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A pit courtyard or Dikengyuan (Chinese: 地坑院; pinyin: De kēng yuàn) is a traditional form of subterranean residential architecture found primarily in the Shaanxi, Henan, and Gansu Provinces.
Description
[edit]Dikengyuan has gradually become a symbol of nostalgia after the Cultural Revolution in China. Some localities have made use of them to develop tourism, and in 2011, the "Dikengyuan construction technique" was listed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[1][2]
Pit courtyards and tourism
[edit]Developing tourism based on Dikengyuan houses has become an important way for some local communities economically.[3][4]
On April 21, 2020, Sanmenxia Daily newspaper published an article titled "Highlighting Regional Characteristics and Creating Dikengyuan Folk Tourism"
References
[edit]- ↑ "乡愁萦绕地坑院 _光明网". news.gmw.cn. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ↑ "国务院关于公布第三批国家级非物质文化遗产名录的通知". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ "陕州地坑院：发挥特色民居文化 助力豫西乡村振兴_图片频道_新华网". 2018-11-26. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ↑ "河南陕州：地坑院里走出的文化致富路-新华网". 2020-08-08. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
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