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Tunxi Old Street appeared accompanying the development of Hui businessmen. Early in the last twenties or thirties, the big commercial port of HU (Shanghai) and Hang (Hangzhou) flourished for a period of time.

The Tangyue Memorial Archway Group is composed of 7 arches. It's located on the road at the entrance of the Tangyu village in the west of Shexian County. It arrays in the successive order of loyalty, filial piety, women's chastity and charity. The Tangyue Memorial Arch Group is all made of green stones which are of good quality and produced in Shexian County. Don't use any nail or rivet at all. The skillful combinations between stones are astonishing. In addition, there are a large number of beautiful carvings in Hui style around the body of the arches.

Xidi Village is located at the south foot of Mt. Huangshan. Its original name is Xichuan. It can also be called Xixi. This name is given because there are three brooks which run from east to west. But because there is a relay station in the west of the village, so the name was changed into Xidi. Xidi was built in the Huangyou period of the Northern Song dynasty, developed in the middle of the Jingtai period of the Ming dynasty, and was prosperous at the beginning of the Qing dynasty. It has a history of nearly 1000 years. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the businessmen reached the period of highest development. They carried out an extensive building program, such as building houses and ancestral temples, making roads, building bridges and so on. Nowadays, more than 100 old folk houses in Xidi maintain the basic appearance and feature they used to be.

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Hongcun is located in the southwestern foot of Mt. Huangshan and about 11 kilometers off the southwest of Yixian County. In ancient time, it's the only access to Beijing to do business from Yixian. The whole village covers an area of about 28 hectares. The place which is classed as old village spreads 19.11 hectares of land.

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The Yellow Mountains are a blend of the majesty of Taishan (Tai Mountain), the ruggedness of Hushan (Hu Mountain), the cloud of Hengshan (Heng Mountain), the flying waterfall of Lushan (Lu Mountain), the bizarre rock of Yandangshan (Yandang Mountain) and the beauty of Emei Mountain. Huangshan is especially famous for its four supreme sights: strange pines, strangely shaped rocks, the sea of clouds and hot springs. It has the reputation of being "China's strangest mountain". It was one of the first Key National-Level Scenic Resorts and is also a world class tourist attraction.

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