Huangshan Travel Guide
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Located in the subtropics, the city has a typical subtropical monsoon humid climate. It is clearly divided into four seasons with short spring and autumn while long summer and winter. The comfortable weather affords good opportunities to travel to the city and its stunning environs throughout the year.
It is a region with a long history and splendid cultures. Since using Huizhou as its former name, the city is famed for the ancient Hui Culture, including Hui businessmen, Hui carvings, Xin'an school of painting, Xin'an medicine, Hui architecture, Hui cuisine, and Hui Opera (one of the tonalities of Beijing Opera). The current name came in due form since April, 1988.
Huangshan
Hongcun
Xidi
Tunxi
Shexian
Chengkan
Tangmo
Tangyue
Huizhou
Mukeng
Huangshan Mountain Scenic Area, Xidi Ancient Village and other 22 attractions announce a special half-price entrance ticket offer for international visitors in 2024. Yellow Mountain Scenic Area announced that from December 1, 2024, Xihai Great Valley and Heavenly Capital Peak will be closed for winter maintenance and West Gate will also be closed. The date of the resumption will be announced separately. Lotus Peak keeps closed.Huangshan Airport operates domestic flights to most major cities in China such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai as well as international flights to Seoul. Many direct trains run daily to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hefei. There are also luxury buses everyday to main cities in south China including Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Wuhan and Hefei.
- Airport
- Train Schedule
- Railway Station
- North Railway Station
- City-Bus
- Taxi
- Rickshaw
- Long-Distance Bus
You should not miss the local delicious food and special cuisine. Local Hui cuisine with more than a hundred years’ history is one of the Eight Major Cuisines of China. The representative dishes include Mandarin Fish (Chou Guiyu), Steaming Shiji, Stewed Shi'er and Chicken and Huizhou Odorous Bean Curd. Besides, the abundant snacks in the city will also satisfy your appetite, specially including Youjian Mao Doufu (Fried Odorous Bean Curd), Xie Ke Huang (Yellow Shell Crab), Laba Tofu and Stir-fried Pond Snail (Chao Tianluo).
Popular local products are nice for you to buy when traveling there, such as chrysanthemum flowers, Santan loquats, Huizhou Chinese torreya, gyrophora and She County kumquat. Wan'an compasses and Huizhou carvings on wood, bamboo and brick are well-known traditional handcrafts. In additional, travelers can purchase some tea for drinking, since the city has more than 30 kinds of tea brands well-known both at home and abroad.
Nightlife here is not colorful, but it can be leisurely. For locals, drinking tea in a tea house is a popular activity, which you can join. Or you can walk to Xin’an River to appreciate the beauty of the city at night or just taste the local snacks in the night market along banks of Xin’an River. If you happen to be on the mountain, watching the sky with stars is a romantic activity.
Some fast facts and practical information are provided to make your trip easier.
- Area Code & Zip Code
- Banks
- Hospitals
- Useful Phone Numbers
- Huangshan Mountain
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- Tangmo Village
- Last updated on Nov. 27, 2024 by Gabby Li -