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Africa/Windhoek |
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UTC+2 |
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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 Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, China, the Shanxi Salt Lake is one of the oldest salt lakes in China, with a history of over 4,000 years of mining. Covering an area of about 130 square kilometers, this inland salt lake is known as the "Dead Sea of China" for its abundance of sodium sulfate-type salt, known as the "Dead Sea of China".
The salt lake is rich in many minerals and trace elements, and will naturally crystallize in summer to form white "nitrate flower" spectacle. It is not only an important chemical raw material base in China, but also developed floating experience, black mud health and other special tourism projects. Yuncheng Salt Lake is one of the three largest sodium sulfate inland salt lakes in the world, and the Dead Sea in Israel.
Local salt lake recreation resort has been built, tourists can experience the magical floating on the water, feel the unique charm of unsinkable lake water. Around the Salt Lake, there is still the ancient technique of watering and sunning salt in the reclaimed borders, which is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list.