Xiuning County
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Xiuning County is a county in Anhui under the jurisdiction of Huangshan City. Its population is 270,000 and its area is 2125 square kilometers. The government of Xiuning County is located in Haiyang Town.
Xiuning County has jurisdiction over 9 towns and 12 townships.
In early 2008, the BBC broadcast a series of 5 documentaries on life for the pupils of schools in China, called "Chinese School". The three schools documented were all located in Xiuning County: Xiuning High School, the top school in the county; Haiyang Middle/High School; and Ping Min Elementary School. This series was shown on BBC 4 and was received with mixed reactions, most of which were positive. [1]
The Peabody Essex Museum is a leading museum of Asian art and culture and early American maritime trade and whaling; its collections of Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese art, and in particular Chinese export porcelain, are among the finest in the country. Founded in 1799, it is America's oldest continuously operating museum. In 2003, it completed a massive 200 million dollar renovation and expansion, designed by architect Moshe Safdie, and moved a 200-year-old 16-room Chinese house from Xiuning County in southeastern China to the grounds of the Museum. For more information on this house, http://pem.org/yinyutang/. This house while in China was home to many generations who made a living in traveling to Shanghai and running a pawn brokers business as stated by the movie shown at the Peabody Essex Museum after exiting Yin Yu Tang House. To learn more about Xiuning County in China one should travel to the Peabody Essex Museum in Historic Salem Massachusetts, travel thru this house and watch the movie at the end of the self guided tour of the Yin Yu Tang house.
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