Guangnan County - Historical Sites

Historical Sites

  • Grave of Princess Anhua (安化郡主). The 16-year-old princess, a full sister of the last (Southern) Ming emperor Zhu Youlang (the Yongli Emperor), died near Guangnan town in 1652, when the emperor was retreating from Guangxi to Yunnan.
  • Ayong Bridge: built on the outstrected branches of trees from the two banks of the river
  • Ayong ancestral home of the Nong clan
  • Guima Bridge: a traditional wind-and-rain bridge that is the center for folk singing and recreation
  • Guima Hall of the Elders
  • Wang Peilun's Residence: Xiban Village 夕板村, Guangnan
  • The Tinglang (rest kiosks) of Xiban Village 夕板村, Guangnan
  • The ganlan houses of Tuotong Village 拖同村 and Dixian Village 底仙村

Historical villages include:

  • Heye 河野村
  • Tuopai 拖派村
  • Dixian 底仙村: notable for its unique ganlan houses found only there
  • Nabei 那贝村
  • Tuotong 拖同村
  • Gejia 革假村: notable for its thousand-year-old banyan tree, and for its many natives who passed the civil examination to become jinshi 进士 (palace candidates) during the Qing Dynasty
  • Ayong 阿用
  • Guima 贵马

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