Top 6 Ancient Villages Nearby Yellow Mountain

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Top 6 Ancient Villages Nearby Yellow Mountain

After you visit the Yellow Mountain, visiting some Huizhou-style villages during your trip is a must! You might get confused about which village should you add to the itinerary, therefore let’s take a look to see the differences between them.

Hongcun Village

This is one of the most famous ancient village that you might have seen in Ang Lee’s movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. Hongcun has a well-developed water system to lead water to flow throughout the whole village. Also, surrounded by mountains with white walls and gray tiles, it makes the best place for taking some amazing pictures or enjoy a leisure walk.

Transportation: About 35km south of Yellow Mountain
Features: A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, best-preserved Huizhou-style villages, nice water reflection, stunning scenery

Xidi Village

Xidi Village is close to Hongcun Village, so if time allows you can visit both of them. When you visit the village you will feel like walk into a maze due to its high walls and alleys. There are over 200 ancient residences of the Ming and Qing Dynasties with important ancestral halls and gardens that await your exploration. Especially in spring the rape flowers dot around the village which make it more lively and picturesque.

Transportation: About 38km southwest of Yellow Mountain
Features: A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, Huizhou carvings, Rape Flower Field

Tachuan Village

When you visit Tachuan Village, you will enter into a wonderland. The wonderful sight of red leaves, green lands and characteristic ancient buildings wins Tachuan Village one of the top autumn attractions in China. Here, you can truly immerse in a peaceful world surrounded by farm lands, cows and friendly local people.

Transportation: About 35km southwest of Huangshan Mountain
Features: Nice autumn scenery, nice photography spot, natural scenery

Wuyuan

If you love to enjoy yellow seas of rape flowers, then Wuyuan is definitely the place for you. The best time to visit is from March to April. Chinese people have called this place “the most picturesque village of China”. Here you can find well-protected ancient villages of the Ming and Qing Dynasties as well as the pastoral landscape in Jiangwan ancient town.

Transportation: About 85km away of Huangshan downtown
Features: Rape flowers, natural scenery

Nanping Village

Nanping Village owns large groups of ancestral temples, with 36 wells, 72 old alleys, and more than 300 ancient residences. This is the village that offers an image of the living style in the past as well as feudal clan culture and customs. Remember to join a dyeing workshop to make some special souvenirs for yourself.

Transportation: About 50km of Huangshan Mountain
Features: History, batik workshop, beautiful field

Lucun Village

Lucun Village is renowned for delicate wooden carved residences with massive featured carvings not only showing outstanding skill but also symbols of the Chinese traditional culture. You will discover that behind every architectural construction and its owner there is a captivating story.

Transportation: About 38km southwest of Yellow Mountain
Features: Wooden carving residences, picturesque natural scenery