Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
乡村百科: a village-by-village encyclopedia
A participatory Chinese reference site for entries on places ranging from provinces and counties to administrative and natural villages.
- For
- People researching or documenting Chinese villages
- Worth noticing
- Its homepage reports 21,244 entries with user-written text and indexes villages by recorded surnames.
Field notes
The homepage offers several routes into the material: place-name search, province lists, random browsing, recent edits, and a surname index that counts villages for each name. It reports coverage extending from high-level administrative divisions to natural villages, while noting that some entries still lack introductions. Editing guidance asks contributors to use objective, sourced writing; submissions require registration and approval, and user-written text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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