Anhui in My Eyes
Travelogue: Iron Painting
On the phenomena of collective travel
The long and winding road
Yellow Mountain (HuangShan Mountain)
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Snapshot of the province
Take a look at the locatioin, resources, area, topography, infrastructure of the province.

History of Anhui province
Anhui the name of the province, comes from the combination of the first character of two prefectures' names at that time: Anqing and Huizhou.

Anhui's climate
Anhui province lies in the monsoonal area of East China. The demarcation line of the Qinling Mountain Range-Huaihe River runs through the northern part of Anhui.

Best time to go
The off-seasons of most tourist attractions in Anhui province are from December to February, and the busy seasons are from March to November, a schedule basically consistent with the climate in Anhui.

Glimpses of Anhui's collection of treasures
Animal and plant resources are quite rich in Anhui, including 3000 unique plants, 500 wild animals and 54 national key protected animals, especially the Yangtze alligator and the white flag dolphin.

Xuan paper: World intangible cultural heritage
Xuan paper, a type of handmade paper, was originally produced during ancient China's Tang Dynasty (618-907) in Jingxian county and its neighboring cities as Xuancheng.

Culture of Anhui
Here we talk about Anhui dialect, Huangmei Opera, Anhui cuisine and "four treasures of the study".

Anhui tourism resources
Tourism resources are spread out all over Anhui, with more natural sceneries in the south and more historic sites in the north.

About Jiuhua Mountain Temple Fair
The Jiuhua Mountain temple fair can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. Grand celebrations are held at each fair at Jiuhua Mountain.

Hefei--lashed by rains, scarred by wars
The story of ancient Hefei is a tale of two cities - one raised for war, another for peace, one with a history long interred in ruins, while the legacy of the other continues until today.

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