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Africa/Windhoek |
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UTC+2 |
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Asia/Shanghai |
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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.
Located in the south of Yibin City, Sichuan Province, Gyunlian County is at the combination of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, known as the "Gateway to South Sichuan". With its beautiful scenery and temperate climate, it is the famous "Hometown of Chinese Black Tea". Gyunlian Black Tea is famous for its "tight and beautiful, rich aroma and mellow flavor", and it is a National Geographical Indication Protected Product. The city has natural landscapes such as the patrol division hot springs, Daxueshan Primitive Forest, and Mutan Stone Forest, as well as folk cultural activities such as the Miao Flower Mountain Festival, which combines ecological beauty with humanistic heritage. As a key county for continuous poverty alleviation and development in the Wumeng Mountains, Gyunlian is accelerating rural revitalization by relying on the tea, coal, culture and tourism industries, and has become a rising ecological pearl in southern Sichuan.