Hongcun
Hongcun
宏村 | |
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Hongcun | |
| Coordinates: 30°00′12″N 117°59′26″E / 30.0033°N 117.9905°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Huangshan City |
| County | Yi County |
| Town | Hongcun Town |
| Official name | Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv, v |
| Designated | 2000 |
| Reference no. | 1002 |
| Region | Asia |
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.
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.