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Huangshan Tunxi Old Street is located in the center of Tunxi District, where Huangshan City Hall is located. It starts from Zhenhai Bridge, the Hengjiang Stone Arch Bridge built in the Ming Dynasty, in the west and ends at the archway in the east. It is 1273 meters long and 4.8--7 wide. rice. It is famous for its ancient residential architectural style in Huizhou. It is well preserved, with shops lined up in rows. The eaves of the houses protrude 80-100 centimeters to provide shelter from rain and sun.

The old street is full of horse head walls, small green tiles, and whitewashed walls; brick and wood structure pavements, exquisite pavilions, exquisitely carved patterns, plus small doors, lobbies, patios, and houses. The deep and narrow alleys between the houses are scattered and unique, lively and prosperous, showing the simple elegance and unique interest of the Huizhou architectural pattern.

As the only "National Historic Preservation District", Huangshan Tunxi Old Street attracts nearly 6 million domestic and foreign tourists every year. The buildings in the old street not only inherit the style of the Song Dynasty, but also inherit the Huizhou style. The traditional architectural style and planning layout of the residences have distinctive Huizhou architectural characteristics. In order to adapt to the development of tourism, a special section of "ancient street" is also equipped with teahouses, wine shops, bookstores and ink shops. It is full of ancient charm and attracts many Chinese and foreign tourists to come for sightseeing and shopping.

Tunxi Old Street is located in the center of Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. It is surrounded by mountains to the north and water to the south. It has a total length of 1,272 meters, the best part of which is 853 meters, and a width of 5 to 8 meters. It includes 1 straight street, 3 horizontal streets and 18 alleys. The entire street is composed of more than 300 Hui-style buildings built in different years. It is distributed in a fish-frame shape, narrow in the west and wider in the east. Because Tunxi Old Street is located at the confluence of Hengjiang, Lushui and Xin'an rivers, it is also known as the flowing "Riverside Scene during Qingming Festival". It is the most complete ancient street market in China with the architectural styles of the Southern Song Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is also China’s “National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit”. In 2009, Tunxi Old Street was elected as one of the “Famous Historical and Cultural Streets in China” together with Beijing’s Guozijian Street and Suzhou’s Pingjiang Road.

1. Tunxi Museum

There are many museums on Tunxi Old Street, among which Tunxi Museum is the only national museum on Tunxi Old Street. In 2012, it was transformed into the "Tunxi Old Street Community Museum" and became one of the first five ecological (community) museum demonstration sites in China. The precious collections in the exhibition hall on the first floor include the largest Songkeng Jinxing gold halo inkstone in China, Fahua glazed porcelain pillows, Spring and Autumn bronzes, and golden nanmu Huizhou beds. The second floor mainly displays ancient calligraphy and paintings of the Xin'an School, including works by Huang Binhong, Wang Caibai, Jin Sheng and other masters. There is also a restoration of the scene of Cheng Dexin Sauce Garden. Cheng Dexin Sauce Garden was founded in the Qing Dynasty and is a representative of Anhui style pickles.

2. Tunxi Wancui Building

Another museum on Tunxi Old Street is Wancui Building - China's first private museum in the form of ancient architecture. It covers an area of ??more than 2,000 square meters and combines the styles of Huizhou folk houses, gardens, mansions and shops. The museum displays a large number of cultural relics collected by the owner, as well as more than 500 calligraphy and paintings by contemporary celebrities and 900 square meters of precious inkstones. The building is four stories high. It is reassembled according to the style of Huizhou architecture using the fine stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings and other old components that remain from ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

3. The Three Houses of the Cheng Family in Tunxi

The Three Houses of the Cheng Family in Tunxi are a model of Ming Dynasty folk residences and are national key cultural relics protection units. In Baishu Street, Tunxi District, Huangshan, Anhui, there are three ancient buildings from the Ming Dynasty, located at Nos. 6, 7 and 28, Baishu Dongli Lane, Tunxi. It was built by Cheng Minzheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, and was named "Cheng's Three Houses". Cheng's Three Houses has high scientific research value and ornamental value.

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