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NanyangNanyang honours Zhuge Liang at Wolonggang and Zhang Zhongjing at the Medical Sage Shrine, yields Dushan jade and hosts the head of the central water diversion route.
Sheqi Ancient Town
Merchants move porcelain and tea freight beneath Sheqi’s carved guild hall gate along the old trade street.
Open the entryA useful starting point for Nanyang is the documented fact “Nanyang honours Zhuge Liang at Wolonggang and Zhang Zhongjing at the Medical Sage Shrine, yields Dushan jade and hosts the head of the central water diversion route.” The natural conditions and social experience of Nanyang therefore belong to one connected geographic story. Communities responded to surrounding conditions through residence, exchange, and daily practice, giving the spatial pattern a traceable history. The chain from environmental conditions to social practice gives the regional change of Nanyang a clear real-world expression. Taken together, these clues clarify the position, change, and distinctive contribution of Nanyang within the larger region.
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Shrine of Sage Physician Zhang Zhongjing who authored Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases anchors Wancheng near stone relief art at Nanyang Han Mural Museum.
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Thatch-roofed pavilions at Wolonggang 4A where strategist Zhuge Liang farmed before the Three Visits anchor Wolong, home of Dushan Jade carving.
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Primeval broadleaf forests of Mount Baotianman UNESCO Biosphere Reserve shade valleys in Nanzhao, acclaimed as the Magnolia Capital.
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Seven granite pinnacles at Mount Qifengshan 4A overlook ancient stoneworks of the Earliest Chu Great Wall in Fangcheng, famed for Hui Mian noodles.
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Tens of thousands of fossilized dinosaur eggs at Xixia Dinosaur Relics Park 5A and Mount Laojieling 5A make Xixia a premier mountain geopark.
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Thousands of jade carvers practice stonecraft at the Shifosi Jade Market in Zhenping, celebrated as Jade Carving Capital of the Realm.
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The grand complete Qing-dynasty administrative compound of Neixiang Ancient County Yamen 4A anchors Neixiang along the Tuan River.
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Clear aquamarine waters embark toward northern cities at the South-to-North Water Diversion Canal Head in Xichuan across Lake Danjiangkou.
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Magnificent wood and stone reliefs grace the Shanxi-Shaanxi Guild Hall at Shedian Ancient Town in Sheqi, famed for traditional Shedian Liquor.
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The soaring 11-story Song-dynasty Sizhou Pagoda overlooks granite boulders on Mount Shizhushan in Tanghe, homeland of philosopher Feng Youlan.
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Where strategist Zhuge Liang set fire to enemy encampments during the Three Kingdoms, Xinye preserves the historic Han Mulberry Tree.
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The bubbling mountain springs at the headwaters of the Huai River at Mount Tongbaishan flow past the dramatic cliffs of Shuiliandong in Tongbai.
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The serene courtyard ponds of Huazhou Academy where Fan Zhongyan composed the immortal Yueyang Tower Essay grace Dengzhou along the Tuan River.
Sheqi Ancient TownKey transfer station on the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road and porcelain trade hub; the Shaanxi-Shanxi Guildhall and Fire God Temple preserve exquisite commercial architecture unrivaled in central China.
Walking at night, Song Dingbo meets a ghost, pretends to be a new ghost himself and learns that ghosts fear only being spat on; at the market of Wan he sets it down, it turns into a sheep, and he spits on it and sells it for fifteen hundred cash.
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