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Chengyang, Guangxi

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Chengyang (程阳) is a district consisting of eight villages, located 4–5 hours from Guilin, in the Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County of Guangxi province of China.

It is known for its "Folk Custom Centre" and the Chengyang Bridge , a covered bridge called a "wind and rain bridge" locally since it protected its users from the weather. The bridge is protected as a valued cultural relic of the Dong people, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on February 12, 1996, in the Cultural category. Every day at 10:30am and 3:30pm there is a Dong Culture Show. There are a few guest house in the village, the Yang's guest house being the most popular.

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Chengyang, Guangxi Wikipedia