stockade; fenced village; enclosing wall
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fence or enclosing wall; stockade; palisade
Refers to physical barriers made of wood, bamboo, or stone used to enclose or protect an area. Often found in rural or mountainous regions.
They built a tall stockade around the village.
This ancient stockade was built with stones.
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To prevent wild animals from entering, the villagers built a bamboo stockade at the village entrance.
noun
stockaded village; fortified hamlet; mountain village
Common in southwestern China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, etc.) referring to traditional fortified settlements, often of ethnic minorities like Miao, Dong, or Yi. Also used generally for rural mountain settlements.
This is a Miao ethnic stockaded village.
Tomorrow we are going to investigate the stockaded village in the mountains.
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This village has a history of over a hundred years.
Yunnan has many original minority stockaded villages.