There is such a city in southern Anhui with two world heritage sites. Its popularity can be said to surpass that of the provincial capital Hefei. However, in the GDP rankings of cities in Anhui Province in the past ten years, they have always seen the bottom two. It can be said It is “extremely depressed”, it is the famous Huangshan city since ancient times.
Huangshan City is located in the junction of the three provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. It was called Huizhou in ancient times. Since ancient times, it has been said that “the mountains are not remote, the land is small and there are many merchants.” The birthplace of Huizhou culture, one of the regional cultures. As a world-class characteristic and charming city, Huangshan City has many rare and beautiful scenery and historical sites. Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty once sighed here: “Huizhou has no dream for a lifetime.”
As the saying goes, “The beauty of the world sees China, and the beauty of China sees southern Anhui.” The beautiful lakes and mountains have been the most beautiful scenery in the eyes of tourists since ancient times. Anhui is a well-known tourist province, and two of its leading tourist “two mountains and one lake” are located in Huangshan City. Known as “the world’s most wonderful mountain”, Huangshan is known for its “Five Wonders” of strange pine, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, and winter snow, as well as the “three waterfalls” of herringbone waterfall, Baizhang spring and Jiulong waterfall. The poet Li Bai once wrote for him such masterpieces as “Peach blossoms and flowing water, no world is inhuman” and other masterpieces, while traveler Xu Xiake left behind the most logical saying of “The return of the Five Sacred Mountains does not look at the mountains, and the return of Huangshan does not look at the mountains”. In 1990, Huangshan Mountain was included in the “World Heritage List”, becoming China’s first world cultural and natural heritage.
Taiping Lake, located in the northwest of Huangshan City, is not as famous as Chaohu Lake, one of the five major freshwater lakes, but as an important part of the “Two Mountains and One Lake” tourism development strategy, it is the first national wetland park in Anhui Province. China’s hotspot lake tourist attraction. Taiping Lake is a large artificial reservoir on the upper reaches of the Qingyi River. It has excellent ecology, beautiful scenery, and rich products. The lake is lined with beautiful islands, the lake is blue and clear, surrounded by green hills and lush green forests. There are “Huangshan couples” and “Chinese emeralds”. , The reputation of “Oriental Lake Geneva”. The plot of “Daiyu Going North” in the 87 version of “Dream of Red Mansions” was set here.
It is said that southern Anhui is the most ancient place in China. The ancient villages and towns hidden among the green mountains and clear waters are beautiful and lingering. Of course, the most brilliant city among them is Huangshan City. Chengkan Village, hailed as “Chengkan Shuangxianli, the No.1 Village in the South of the Yangtze River” by Zhu Xi, the acting scholar of the Song Dynasty, has a history of more than 1,800 years, and is the oldest and best-preserved ancient Bagua Fengshui village discovered in the world. The ancient village integrates natural landscape and humanistic landscape, with Yin-Yang and Eight Diagrams as the layout. The site selection strictly follows the ancient Fengshui theory of “pillow mountains, surrounding water, and face screen”. It is a way for tourists to experience the Chinese Book of Changes and the Eight Diagrams and the ink Huizhou culture ideas.
Although Hongcun and Xidi are included in the World Cultural Heritage List as the same organization, they are two completely different experiences and enjoyments for every tourist who has been there. Founded in the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Hongcun is the cradle of Hui culture and one of the important gathering places of ancient Hui merchants. It has a long history of nearly 900 years. It is famous for the harmonious coexistence of lakes and mountains, stacked courtyards, natural landscape and humanistic connotation. It is known as the “countryside in Chinese painting”. Xidi, known as the “Peach Blossom House”, is known for its exquisite Huizhou residences and profound cultural connotations, and has the reputation of “Chinese Ming and Qing Folk House Museum”.
Located at the foot of the famous Huangshan Mountain, Tunxi Old Street, with a total length of 1,272 meters, is composed of more than 300 Hui-style buildings built in different eras. It is the most complete ancient street in my country with the most architectural styles of Southern Song and Ming and Qing Dynasties. . Tunxi Old Street has been an important commercial town in ancient Huizhou since ancient times. It is known as “Little Shanghai”. Its essence is 853 meters long, and the building as a whole has the style and characteristics of Huizhou residential houses in the Song Dynasty, so it is also called “Song Street”. At the same time, because it is located at the confluence of the three rivers of Hengjiang, Lishui and Xin’anjiang, it enjoys the reputation of “Flowing Qingming Riverside Map”. In 2009, it was elected as the “Chinese Historical and Cultural Street” together with Pingjiang Road in Suzhou and Guozijian Street in Beijing.
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