Why Emperor Qianlong called this place China's No 1 Village

Although it has been a town for hundred of years, Zhoucun, a jurisdiction of Zibo in Shandong province, is still called a village.

The town of 320,000 is known as the biggest "village" in China.

At 9 am every morning, the town awakes to sounding gongs. Several people, dressed in traditional Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) costume, parade along a narrow, stone-paved north-south road.