
|
| mainReligionTradition |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ancient Huizhou villages
ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in China ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese World Heritage Sites
|
| period |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 1002 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
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ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.