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Houchen Destination Guide

Explore Houchen in China

Houchen in the region of Fujian is a town in China - some 1,117 mi or ( 1797 km ) South of Beijing , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Houchen

Current time in Houchen is now 06:04 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Taiping, Sidu, and Shenzhen. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Zhangzhou . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Houchen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Shi Pan Village Boxing, Guangdong Province II [广东: 石盘村拳法II]

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Practice of Boxing from Shi Pan Village. Along the North Coast of Guangdong Province just south of Chaozhou and Shantou lies Pu Ning County/city....in which lies Shi Pan Village. Here in addition to t ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Raoping County

Raoping County is a county in eastern Guangdong Province, to the west of Fujian Province, near the South China Sea. The city with the same name has 135,600 inhabitants (1990). It is under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou. Raoping is famous for its seafood and fruits.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 23.67 117.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: County-level divisions of Guangdong

Nan'ao One

Nan'ao One is a 25.5 m, 7.0 m wide ancient Chinese merchant ship that sank in the Sandianjin waters off the coast of Nan'ao Island, about 5.6 nautical miles from Shantou, Guangdong Province, China. Accidentally discovered by a group of local fishermen in May 2007, it is currently considered the first late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) ship ever found and probably the only one from the reign of Emperor Wanli (1573–1620) that China has discovered to date.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 23.67 117.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Shantou, Ships of China, Shipwrecks in the South China Sea

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