Around 15km southeast of downtown Zhaoqing, Xiǎngǎng village, founded in the Ming dynasty, is a large and lively bāguà village, and has a market at its entrance. Its 16 ancestral halls, some opulent, open only on the first and 15th days of the lunar month. Board bus 308 (¥12, one hour) at Qiaoxi Bus Station in Zhaoqing to get here.
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