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Yuliang Dam and Old Street 渔梁坝Yúliáng Bà
National heritage site · Huangshan, Anhui
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huangshan
- Region
- Anhui
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuliang Dam and Old Street
An ancient stone weir about 140 m long across the Lian River just south-east of Shexian town, first built in the Tang and rebuilt in 1605 from massive blocks locked together with stone dowels. It raised the river for boats, making Yuliang the main point from which Ming and Qing Huizhou merchants set out by water for Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Beside it runs Yuliang Street, a cobbled street of old houses and shops with lanes down to the wharves, where the Ming–Qing house of the salt-merchant family of the Qing seal carver Ba Weizu, the largest old residence in the village, was restored and opened as a museum.
How to get to Yuliang Dam and Old Street
In Yuliang, about 1 km south-east of the old town of Shexian (Huicheng), which is about 25 km north-east of Tunxi by road.
Nearby
- Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山 40 km
Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting - Xidi 西递村 40 km
A quieter UNESCO twin of Hongcun: flagstone lanes, merchant houses and a Ming archway - Hongcun Village 宏村 50 km
A merchant village planned in the shape of an ox, mirrored in its own pond
Also within 20 km: Changqing Temple Pagoda 长庆寺塔 (under 10 km), Taiping Bridge, Shexian 歙县太平桥 (under 10 km), Huizhou Ancient City (Shexian) 徽州古城 (under 10 km), Xiongcun Village and Zhushan Academy 雄村 (under 10 km), Hongkeng Archways and Hong Family Temple 洪坑牌坊群及洪氏家庙 (under 10 km), Zheng Ancestral Hall, Zhengcun 郑氏宗祠 (under 10 km).
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