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Heshun, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, is a bright pearl of the blending of Chinese and foreign cultures on the Oriental Silk Road, and an antique world with the charm of Jiangnan water town. Heshun is 7 kilometers away from the county seat, with a population of more than 6,, and there are as many as 6, Heshun people living abroad, distributed in 13 countries and regions. Heshun has the largest rural library in China. Ai Siqi, a Marxist philosopher, Yin Rong, a Buddhist of Myanmar, and Cunzunfu, Zhang Baoting, the "Jade Kings" who are renowned at home and abroad, have been bred here, and it is one of the four typical cultural and ecological villages in Yunnan. Heshun Township has a beautiful environment, simple folk customs, profound Chinese culture and a good swim, which means melting itself into a broad and profound cultural atmosphere. Heshun, formerly known as Yangwendeng, used to be the Wa people's residence. Because there is a small river around the village, it was named "Heshun", and then it was renamed Heshun by the literati who borrowed the poem "Clouds are auspicious and the wind is smooth". Heshun is surrounded by large and small volcanic cones, and the houses in the whole town are built around the mountains from east to west, getting deeper and higher, with dense houses and patchwork. A Sanhe River passes around the village, and two stone arch bridges connect the roads inside and outside the village. All the roads in the village, even the ridges outside the village, are paved with stone strips, and there is no dust in sunny days, no mud in rain, no rot and no slippery. On the side of Huancun Road, at the intersection of each roadway, there is a semicircular or fan-shaped "platform" surrounded by stone fences, and some of them are built according to geomantic omen. In the middle of the platform, there is a big banyan tree or locust tree, which is green and covered, and there are stone benches for people to have a rest and talk. Around the village, there are laundry kiosks built across the river at intervals. The kiosks are about 1 square meters in size, and the corners are slightly tilted. The water is covered with well-shaped stone strips, and the flow directions of drinking water and washing water are naturally separated. During the anti-Japanese war, Heshun was protected by the expeditionary force and survived the artillery fire. For a long time, the rich Heshun people have invested a lot of money in the construction of their hometown, forming a unique regional culture that integrates natural landscape and human landscape, which is manifested in its buildings, one is Heshun Library, and the other is various folk houses. Heshun Library is located in the middle of the village, just across Shuanghongqiao. This is the earliest and largest library established in towns and villages of China, and there are many rare books in the collection of more than 6, books. Heshun Library was built in 1924. Its facade is modeled after the three-hole Western-style iron gate of Soochow University in Suzhou, and its inscription is "Heshun Library" by Hu Shi. The main building has two floors, with fewer columns and more beams, and the upper and lower windows are spacious and bright. The main building and the hexagonal pavilion next to it are in harmony with the patio and garden. There are many newspapers and magazines on the reading shelf in the lobby, all of which are the latest, so you can browse them at will. There is a computer in the corner, and you can surf the internet by dialing-it really reflects the progress with the times. The houses in Heshun are basically made of stone, wood and mud bricks. Different families choose different grades of materials, and the shapes of houses are also different. There are traditional courtyard-style buildings with three squares and one wall, four in five patios, Chinese and western walls, and the characteristics of Bai people's houses. The patio in each house is paved with stone slabs, bonsai flowers are widely planted in the courtyard, and couplets and plaques are hung in the hall. Its connotation and attention are really amazing. Some people also have imported cast iron flower windows to decorate the hall, while others can see beautifully carved Chinese window sills inlaid with imported colored glass. Most of them are well-repaired, with white walls and tiles, neat and beautiful.