Longnan, Jiangxi
Longnan (simplified Chinese: 龙南; traditional Chinese: 龍南; pinyin: Lóngnán) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.
Longnan
龙南市 Lungnan | |
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 Guanxi Xinwei, a Hakka walled village | |
 Location within Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25.9106°N 114.786°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Ganzhou |
| Postal Code | 341700 |
Administrative divisions
In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.[1]
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Traditional vernacular architecture
Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi.[2] [3] By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries.[2] They are known locally as weiwu (围屋) or wei (围);[2] 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.[4]
Famous people from Longnan
- Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay
Notes
- "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- 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], Sanlian Books (三联书店), p. 114, ISBN 9787108031754 (Revised edition)
External links
- Longnan Official Website (in Chinese)