Profound cultural heritage
Huangshan city is the hometown of Huizhou merchants and is the birthplace of Huizhou culture.
Huizhou merchants owned almost half of China's wealth between the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Huangshan is home to two world natural and cultural heritage sites, 49 national historical and cultural protection sites, 24 national intangible cultural heritage and 26 national historical and cultural cities, streets, towns and villages.
The influence of Xin'an neo-confucianism, Xin'an medicine, the Xin'an painting school, Huizhou-style architecture, the four Huizhou-style craft of carvings – brick carving, stone carving, wood carving, bamboo carving – and Huizhou-style potted landscape continues to resound around the world.
In addition, Hui Opera is the originator of the Peking Opera and Anhui cuisine is one of the eight major regional cuisines in China.
A carpenter gilds an ancient Huizhou-style building. [PHOTO BY SHI YALEI/FOR CHINA DAILY]