Huangshan 黄山
Core area of Huizhou culture, with three parallel itineraries: mountains, ancient villages, and old streets
Core area of Huizhou culture, with three parallel routes: mountains, ancient villages, and old streets; external ranking positioning = dual World Heritage site, main visitor groups = Japanese, Korean, and European/American scenery travelers.
What to eat
Stinky Mandarin Fish, Hairy Tofu, Huangshan shaobing (baked sesame flatbread), Yipin Guo (layered one-pot stew), Daobanxiang (cured pork on wooden board), Wucheng dried tofu; Tunxi Old Street, Liyang in Lane.
Getting around
Huangshan Tunxi International Airport; high-speed rail, Huangshan North Station (Hangzhou-Nanchang HSR) and Shexian North Station; no metro in the urban area, tourist express buses and shuttle coaches connect the North Station to major scenic areas.
Top things to do in Huangshan
Ranked picks — headline sights first, with tickets and timing at a glance.
1 Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) Scenic Area
AttractionUNESCO World Cultural and Natural Dual Heritage Site (inscribed 1990), UNESCO Global Geopark, national 5A-level attraction
2 Emerald Valley (Lovers' Valley)
AttractionAlso known as Lovers' Valley, over a hundred colorful pools of jade-green water strung together, and the filming location of the bamboo-forest fight scene in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3 Hongcun
AttractionUNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site (inscribed 2000 with Xidi as “Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui”), 5A-level Huizhou-style ancient village
4 Xidi
AttractionOne of the UNESCO World Heritage “Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui”, an ancient village of the Hu clan with over 200 well-preserved Ming and Qing residences
5 Chengkan
Attraction“China's No.1 Feng Shui Village”, laid out according to the Eight Trigrams with two water channels, five streets, and ninety-nine lanes
6 Qiankou Folk Residences (Huizhou District)
AttractionA complex of Ming-dynasty Hui-style dwellings dismantled and rebuilt on one site, clustered at the foot of Zixia Mountain as a 'Ming-dynasty manor'
7 Tunxi Old Street
AttractionA Song- and Ming-dynasty-style commercial street that evolved from wharf markets on the banks of the Xin'an River, dubbed 'a flowing Along the River During the Qingming Festival'
8 Liyang in Lane
AttractionA stylish quarter redeveloped from Liyang Old Street, blending old-house fabric with modern dining and bars
9 Huizhou Ancient City (Shexian)
AttractionSeat of the ancient Huizhou prefecture and the core of the 5A-level Ancient Huizhou Culture Tourism Area
10 Mount Qiyun (Xiuning)
AttractionOne of China's four great Daoist mountains, where Danxia landforms and cliffside inscriptions coexist and the dwellings of Yuehua Street hang on mist-wrapped mid-cliffs
11 Xin'an River Landscape Gallery (Shexian)
AttractionA boat cruise through the upper Xin'an River scenery, stringing together loquat groves, Jiusha Fishing Village and ancient Miantan Village on both banks
12 Huashan Mysterious Grottoes (Tunxi)
AttractionAn ancient man-made cave complex on the banks of the Xin'an River; Cave No. 35, the "Underground Palace," is filled with towering stone pillars and vast chambers, its excavation date and purpose still a mystery
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