Chikan, Kaiping
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Chikan 赤坎 |
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Chikan Dixi Lu Waterfront dominated by Qilous dating from the early 20th century
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| Etymology: Red Coloured Soil | |
| Coordinates: 22°21′25.97″N 112°36′49.99″E / 22.3572139°N 112.6138861°ECoordinates: 22°21′25.97″N 112°36′49.99″E / 22.3572139°N 112.6138861°E | |
| Area | |
| • Town | 61.4 km2 (23.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Town | 46,000 |
Chikan (Chinese: 赤坎; pinyin: Chìkǎn; Jyutping: cek3 ham2; Taishanese: cok4 ham1) is a town in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, China. It is officially designated as a National Historic and Cultural Town of China (中国历史文化名镇). Historically it was the administrative centre of Kaiping.
The town was founded in the year 1649 and was originally part of Xinhui County. Due to it being surrounded by the Tan River on all sides, it thrived in waterway transport, and became a regional maritime transportation hub in the Pearl River Delta. According to the 1991 town chronicle, a pier was present by the year 1676.
Chikan is located near the geographical center of Kaiping, 12 kilometres south of Kaiping city center. Main roads that run through the town include Dixi Lu (堤西路)(sometimes referred to as 'European Styled Street') and Didong Lu (堤东路) on either sides of the Tan river, Er Malu (二马路) and Zhonghua Lu (中华路). There are 19 villages within Chikan as of 2013.
There are over 600 Qing and early Republic Qilou spanning over a length of 3 kilometers in Chikan. The town also contains a number of Diaolous, which are collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As a result of the concentration of historical buildings in the town, part of the town was made into Chikan Studio City (赤坎影视城) in 2005, for filming of historical scenes. Movies least partially filmed in Chikan Studio City include The Grandmaster and Drunken Master II.
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