Longnan County
Not to be confused with Longnan city in Gansu province.
| Longnan 龙南 | |
|---|---|
| County | |
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Guanxi Xinwei, a Hakka walled village | |
 Location within Jiangxi | |
  Longnan Location within China | |
| Coordinates: 25°54′38″N 114°47′10″E / 25.9106°N 114.786°ECoordinates: 25°54′38″N 114°47′10″E / 25.9106°N 114.786°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Ganzhou |
| Postal Code | 34???? |
Longnan County (Chinese: 龙南县) is a county under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in Jiangxi province.
Traditional vernacular architecture
Longnan County is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi.[1] [2] By one count, there are around 370 of them within the county's boundaries.[1] They are known locally as weiwu (围屋) or wei (围);[1] Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou" (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.[3]
Famous people from Longnan
- Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay
Notes
- 1 2 3 Chen Liang, Another cluster of Tulou in Longnan of Jiangxi bordering Fujian. China Daily. Published on www.whatsonxiamen.com on 2008-07-19
- ↑ Knapp, Ronald G. (2000), China's old dwellings, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 275–277, ISBN 0-8248-2214-5
- ↑ Huang, Hanmin (黄汉民) (2009), 福建土楼-中国传统民居的瑰宝 (Fujian Tulou: a jewel of China's traditional residential architecture), 三联书店 (Sanlian Books), p. 114, ISBN 9787108031754 (Revised edition)
External links
- Longnan County Official Website (Chinese)
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