Yakou Piao-se
Yakou Piao-se () is a traditional festival activity in the village Yakou, Nanlang, Zhongshan, in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province, China. In 2008, the Chinese government added Yakou Piao-se to the official list of China's state-level, intangible, cultural heritage items.Culture Daily''
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History

There are several versions of the origin of Yakou Piao-se. The first version is that at one time the village of Yakou suffered from frequent floods because of its coastal location and low altitude. To solve the problem, villagers began to car ...
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Nanlang
Nanlang () is a town situated at the eastern periphery of the city of Zhongshan in Guangdong Province, China. The town has a population 38,000 permanent residents and a total area of . Nanlang has administrative jurisdiction over the village of Cuiheng, the birthplace of Sun Yat-sen. Administration Nanlang is directly administered by the prefectural city of Zhongshan. Transportation The town has a station on the Guangzhou–Zhuhai Intercity Mass Rapid Transit. See also *Nanlang dialect The Nanlang dialect is a variety of Eastern Min Chinese mostly spoken in Nanlang in Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, China. Despite its close proximity, Nanlang is not very closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region ... External links Nanlang Township Government Website {{Zhongshan Zhongshan Towns in Guangdong ...
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