Longnan, Jiangxi
Longnan is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.;8 towns
;5 townships
- Taojiang
- Dongjiang
- Lintang
- Nanxiang
- Jiahu
Traditional architecture
By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries. They are known locally as weiwu or wei.
Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" . Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei. Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou", as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.
Climate
Famous people from Longnan
- Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay