The first week of May in China is a Labor Day holiday, usually 3 days. If it were you, how would you spend your holiday? Now there is a good choice here. Come and see Hefei with me.
Maybe you don’t know what kind of city Hefei is, so let me introduce it to you. Hefei is the largest city in Anhui. Anhui is home to one of the great cuisines of China, and the world famous Huizhou architecture style.
Hefei has many famous attractions. It is a city that combines tradition and technology. The transportation is very convenient. You can choose cars, buses, high-speed rails, and subways to go where you want to go. There are various shared electric vehicles on the roadside, which provide great convenience for people’s travel.
I chose some interesting places for this trip, let us take a look.
Table of contents
- Half Street, Hefei
- Huiyan (Hui Garden) Hui-style architecture
- Map of Huiyuan:
- Relief of “Dayu Spirit”: Huiyuan, Hefei
- The archway of Bozhou Garden in Huiyuan:
- Buildings in the Huiyuan park, in Hefei:
- Entrance of Ancient Battle Road:
- Zhenfeng Tower:
- Ksitigarbha statue:
- Huishang Pavilion:
- Range Rover Court:
- The Four Treasures of Anhui Study Hall:
- Anhui Tea Art Museum:
Half Street, Hefei
On the first day, we went to Half Street. Half Street is a commercial street with characteristic antique culture. Do you want to know why it is called “Half Street”? Half the street is a pedestrian street of several hundred meters. There are various gift shops, restaurants and some grocery stores on the street, as well as some vendors selling special items. Its architectural style is mainly Huizhou architecture. At the end of the street, it is an entrance to Hefei Forest. The left side of the half street is the characteristic cultural building, and the right side is the shop. You can eat food in the restaurant, enjoy the cultural scenery on the other side, and feel the bright lights on the other side is quiet and beautiful.
Are you interested in Hui-style architecture? Then we must not miss a good place-Huiyuan.
Huiyan (Hui Garden) Hui-style architecture
The Hui Garden was built at the end of the last century. There are traditional Hui-style buildings there, which is a “window” for outsiders to Hefei to quickly understand Anhui. Huiyuan is a filming base of China Central Television. The park has the characteristics of each city in Anhui, showing the history and culture of each city to tourists. If you like quietness, history and nature, then Huiyuan is the best choice.
If you want to know more about Huizhou architecture, please refer to this page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Style_architecture
Map of Huiyuan:
Relief of “Dayu Spirit”: Huiyuan, Hefei
The content on the relief is the process of Dayu’s water management. Dayu’s water management is an ancient Chinese myth and legend. Dayu led the people to fight against the natural disasters of floods and dredge the floods, and finally won. At that time they were in the Yellow River Basin, and Anhui was one of the provinces. The spirit of Dayu is mainly hard work, a strong will to explore, and a dedication to the people.
The archway of Bozhou Garden in Huiyuan:
Buildings in the Huiyuan park, in Hefei:
Entrance of Ancient Battle Road:
This is a fake entrance in Huiyuan. The real battle road is located underground in the main street of Bozhou City, Anhui Province, leading to the outside of the city in all directions. It is the oldest and most well-preserved underground large-scale military installation in China.
Zhenfeng Tower:
Ksitigarbha statue:
Huishang Pavilion:
Range Rover Court:
The Four Treasures of Anhui Study Hall:
Anhui Tea Art Museum:
The Hui-style architectural style is unique, and its comprehensive application in conception, space processing and architectural sculpture art fully reflects the distinctive regional characteristics. Among them, residential buildings, ancestral halls and memorial archways are classics. Anhui-style architecture is famous in China.
Huiyuan is a reduced version of the iconic buildings of all cities in Anhui. If you want to learn about each city in Anhui, but do you have more free time to go to each city, then please come to Huiyuan, Huiyuan can satisfy Your desire for Huizhou-style architecture.
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