Dating back to 900 years ago, Hongcun village was first built in South Song Dynasty, and became the home of Wang clan. The creative and intelligent ancestors of the villagers made an efficient water system imitating the digestion system of a buffalo in the village: water channels flow by the doors of every houses, leading to a semi-lunar pond, which can be regarded as the buffalo's stomach. The four bridges over the rivers and pond form the four feet of the cattle. Therefore, Hongcun is also nicknamed as Buffalo-like Village. Oscar Winner "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was once filmed here.