Hongcun
Hongcun (Chinese: 宏村; pinyin: Hóngcūn; lit. 'Hong village') is a village in Hongcun Town, Yi County, Huangshan City in the historical Huizhou region of southern Anhui Province, China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan.
Hongcun
宏村 | |
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Village | |
Hongcun | |
| Coordinates: 30°00′12″N 117°59′26″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Huangshan City |
| County | Yi County |
| Town | Hongcun Town |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Official name | Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv, v |
| Designated | 2000 |
| Reference no. | 1002 |
| Region | Asia |
Together with Xidi, the village became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, because of its exceptional preservation of the architecture and city plan of a rural village in feudal China. Scenes from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were filmed on location in Hongcun.
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