Village on the village road is divided into three warp, five weft, patchwork, latitude and longitude clear, round after round, the layout of the village as a board, known as the "chessboard village."

上庄古村村内道路分为三条经线、五条纬线，错落有致，经纬分明，道道相通，整个村庄的布局如一个棋盘，被人称作“棋盘上的村庄”。

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Most so-called Parisians live outside the historic inner city, in a patchwork of communes and communities that lie beyond the outer ring road.

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Separated by razor wire from a busy road, it is a clean but slightly run-down patchwork of pastel-colored bungalows that house 70 orphaned, abandoned or abused children, from newborns to kids age 6.

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