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THIS ISHINAHong Village-Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon90es. A three-hour drive from Shanghai,the county has gone against the trendof modern development. 75 percent ofits land is forested.Bamboo is such a big part of Anjithat a “bamboo culture” has evolvedand a museum displays how folk artistsuse different parts of bamboo to createsculptures, statues and even paintings.Bamboos are practically everywhere.Even the restaurants serve a variety ofdishes featuring bamboo.And if the scenery looks familiar,it’s probably because you’ve seen a filmthat was shot in Anji. Many movieshave been filmed here including partsof the Oscar-winning film CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon. In this film, aspectacular fight scene amongst a bambooforest takes place between charactersplayed by Chow Yun-Fat andZhang Ziyi.Going deeper into the county, touristsmay be interested in the She ethnicminority group and their unique tradiorama,show the area at the entrance tothe village where the stream and waterchannels flowing through the villagecollect in a small lake.Much of the architecture datesback to Ming and Qing Dynasties(15th to 17th centuries) and is said tobe the best of its kind in China. ChenzhiHall, one of the larger propertieswithin the village, is open to the publicand contains a small museum.Tourism to Hong Village hasgreatly increased, aided by the designationof the village as a World HeritageSite and also because much of the filmCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon wasshot here.Anji County-Crouching Tiger,Hidden DragonKnown as the “hometown ofbamboo”, Anji County in ZhejiangProvince is blessed with mountainscovered with bamboo forests, ripplingstreams, tea terraces and quaint villag-Hong Village is a historic, picturesquevillage on the slopes of MountHuangshan in the southern part ofAnhui Province in China. The villageis a popular tourist destination and,together with Xidi, has been declared aWorld Heritage Site.The village is built next to JiyinStream and nearby are Nanhu and QishuSuiku lakes. Four bridges cross thestream in Hongcun forming a networkjoining the 150 or so buildings in thevillage. Most pictures, like this pan-