【Location】Tunxi District, Huangshan City, South of Anhui Provice
【Type】 Ancient Architecture
【Rank】 ★★★★
【Recommended Time to stay】1 Day
【Opening Hours】Whole day 

Tunxi Ancient Street, situated in Tuxi City, is an old trading street. This 1.5 kilometers street has been a bustling center of trade since the Southern Song dynasty, taking its present day form during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Paved with bluestone, the street is is lined on both sides with old shops in an unmistakable Huizhou architectural style characterized by fine woodcarvings on lattice windows and doors.

The shops retain the essence of traditional stores of yesteryear, selling an interesting mix of antiques and knick-knacks including ink stones, brushes, local teas, Mao badges and advertising posters from the 30s. There are also many small food vendors and some excellent dumpling restaurants. The shop names in the ancient street have a lot of culture meanings, which shows that the merchants in Huizhou are scholar-merchants. Many of these shops carry more than a hundred years of history, such as "Tongderen" (Medicine Shop), "Tonghe" (Steelyard Store), and "Chengdexin" (Sauce and Pickle Shop). These stores continue to use the same methods of production, display, and operation as they did in ancient times.