Ancient buildings well preserved in over 400-year-old hamlet in S China’s Guangxi
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Nestled in central part of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Longteng Hamlet boosts 49 ancient buildings in the style of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. From the end of the Ming dynasty to the present, for more than 400 years, the Liang clan has thrived here, which has been 17 generations so far.
In 1620, the Liang family moved here from the west part of south China’s Guangdong Province. Overlooking the mountains covered with stones like dragon scales, this area looks like a soaring dragon. Therefore they named here “Longteng”, meaning dragon flying in Chinese, and settled here ever since.
Covering an area of more than 20,000 square meters, the ancient building group in the hamlet is currently the best preserved and largest one of Ming and Qing dynasties in central Guangxi.
As living standards improved in recent years, the cultural life of the villagers has become increasingly rich, with various activities injecting vitality into the hamlet.
A tourist visits Longteng Hamlet, Na’an Village in Tongmu Town of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2024.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
