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This category contains people who were born or have their family roots in Huizhou, Guangdong, China. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Huizhou (Chinese: 徽 州; pinyin: Huīzhōu) is a historical region in Anhui Province which roughly corresponds to Huangshan City today – the southernmost region of the province. In Ming and Qing dynasties, Huizhou was a prefecture corresponding to Huangshan city and Jixi County of modern Xuancheng , plus Wuyuan County in northeastern Jiangxi .
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The Confucian tradition of attaching importance to education, advocating social morality, holding a clan together are from Central Plain culture. Yue culture, however, brings Huizhou the consciousness to be actively enterprising, the endurance to bear hardships, and the courage to go out and expand business.
Huizhou architecture was deeply influenced by the unique historical and geographical environment of Huizhou and humanistic values of Huizhou people. Huizhou is a mountainous area and originally a settlement of the ancient Yue people (a large group of people living in the south of Yangtse River about 2500 years ago).
Hui Garden – Showplace of Huizhou. Covering an area of 18,000 square meters, Hui Garden is located in the center of Huizhou Ancient City. Here you can enjoy various buildings with typical Huizhou style, such as Renhe Tower, Deyue Tower, Teahouse, Huifeng Stone Archway, etc. and hundreds of commercial residential houses with antique flavor.
About 10 km (6,2 miles) to the south of Hongcun, Xidi is another famous Huizhou ancient village. Xidi has 124 well-preserved wooden houses from the Ming and Qing dynasties, featuring exquisite wood, brick and stone carvings. Today, some of these residences are open to the public, and among them, the Da Fu Grand House, built during the Qing ...
May 17, 2022 · Xu Guo Stone Arch, in the center of Huizhou Ancient City, was built in 1584 in honor of the local celebrity Xu Guo (1527 – 1596), a senior official in the Ming Dynasty. The eight-column arch is 11.4 meters (37.4 feet) in height, 11.56 meters (37.9 feet) in length, and 6.77 meters (22.2 feet) in width.
