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Nanshe and Tangwei Ancient Villages 南社村和塘尾村Nánshè Cūn hé Tángwěi Cūn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Dongguan, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dongguan
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Nanshe and Tangwei Ancient Villages
Two walled Ming and Qing clan villages in eastern Dongguan, listed together as a national heritage site in 2006. Nanshe, in Chashan town, is a Xie clan village laid out along a chain of four ponds, with a late-Ming wall and 16 ancestral halls lining the water. Tangwei, about 3 km away in Shipai town, keeps more than 260 Ming and Qing houses with 21 ancestral halls, study halls and watchtowers built of red sandstone and grey brick.
How to get to Nanshe and Tangwei Ancient Villages
In Chashan town, eastern Dongguan, about 30 minutes by road from the city centre; Tangwei is a short taxi ride to the north-east.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 60 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Shilong South Bridge of the Kowloon–Canton Railway 广九铁路石龙南桥 (under 10 km), Yiyi Art House Museum 逸颐艺舍博物馆 (under 10 km), Xiangshi Zoo 香市动物园 (under 10 km), Quejin Pavilion Stele 却金亭碑 (20 km), Yinxian Villa Resort 隐贤山庄 (20 km), Keyuan 可园 (20 km).
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