Learn the Hui Culture and Custom in South Anhui

Learn the Hui culture in the following places before your China tour deals

She County
She County was called Hui State Government in ancient times and located in southern Anhui. It is bordered by Huangshan to north, Hangzhou to the east and Thousand Island Lake to the south. It iwas the political, economic and cultural center in ancient Huizhou. She County is described as one the the “top 4 renowned ancient towns in China”, along with Langzhong, Lijiang and Pingyao.


Tangyue Arch Group
Tangyue Arch Group is located in southern She County. It is the biggest arch group in China. There are 7 arches in Tangyue Arch Group arranged in order of “Zhong, Xiao, Jie, Yi”, 3 arches were built in Ming Dynasty and 4 in the Qing Dynasty. It presented the structure of feudal society.


Bao Family Garden
It used to be a private garden of Bao Qiyun who was the famous businessman and the official administrated salt industry. It is one of the biggest private gardens in China, together with Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering Garden, Lion Grove Garden of Suzhou, Liyuan Garden and Meiyuan Garden of Wuxi. Covers about 350 mu and collects around 10,000 miniascapes, the garden includes such main attractions as Miniascape Garden, Grand Lawn, Entrance Square, Huizhou culture Exhibition Hall( the real inscriptions of painters and calligraphers in different generations and four essences of book house).


Guiyuan
Guiyuan is the former residence fo Sai Jinhua of Qing Dynasty. Zheng Caiyun was the original name of Sai Jinhua. She was born in She County. The county is the most legendary and controversial woman in Chinese history. She moved to Suzhou with her father when she was 12 years old. She became a prostitute due to her family’s financial crisis. The scholar, Hong Jun ransomed her freedom with a lot of mony. Due to Hong Jun’s work, she traveled with him to Britain, Germany, Austria and Russia.
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