Yanshan Hekou Ancient Town

A dock serving eight provinces in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and a major paper-and-tea trading town on the banks of the Xin River. Highlights = the Ming-Qing old street (Yibao Street), the 'nine lanes and thirteen streets' layout, mixed Huizhou- and Gan-style residences, and the facades of old paper-trade guild halls. It flourished from the Ming dynasty as a distribution hub for copper, paper and tea; an old saying went, 'Hekou that can never be fully loaded, Hankou that can never be fully bought.' It is a key node on the Wanli Tea Road and the Jiangnan paper route; Yanshan's Liansi paper (Lianshi paper) making craft is listed as intangible cultural heritage, and the old street still retains its unspoiled everyday atmosphere.

Getting there: High-speed rail, Shangrao Station / Hengfeng Station, then shuttle bus to the Yanshan county seat