Guangnan County History

Guangnan County (simplified Chinese: 广南县; traditional Chinese: 廣南縣; pinyin: Guǎngnán Xiàn) is located inWenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. The seat of Guangnan, known today as Liancheng (莲城镇), was the heart of the Gouding Kingdom (句町) that lasted approximately 400 years, from 111 BC to 316 AD.Grave of Princess Anhua (安化郡主). The 16-year-old princess, a full sister of the last (Southern) Ming emperor Zhu Youlang(the Yongli Emperor), died near Guangnan town in 1652, when the emperor was retreating from Guangxi to Yunnan.

1)Ayong Bridge: built on the outstrected branches of trees from the two banks of the river

2)Ayong ancestral home of the Nong clan

3)Guima Bridge: a traditional wind-and-rain bridge that is the center for folk singing and recreation

4)Guima Hall of the Elders

5)Wang Peilun’s Residence: Xiban Village 夕板村, Guangnan

6)The Tinglang (rest kiosks) of Xiban Village 夕板村, Guangnan

7)The ganlan houses of Tuotong Village 拖同村 and Dixian Village 底仙村

Historical villages include:

·         Heye 河野村

·         Tuopai 拖派村

·         Dixian 底仙村: notable for its unique ganlan houses found only there

·         Nabei 那贝村

·         Tuotong 拖同村

·         Gejia 革假村: notable for its thousand-year-old banyan tree, and for its many natives who passed the civil examination to become jinshi 进士 (palace candidates) during the Qing Dynasty

·         Ayong 阿用

·         Guima 贵马