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Africa/Windhoek |
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UTC+2 |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Located in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia, near the Angolan border, Ombalantu is a cultural town famous for its traditional wooden longhouses. The iconic Ombalantu Big Tree House, a 28-meter-high structure made of African acacia wood, dates back to the 19th century and is an important cultural heritage site for the local Ovambo people as it once served as a place of residence, council and ceremony. Today, the Big Tree House has been transformed into a small museum displaying traditional handicrafts, farming tools and folklore history, offering visitors a glimpse into the traditional way of life in northern Namibia. Surrounded by lush vegetation and nourished by seasonal rivers, the town's inhabitants still practice the ancient skills of millet cultivation and hand weaving. As an important point on Namibia's "cultural journey", Ombalantu is an ideal destination to experience the original African culture with its unique wooden house architecture and simple folklore.
Hailun is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, China, located in the central part of Heilongjiang Province, the core area of the black soil of the Songnen Plain, one of the world's three major black soil belts, and an important commercial grain base in China. The terrain is flat, fertile soil, producing soybeans, corn, rice and other crops, of which soybean production ranks first in the country, enjoying the reputation of "China's soybean township". Hailun relying on the advantages of cold black soil resources, vigorously develop modern agriculture and deep processing of agricultural products, forming a soybean, corn, rice as the leading agricultural industry chain. In addition, Hailun paper-cutting was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, unique folk culture and modern agriculture, adding a deep cultural heritage for this small black earth city.