Yan'an
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Yan'an is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan, which served
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Waist drums in Ansai
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Yaodong
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A yaodong is a particular form of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in China's north. They are generally carved out of a hillside or excavated horizontally from a central "sunken cour
Yan'an
…Movement. During the Second World War almost all buildings, except a pagoda, were destroyed by Japanese bombing, and most inhabitants took to living in yaodongs, artificial caves or dugouts carved into hillsides which were traditional dwellings in Shaanxi. While Yan'an was the center of Chinese communist life…
Yaodong covered in snow. Taken in Qingjian, Shaanxi.
The courtyard of a cave dwelling
Cave city in Yan'an, Shaanxi – Mao Zedong's headquarters from 1935 to 1948
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