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America/Antigua |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC-4 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Located in the northwestern part of the island of Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda, Codrington is an important historical town and cultural landmark in the country. Named after Christopher Codrington, a 17th-century English plantation owner, the town was once one of the centers of the Caribbean sugar trade, and still retains colonial stone buildings, windmill ruins, and the remains of the old wharf, which bear witness to the changing history of the Caribbean Sea. Nestled in the mountains, the town boasts a tranquil bay with a charming Caribbean flavor that attracts history buffs and tourists alike to explore each year. Codrington is also an important part of the Antigua Cultural Festival, where local residents showcase their unique culture through traditional music, dance and crafts, making it an excellent window into the history and culture of Antigua and Barbuda.
Fugong County is located in the middle of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, in the southern part of the Nujiang River Canyon of the Hengduan Mountain Range in northwestern Yunnan Province, neighboring Myanmar to the west, and is one of the core areas of the "Three Parallel Rivers" World Natural Heritage. Here, high mountains and deep valleys, the Nujiang River runs through the whole territory, the peaks on both sides of the confrontation, forming a majestic and precipitous canyon landscape, in which the "stone moon" scenic area because of the natural hole between the peaks shaped like a bright moon and named, is the Lisu people in the heart of the sacred mountain. Fugong is a multi-ethnic settlement, with the Lisu as the main body, retaining the unique "on the mountain of swords, under the sea of fire," traditional customs and "Ruqi," "Pendulum" and other original songs and dances, ethnic It is rich in ethnic culture. With over 80% forest coverage and rich biodiversity, the area is an excellent destination for eco-tourism and ethnic culture experience.