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Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged veteran Party chiefs from border villages of southwest China s Yunnan Province to play an exemplary role in leading villagers in building a beautiful homeland, maintaining ethnic unity, and safeguarding territorial integrity.
A historic Chinese village has been almost completely destroyed by a huge fire. The video, captured in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Yunnan Province on February 14, shows straw huts being engulfed in massive flames and heavy smoke rising into the air. According to reports, the over 4000-year-old Wengding village is a national tourism resort. Only four out of 105 straw huts remained intact after the fire.
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‘China’s Last Aboriginal Village’ Devastated in Great Fire
A sudden great fire swallowed up nearly the whole village of Wengding, located in Cangyuan county, Lincang city, southwestern China’s Yunnan Province.
It is known as one of the few villages remaining in China where the aboriginal Wa people reside.
On Feb. 14, around 5:40 p.m. local time, a severe fire hit the “heritage” section of the village, according to China’s state media reports. Since the community was full of thatched houses, the fire spread swiftly and uncontrollably.
Residents and tourists staying there were evacuated. By 11:15 p.m., the open flames were extinguished, and the remaining fire was being cleared.
Fire Destroys 400-Year-Old Village of Last Remaining Primitive Tribe in China
On 2/16/21 at 5:46 AM EST
A 400-year-old settlement belonging to China s last primitive tribe was razed to the ground on Sunday following a serious fire exacerbated by strong winds.
The charming village of Wengding, a tourist attraction in China s southwestern Yunnan province, has since been evacuated, with no deaths or injuries reported thus far.
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According to local media reports, the blaze began in an unoccupied thatch home at 5:40 p.m. local time, with strong winds spreading it to neighboring huts belonging to members of the Wa people.
The Wa reside mostly in northern Myanmar, but they also live across the border in northern Thailand and southwestern China.