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Huizhou–Hangzhou Ancient Trail 徽杭古道Huīháng Gǔdào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xuancheng, Anhui
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Xuancheng
- Region
- Anhui
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Huizhou–Hangzhou Ancient Trail
The Huizhou–Hangzhou Ancient Trail is a stone-paved mountain path, begun in the Tang, along which Huizhou merchants carried goods towards Hangzhou, and it is now a popular hiking route. The classic section runs about 16 km from Fuling town in Jixi to Qingliangfeng in Zhejiang's Lin'an district, through the Qingliangfeng nature reserve and past the Jiangnan Diyiguan pass, old tea pavilions and stone bridges. The national listing also covers a section of the old eastern Huizhou road in Langxi County.
How to get to Huizhou–Hangzhou Ancient Trail
The trailhead is at Jiangnan village in Fuling town, about 20 km east of Jixi county town by road.
Nearby
- Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山 60 km
Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting
Also within 20 km: Zhangshan Grand Canyon 鄣山大峡谷 (under 10 km), Longchuan Village 龙川 (10 km), Hong Ancestral Hall (Jingben Hall), Yecun 洪氏宗祠（敬本堂） (10 km), Hong Ancestral Hall, Sanyang 三阳洪氏宗祠 (10 km).
On the map
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