An Ancient Town
Exposed
15 Aug 2007
An old woman wearing
clothing in out-of-date dress code
pacing the worn-out stone path in the
ancient town
An ancient town of Ming
Dynasty was discovered recently by
the outside world, or more precisely, has
failed to continuously hind its true identity
in the deep mountains of Nanxiong (南雄) county in China’s southern
province Guangdong.
Covering an extensive area of
over ten thousand square meters, the town was
structured in a manner which is typical of
the military fortress during the early Ming
era more than 600 years ago.
Its town planning with regard
to defence mechanism is so superb, that it is
said without a local to point the direction,
an intruder would never be able to find his
way out.
