Danzhutou

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Coordinates: 22°37′14″N, 114°08′59″E

Danzhutou (丹竹头; Hakka: Tan Tsuk Theu) Village is in Buji (布吉) Town, which is in Longgang (龙岗) District, which is in Shenzhen (深圳) Municipality, which is in Guangdong (广东) Province, which is in the country of Zongguo (中国; English: China)

Historically, it was located in the Sin On District of the Canton Province of South China.

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[edit] Demographics

The original village population now is approximately 500 people. They belong to the Hakka dialect group. The variant of Hakka spoken is called Sin On. The inhabitants are grouped into 4 surnames. Shen (沈; Hakka: Shim), Ling (凌), Luo (罗) and Zhang (张). Shen constituting the majority of 80%.

In recent years, the once small Hakka village is now packed with low rise buildings and has a large immigrant population. The village has prospered much, due to it's presence in Shenzhen, just outside the Shenzhen Economic Zone. It is surrounded by numerous factory complexes. As Shenzhen is virtually the factory for the rest of the world. The original villagers are now wealthy landlords. Even the poorest villager has his own place to stay in. The huge immigrant population now run most of the businesses, and rent places to stay in the low rise housing.

[edit] Getting There

The main ways of getting to Shenzhen are by: 1) From overseas, flying into Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, or 2) From Hong Kong, crossing over the Lo Wu(Cantonese)/Luohu(Mandarin) Border Crossing, or 3) From Guangzhou, taking a bullet train on the Guangshen Railway. Upon arriving in Shenzhen, one can then take a taxi to the hotel of your choice.

The two larger hotels that are closest to the village are Century Kingdom Hotel (5 star), and Kindlion Hotel (4 star). Both located in Buji town. There are also numerous smaller hotels, but they may not have Internet access in the rooms, and the hotel staff may not speak any English.

Getting to the village from the hotel is by taxi. As Danzhutou is quite large. You'll have to tell the taxi driver to bring you specifically to the huge main administrative building called Danzhutou Da Xia.

From there is a short walk to main entrance of the original village, where the elderly males gather. And just nearby is the old folks community hall, where the elderly females gather.

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