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Hum is located in the north-central Croatia Istria Peninsula, Guinness World Records certified "the world's smallest city". This miniature ancient city has a population of only about 20-30 people, but has a complete urban structure and a thousand years of history. Its iconic stone-walled hilltop castle, built in 1102 as a medieval military fortress, still retains its Romanesque architecture.
The 12th-century church of St. Jerome, with its frescoes in Gothic and Renaissance styles, remains in the old town of Khoum. The traditional annual "Election of the Mayor of Khum", in which the inhabitants of Khum vote for their leader on wooden boards, is a unique folklore that has been practiced for centuries. At the entrance to the city, the stone boulevard "Glagolitic Alley" inscribes the history of Croatian writing in the ancient Glagolitic alphabet.
Visitors can walk through the main street, which is only 100 meters long, and visit the hand-forged silver jewelry workshop in Hum and taste the local specialty, Biska. It is a 2-hour drive from the capital Zagreb, and it is recommended to combine this with a visit to the nearby town of Rovin. The best time to visit is from May to September, when you can take part in the medieval-themed summer festivals.
Huishui County is located in the south-central part of Guizhou Province in China, belonging to Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, with a total area of about 2,470 square kilometers. It is located in the slope zone of the transition from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Guangxi hills, dominated by typical karst landforms, with an average elevation of 1,100 meters and a humid and mild climate.
As a multi-ethnic settlement area, Huishui has the Buyi and Miao as the main ethnic groups, preserving a rich intangible cultural heritage. Every year, traditional festivals such as the 6th of June of the lunar calendar for the Buyi and the 8th of April for the Miao attract a large number of tourists, and the unique Maple Dyeing Technique and the Buyei Eight-Tone Sitting and Singing have been listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list.
Huishui is an important agricultural product base in Guizhou, famous for "Huishui Black Glutinous Rice", "Money Orange" and "Niutou Brand Beef Jerky". In recent years, Huishui has been vigorously developing eco-tourism, and is home to such famous landmarks as Huishui No.1 High School, Jiulong Mountain Scenic Spot, and Swallow Cave. It is only an hour's drive from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, and is easily accessible by public transportation.
The Lianjiang River runs through the whole area, forming the spectacular Lianjiang Damzi Landscape Belt. Combined with karst peak forests, cave clusters and idyllic landscapes, it constitutes an ecological picture scroll that organically integrates "mountains, water, forests, fields, and lakes", and has been known as the "backyard garden of Guiyang".