Heping Ancient Town
A thousand-year-old town in Shaowu City with a castle-style large-town layout rarely seen in China: a bluestone-paved old street runs north to south, flanked by an unbroken line of watchtowers, academies, and mansions
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:30-17:30
- Ticket
- approx. CNY 40
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
A thousand-year-old town in Shaowu City with a castle-style large-town layout rarely seen in China: a bluestone-paved old street runs north to south, flanked on both sides by an unbroken line of watchtowers, academies, and mansions. Heping Academy was founded by Huang Qiao in the late Tang dynasty; his family precept of "sending sons out to make their own living" scattered the Huang clan's descendants across Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Taiwan, and the academy culture has endured for a thousand years. Carved-beam mansions such as the Li Family Dafu Mansion are the architectural highlights, and the street is known as "the No. 1 Street of Fujian".
Getting there: self-drive from Shaowu City (approx. 90 km)
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