Huangshan: Ancient Huizhou Villages Xidi and Hongcun Day Trip｜China

Our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Huangshan City at 08:30 and transfer you to Yixian County, about one hour away. You will visit two ancient Huizhou villages. Huizhou is a historical region in Anhui Province that roughly corresponds to present-day Huangshan City. First, visit Xidi Village, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, and explore couplet culture among more than 100 houses dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Continue through ancient Huizhou to Hongcun Village, another World Heritage Site known as the ‘village in a Chinese painting.’ Hongcun is a buffalo-shaped village. Viewed from above, the whole village looks like a buffalo lying beside a stream at the foot of a mountain. Established during the Song Dynasty, the village is over 900 years old. Visit South Lake, South Lake Academy, Moon Pond, and Chengzhi Hall before returning to Huangshan City (Tunxi) at around 17:00.