Popular Huangshan Attractions
Can't decide how to spend your time in Huangshan? Start with this list of Huangshan City's most popular attractions to get started planning your trip to Huangshan, China.
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Mount Qiyun
Located in Xiuning County, Qiyun Mountain faces the Yellow Mountain in the south. It is a national key scenic and historic interest zone, a national forest and a national geological park. Its highest peak, Longya, “penetrate the sky, and is as high as the clouds”, hence the name Qiyun (meaning it is as high as the clouds) Mountain. According to historical records, the top of the mountain was always enveloped in white...
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Xidi Village
Lying at the southern foot of the Yellow Mountain in Yixian County, Xidi Village is a key historical monument under state protection, a historical and cultural village, and one of China's top 10 most attractive villages. The village was included in the World Heritage List by the UNESCO in 2000.In Xidi, the streets and lanes are all paved with stone slabs from Shexian County and the old buildings are usually of a wooden...
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Cheng's Three Houses
Built in Ming Dynasty, Cheng's Three Houses are located at downtown of Huangshan City and have a history of 400 – 600 years. They were officially approved as a key Culture Relics Protected Unit of China in 2001. The houses are brick-wood structured with binary courtyards. The roofs are covered with butterfly-shaped tiles and enclosed surrounding walls give residents a safe sense. Inside the house, you may enjoy fine...
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Bao Family Garden
Located close to the Tangyue Archway Group, the Bao Family Garden is a traditional Chinese private garden combining the typical ancient Huizhou-style with a potted landscape unique also to Huizhou. Known as the Mother of the Oriental Potted Landscape, the garden has been formally applied for inclusion on the list of World Intangible Cultural Heritage Site, as well as the Guinness Book of World Records. The garden covers...
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Tangyue Archway Group
Lying in Tangyue Village of Fujie Town, Shexian County, Tangyue Archway Group is a key historical monument under state protection. There are seven memorial archways winding their various ways into a group, both simple and elegant. They are arranged in order of loyalty, filial piety, moral integrity and justice, with the last in the middle. Around the ancient memorial archways are the ancestral temples, old residential...