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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System is remembered as a masterpiece of creative genius and dates back to Darius the Great in the 5th century BC. It involved the construction of two main aqueducts on the Karun River, one of which is the Galgal Canal, which is still in use today. It supplies water to the mills and the city of Shushtar through a series of tunnels. It forms a spectacular cliff over which the water cascades down into a basin downstream. It then enters the plains south of the city, where 40,000 hectares of orchards and farms are cultivated, known as Mianâb (Paradise). The site features a range of striking attractions, including the Salâsel Castle, the centre of the operation of the entire hydraulic system, towers for measuring water levels, dams, bridges, basins and mills. It bears witness to the skills of the Elamites and Mesopotamians as well as the more recent skills of the Nabataeans and the influence of Roman architecture.
City of Potosí
In the 16th century, the area was considered the world's largest industrial complex. The mining of silver ore depended on a series of water-powered mills. The site includes the industrial monument of Cerro Rico, where water was supplied by a complex system of aqueducts and artificial lakes; the colonial town with the Casa de la Moneda; the Church of San Lorenzo; several noble houses; and the barrios mitayos, where the workers lived.
Yaoshan Wang Family Manor
The Wang's Manor in Yaoshan, Baoding, was built in the early Qing Dynasty. It is located in Yaoshan, Baoding, Hebei. It was built by Wang Xigun, the ancestor of the Wang family. It has a history of nearly 400 years. It is the largest and most complete mansion of a general in the Qing Dynasty and a wealthy merchant in China. It is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. The manor architecture of the Wang's Manor in Yaoshan is different from the palace and the government office, and is different from ordinary residential buildings. It is the best of the residential architecture in northern my country. Therefore, there is a saying that "the royal architecture can be seen in the Forbidden City, and the folk architecture can be seen in Yaoshan (Wang's)". The manor covers an area of 279 acres, and originally had more than 50 houses and more than 500 houses. The main buildings of the manor are arranged in a square shape, facing north and south and arranged in a straight line. The whole building is mainly gray, simple and generous, giving people a solemn and elegant feeling. One of the most important features of the architecture of the Wang's Manor in Yaoshan is its exquisite carvings. These carvings include brick carvings, stone carvings and wood carvings. The contents are all based on the theme of "blessing, fortune and longevity", and the auspicious blessings are composed through the homophony of the carved objects. After investigation, relevant experts believe that Wang's Manor belongs to the category of northern courtyard houses and was built in imitation of the prince's mansion in Beijing. It is different from the Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi and the Hakka folk houses in Guangdong. The architectural skills of Wang's Manor are also superb. For example, the use of grinding bricks and seams. In those days, grinding bricks required the outside to be large and the inside to be small, the inside to be plastered, and the outside to be tightly seamed. In order to make the adhesion firm, egg white and glutinous rice juice were mixed into the white lime paste. The large screen wall opposite the main entrance of Renhe Hall is all made of grinding bricks and seams. It is about 9 meters long. Such a large screen wall is very rare in folk houses in northern China. It is not only a precious material for studying the folk customs of the Qing Dynasty, but also a good place for tourism. In recent years, it has also become a filming location for film and television. Many scenes in the movies "Storm Beginning" and "The Decisive Battle" and the TV series "Hot Land", "Song of Youth" and "The World's Granary" were shot here.