Dingcun Explained

Dingcun is an old village located in Xincheng (Chinese: {{linktext|新城|镇), Xiangfen County, approximately 28 kilometers south of Linfen, in southern Shanxi Province, China.^{[1] [2]}

Site description

Historical residential courtyards in Dingcun consist of a number of "foursquare" courtyards with buildings on the four directions including the main halls, the wing rooms along the east and west sides, the corridors and the entrance gateways. It has totally 40 complete sets of "four-square" courtyards 598.5 jian (Jian: the smallest unit of a building, approximately 15 square meters each) rooms and covers an area of 48000 square meters.

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History

The earliest courtyards were built in the 21st year in the reign of the Wanli Emperor (1593) of the Ming dynasty and the latest ones were of early republican period. Generally speaking, the total structure can be divided into three sections, the north courtyards, the middle courtyards and the south courtyards. These three sections respectively consisted of buildings of the Ming dynasty, the early and middle periods of the Qing dynasty and that of the later period of the Qing dynasty. These are one of the representative pieces of folk architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties in North China. Since these buildings were built in different times, their layout and style are different.

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World Heritage status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on February 12, 1996 in the Cultural category.^[5]

Notes

1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2017/14/10/23/141023100.html . zh:2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：新城镇 . 2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Xincheng Town . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Chinese. 2017 . 22 July 2018 . Chinese: 141023100210 220 丁村村民委员会.
2. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/sx/27926.html . zh:襄汾县行政区划 . Xiangfen County Administrative Divisions . Chinese: 行政区划网站| www.xzqh.org . Chinese: 行政区划网站|/Chinese: 区划地名网站| (Administrative Divisions Web/District Geographic Names Web) . Chinese. 18 October 2016 . 22 July 2018 . Chinese: 【2014年代码及城乡分类】141023100:{....
3. https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/121/ Historical Residential Courtyards in Dingcun - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
4. https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/121/ Historical Residential Courtyards in Dingcun - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
5. https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/121/ Historical Residential Courtyards in Dingcun - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

References

Historical Residential Courtyards in Dingcun - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Accessed 2009-02-23.