Fenghuang Village
Fenghuang Village (), also known as Ling Xia () or Fenghuang Ancient Village (), is a historic urban village in Fuyong, Bao'an, Shenzhen, China. The village was founded by the descendants Wen Tianxiang, a scholar-general in the Southern Song Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty. There are currently more than 60 Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings and structures remaining in the village, including the 6-storey ''Wen Tower'', which was constructed in the late 18th century. The village was listed in Shenzhen's Heritage List in 2006 and restored in 2014. See also * Dapeng Fortress * Nantou Nantou may refer to: * Nantou County (南投縣), a county in central Taiwan (Republic of China) * Nantou City (南投市), seat of Nantou County, Taiwan * Nantou (historical town) (南头), a historic town and former administrative center of Xin' ... * Fenghuangshan Forest Park, a mountain nearby References Bao'an District Villages in China Tourist attractions in Shenzhen {{China-histor ...
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''Fènghuáng'' (, ) are Chinese mythology, mythological birds found in East Asian cultural sphere, Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds. The males were originally called ''fèng'' and the females ''huáng'', but such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and they are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, which is traditionally deemed male. It is known under similar names in various other languages (Japanese language, Japanese: ; vi, phượng hoàng, italics=no or ; Korean language, Korean: ). In the Western world, it is commonly called the Chinese phoenix or simply phoenix, although mythological similarities with the Western Phoenix (mythology), phoenix are superficial. Appearance A common depiction of fenghuang was of it attacking snakes with its talons and its wings spread. According to the ''Erya'''s chapter 17 ''Shiniao'', fenghuang is made up of the beak of a rooster, the face of a sw ...
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