Yi County or Yixian () is a

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in the southeast of

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, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of

Huangshan City Huangshan (), is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. Huangshan means ''Yellow Mountain'' in Chinese and the city is named after the famously scenic Yellow Mountains which cover much of the city's vast g ...

. It has a population of and an area of . The government of Yi County is located in Biyang Town. The villages of

Xidi Xidi () is a village in Xidi Town (), Yi County, Huangshan City of the historical Huizhou region of Anhui province, China. Xidi and the nearby town of Hongcun are known for their exceptional preservation of rural Anhui architecture and city ...

and

Hongcun Hongcun () is a village in Hongcun Town, Yi County, Huangshan City in the historical Huizhou region of southern Anhui Province, China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan. Together with Xidi, the village became a UNESCO World Heritage ...

in Yi County are part of the

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s. Yi County has jurisdiction over three towns and nine townships.

History

During the 16th century, Yi County flourished, and thousands of buildings in the style of

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

were built. These buildings are used extensively by the Chinese film industry. Scenes from the well known film '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (2000) were filmed in Yi County.

Administrative divisions

Yi County is divided to 3 towns and 9 townships. ;Towns *Biyang () * Jilian () *Yuting () ;Townships

Climate

Transportation

Rail

Yi County is served by the Anhui–Jiangxi Railway, and has a station at Yuting, in the southern tip of the county.

Notable people

Wang Dazhi Wang Dazhi (Chinese: 汪达之; Pinyin: Wāng Dázhī; April 21, 1903 – March 27, 1980) was a Chinese educator. Biography Wang Dazhi was born in Yi County, Anhui in 1903. He attended the Nanjing Xiaozhuang Normal College, which was founde ...

, Chinese educator

References

External links

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