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	Xidi sequence
		Xidi Tlagëma's and Xidi Hammado's descendants are both të Dlagam but it is wrong to assign Tlagëma and Hammado to a section that did not exist in their time.
		Xidi Bagaana, another of Mbanggë's sons, is mainly remembered today as the father of Fuca and grandfather of Njacu and Taymusë, pretenders to the Xidiship during the Hamman Yaji years.
		Xidi Zirangkwadë on the Patla, June 1991, with Bugë (the throneroom) in the background.
	www.ucalgary.ca /sukur/Soc/Xidis.htm (7080 words)

	Global Heritage Fund - Site Profile
		Xidi Village was established in AD 1047 during the Song Dynasty, continued its development during the Ming Dynasty, and flourished at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.
		Xidi Village measures 700 metres long from the east to west and 300 metres wide from the south to north.
		Xidi Village is located in the southeast of Yixian county, approximately 8 km away.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /sites/apac/anhui.html (807 words)

	Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
		The two traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun in Anhui province preserve to a remarkable extent the appearance of non-urban settlements of a type that largely disappeared or was transformed during the last century.
		Xidi Village is located in the southeastern part of Yixian County and has over 300 simple, yet graceful, Ming and Qing dynasty residences, of which 124 are well preserved.
		The villages of Xidi and Hongcun are graphic illustrations of a type of human settlement created during a feudal period and based on a prosperous trading economy.
	www.chinatravel.com /china-travel-guides/china-attractions/china-world-heritage/ancient-villages-in-south.shtml (806 words)

	Xidi sequence
		Xidi Bagaana, another of Mbanggë's sons, is mainly remembered today as the father of Fuca and grandfather of Njacu and Taymusë, pretenders to the Xidiship during the Hamman Yaji years.
		In 1983 Zirangkwadë was deposed by the Shagari regime and the Xidiship divided.
		Xidi Zirangkwadë on the Patla, June 1991, with Bugë (the throneroom) in the background.
	www.sukur.info /Soc/Xidis.htm (7080 words)

	Title origins
		The Soje Xidi, literally soldiers (from the English) of the chief, are neighborhood-based work groups that operate in the same year as initiation, that is every other year.
		Second, Xidi's ruling does not conform with earlier practice as described in oral traditions relating to the Midala title (above) in which Xidi is seen to confer the title first on Bakyang and later on Karando.
		Today, in the absence of specific political opposition, there would be little for the Xidi to gain by divesting such senior elders of their offices at the considerable risk of offending their clan brothers.
	www.sukur.info /Soc/TitleOrig.htm (2562 words)

	Xidi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A successful research conducted by Shanxi Xidi Fine Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., a joint venture between China and the United States, proves that coal gangue can be used to...
		Xīdì (西递), also Xi'di, or Xi Di, is a village in southern Anhui province, in China, that was declared world heritage in 2000 by the UNESCO.
		It was first built during the reign of emperor Huangyou during the Song Dynasty.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Xidi (323 words)

	Xidi - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Xīdì (Chinese: 西递; pinyin: Xidi, also Xi'di, or Xi Di, literally WestPost), is a village in southern Anhui province (Yixian County), in China, which has been declared worldheritage in 2000 by the UNESCO.
		It was first built during the reign of emperor Huangyou during the Song Dynasty and was originally calledXichuan (West River), because of the water courses which flow through the village.
		The street pattern of Xidi is dominated by a main road which runs in east-west direction and is flanked by two parallelstreets.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Xidi (252 words)

	China Tour: Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
		Lying 8 kilometers northeast of Yixian County and built in 11 A.D, Xidi is 700 meters long and 300 meters wide.
		Wooden architectures in Xi'di is unique and elegant: prettified walls preventing rain infiltration; fl tiles recording the history of the town; decorative gate towers standing for the particular flavor of the architecture.
		130 (55 for Xidi Village; 55 for Hongcun Village; 20 for Nanping Village)
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/anhui/huangshan/yixian.htm (707 words)

	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site: Xidi and Hongcun
		Xidi was first built in 1047 AD during the northern Song period, whereas Hongcun entered history in 1131 AD during the southern Song period.
		Xidi was the residence of the Hu family, which claimed a Tang dynasty royal prince as its ancestor.
		Today, Xidi has 124 well-preserved Ming and Qing dynasty family residences, three family temples, and a memorial archway dedicated to a Ming dynasty high-ranking official from the village.
	www.travelwebs.net /UniversityEducational/Content/Xidi_Hongcun.htm (769 words)

	Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
		Criterion iii The villages of Xidi and Hongcun are graphic illustrations of a type of human settlement created during a feudal period and based on a prosperous trading economy.
		Criterion v The traditional non-urban settlements of China, which have to a very large extent disappeared during the past century, are exceptionally well preserved in the villages of Xidi and Hongcun.
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1002 (203 words)

	China - Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
		The two traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun preserve to a remarkable extent the appearance of non-urban settlements of a type that largely disappeared or was transformed during the last century.
		Their street plan, their architecture and decoration, and the integration of houses with comprehensive water systems are unique surviving examples.
		In the Xidi Village surrounded by hills, there are more than 120 ancient houses, picturesque streets and a stream running by.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ChinaAnhuiXidiHongchun.htm (258 words)

	The Isolated Villages of Qianxian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Xidi and Hongcun, two villages in the province's Qianxian County, are World Cultural Heritage sites, and they follow the rule to a T. Xidi Village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with two crystal-clear brooks running through it.
		Isolated from the rest of the world by inconvenient transportation, the area has escaped attacks by outsiders and the influences of modern economic impacts, staying as unadorned and as pure as they always were.
		Transportation: Minivans to Xidi Village are available at the Yixian main bus station.
	www.investchina.com.cn /english/travel/99430.htm (495 words)

	Malthe Winje AS - HUANGSHAN XIDI WATER SUPPLY LTD - CHINA
		Through friendly negotiations between the local Government in Xidi and Malthe Winje AS, Malthe Winje has agreed to build, operate and run a new Water Supply for 20 years.
		The company is 100% owned by Malthe Winje AS and the name of the company is Huangshan Xidi Water Supply Ltd, with a share capital of 400.000 USD.
		Xidi is a old town listed on UNESCO`s World Heritage list, with about 7000 inhabitants.
	www.malthe-winje.no /website.aspx?displayid=1568 (147 words)

	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site: Xidi and Hongcun
		Xidi was first built in 1047 AD during the northern Song period, whereas Hongcun entered history in 1131 AD during the southern Song period.
		Xidi was the residence of the Hu family, which claimed a Tang dynasty royal prince as its ancestor.
		Today, Xidi has 124 well-preserved Ming and Qing dynasty family residences, three family temples, and a memorial archway dedicated to a Ming dynasty high-ranking official from the village.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/NOV2005/Xidi.htm (833 words)

	2charis Forums - The Isolated Villages of Qianxian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Its unique layout and idyllic scenery give the village its reputations as "The Village in a Traditional Chinese Painting." More valuable are the 3,500 ancient dwellings built during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, which have been preserved intact.
		Anhui architecture is famous for its carvings on stones, bricks, and wood, which can be seen in Xidi and Hongcun.
		In Xidi Village, the majority of door and window frames and walls are built with carved stones.
	www.2chairs.net /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=111 (503 words)

	Xidi at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Xidi, also Xi'di, or Xi Di, is a village in Southern Anhui that was declared world heritage in 2000 by the UNESCO.
		Xidi Tlagëma's and Xidi Hammado's descendants are both...
		The prosperity of Xidi peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries, at...
	www.springknow.com /Xidi.html (385 words)

	Xidi Village - The Museum of Ancient Residence Buildings
		Well-preserved ancient villages shaded on the slopes of the green hills of the southern part of east China's Anhui Province are acclaimed by tourists and scholars as the most beautiful villages in the world and a museum of Chinese ancient residences.
		As representatives of those beautiful ancient villages, Xidi and Hong villages, both located in Yixian County, were added to the World Cultural Heritage list in 2000.
		In 2002, 179 senior villagers over 60 years old in Xidi Village jointly proposed a public move to call for eternal preservation of their rare heritage, attracting more than 1,000 villagers to attend the ceremony.
	www.chinatravelz.com /china/anhui/towns/xidi/index.asp (659 words)

	Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		Xidi and Hongcun are precious gems, getting there is fun!
		Try visiting some of the other villages enroute to Hongcun and Xidi, they are quite similar in style, minus the commercial atmosphere.
		My wife and I visited Xidi and Hongcun in January 2002 as part of our visit to Huang Shan.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/xidihongcun.html (331 words)

	Hongcun Village and Xidi Village, China Travel and Tour to Anhui Province Huangshan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Hongcun is known as the "cow-shaped village" since the pond is shaped like a cow's belly and the dyke looks like one of the cow's legs.
		Judging from the general layout of the villages, Xidi is meant to resemble a sailing boat.
		The memorial archway--built in 1578 and dedicated to Hu Weuguang, a Xidi native who became a high official of the Ming Dynasty--is a masterpiece of stone carving.
	www.greatwalltour.com /greatwall_pages/provinces/anhui/huangshan/hongcun.htm (669 words)

	Artist on the cutting edge of tradition and modernity - Arts & Artists - Culture & Education - Newsgd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The 55-year-old artist is renowned for his watercolor Xidi Village Series and sometimes regarded as an expert in folklore by the media.
		To achieve this, he invited some folk artists to Shenzhen to show their skills at the Shenzhen Museum during the Spring Festival, where one of his gigantic red woman paper-cuts was displayed.
		In 1994, in his home city Wuhu, he held an exhibition of the Xidi Village Series and he installed a work called Xidi Altar which symbolized his farewell to the village.
	www.newsgd.net /culture/art/200402100044.htm (762 words)

	Hongcun and Xidi History Summary
		In 2000 two ancient Chinese villages, Hongcun and Xidi in Anhui Province, were selected for the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
		The villages and their relics are preserved as a national historical treasure to interpret China's feudal rural past.
		Xidi was built in the Northern Song dynasty (960–1126).
	www.bookrags.com /history/worldhistory/hongcun-and-xidi-ema-02 (266 words)

	Going to Xidi and Hongcun - Forum - China Travel Community
		It is no problem to visit the villages for foreign visitors and the fees will be charged at the entrance of each village.
		Xidi, Hongcun and Nanping are all in Yixian County, they are not far from each another.
		Xidi and Hongcun are more renowned since they have been nominated by the UNESCO as the World Heritage of Culture.
	community.travelchinaguide.com /forum2.asp?i=6129 (429 words)

	Smaller Chinese Villages - WikiJourney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		My companion and I wake up in the morining to get our train, but my companion instead finds his friends from yesterday and finds what may be a better route for us.
		There was one interesting house at the end where the lord of the village lived in the old times.
		We next headed to a village called Xidi about 20 minutes away.
	www.ditchthecube.com /wiki/index.php?title=Smaller_Chinese_Villages (642 words)

	Xidi - Yellow Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Online yellow pages of Xidi provide a unique opportunity to reach consumers at the very moment they are seeking a source for just the product or service you offer in Xidi.
		Unlike their print counterpart, online yellow pages of Xidi provide a dynamic advertising vehicle suitable for running promotion-based advertising campaigns that are highly engaging, interactive and measurable.
		It is basically a business directory of Xidi, listing local businesses and having advertisements from local and foreign companies.
	www.go4yp.com /Country/China/Tianjin-Shi/Xidi.shtml (120 words)

	Ancient Xidi and Hongcun Villages - Towns and Villages with Chinese Folk Characteristics - Chinese Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Ancient Xidi and Hongcun Villages - Towns and Villages with Chinese Folk Characteristics - Chinese Culture
		The old houses in Xidi and Hongcun villages, in Yixian County in the south of Anhui Province, were included in Unesco's World Cultural Heritage list in November 2000.
		These houses provide valuable materials for the study of the history of Chinese civilian residential housing, living environment, architecture, local history and customs.
	www.chinaplanner.com /culture/ancienttowns/ant_xidi.htm (160 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - FreeCloud's Xidi Off The Beaten Path Tips
		His two major official positions were carved on either side of the archway.
		The number of 'roof looking' thing and number of columns can be used are all associated with that person's official rank etc. This one is called 4-column, 3-door, 5 'roof' (in Chinese, Lou), archway.
		The border between the old and new is physically clear - devided by this wall, but then the border of the sense is fussy, the feeling is just like when you look back through this window.
	tmp.virtualtourist.com /m/18aef/f3427/6 (635 words)

	Letters from China: Anhui (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		But I have decided that someday I will go through the hardships of travelling to visit some traditional villages like Xidi and Hongcun in Huangshan, southern Anhui.
		Hopefully, there will be no security guards and mobile-barking ladies.
		Xidi and Hongcun, the ancient villages in southern Anhui, were inscribed on the World Heritage List by the UNESCO in 2000.
	voyage.typepad.com /china/anhui (513 words)

	Xidi and Hongcun Villages--News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Decorated with the typical local style of brick, wood and stone, carvings, they display the ornateness and elegancy of the traditional 15th-16th century edifices, boasting historical and research value, as well as being tourist attractions.
		The most typical of these are the residential houses of Xidi Village and the paleo-ox-shaped Hongcun Village.
		They have been referred to as museum of Ming and Qing residential houses in China.
	big5.china.com /gate/big5/english.china.com/zh_cn/culture_history/heritages/11023762/20040916/11881915.html (640 words)

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