Anhui
Category:Has custom banner Anhui (安徽; Ānhuī) is a province in the southern central region of China. Historically, it is a relatively poor agricultural province, and over the past few decades it has been one of the main suppliers of cheap migrant labour to more prosperous coastal provinces, especially in nearby East China. In the 21st century, Anhui has begun developing quite a bit of modern industry.
Cities
- 1 HefeiCategory:Has map markers — the capital, near the center of the province
- 2 BengbuCategory:Has map markers, in the north of the province
- 3 HuaibeiCategory:Has map markers
- 4 HuainanCategory:Has map markers
- 5 Ma'anshanCategory:Has map markers
- 6 TonglingCategory:Has map markers — has numerous relics and sites related to its historic copper culture
- 7 WuhuCategory:Has map markers, to the southeast, close to Nanjing
Other destinations
- 1 XidiCategory:Has map markers and Hongcun - two ancient villages in Southern Anhui - are on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 2 HuangshanCategory:Has map markers (Yellow Mountain)
- 3 Mount JiuhuaCategory:Has map markers (Jiuhuashan)
- 4 Mount QiyunCategory:Has map markers - a sacred Taoist mountain
- 5 Mount TianzhuCategory:Has map markers - a UNESCO Global Geopark
Understand
Anhui is less than three hours from Shanghai by high-speed train. With the Yangtze River and Huaihe River crossing it, it is divided into three parts: South Anhui, Middle Anhui, and North Anhui. It has a semitropical climate with four distinct seasons.
Get in
Get around
See
Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) is a famously scenic area with an important temple.
Do
Eat
An Anhui specialty is hairy tofu (毛豆腐 máo dòufu), a type of fermented tofu named for the hairy white fungus that grows out of it.