Chengkan Village

Introducing Chengkan Village
Huangshan Chengkan village in Huizhou District, Anhui province is famous for the residential architecture of the Ming and Qing style. The residential houses in the village are of high value on the research of China's folk architecture and have been designated as a provincial preservation.

Chengkan Village Fast Facts
• Chinese Name: Chengkan Guzhen 呈坎古镇
• Best Time to Visit: March to April; October to November
• Recommended Visiting Hours: About 2 to 3 hours
• Things to Do: Photography, Architecture, Culture and History
• Opening Hours: 07:30-18:00
• Entrance Fee: ¥107
• Address: Huizhou District, Huangshan, Anhui Province

What to expect at Chengkan Village

Baolun Hall in the Ancestral Temple of Luo's, built during the Jiaqing's reign, is a representative collection of typical Huizhou architecture. The temple covers an area of 5 mu, Baolun Hall were well-designed and constructed with extreme delicacy. Through the first entrance, visitors reach Tianjing--a square dooryard with rooms on each side designed for enough lighting and draught. Secondly , comes a great hall, in which four vermilion posts support the timber frame. Further across a yard is the main hall--Baolun Hall.

The design of this timber frame hall is delicacy and unique. Exquisite engravings of flowers and geometric pattern on the bluestone parapets and creative colored paintings on the beams, lintels and doorframe lure many foreign visitors. The colors remain bright and fresh although throughout ages. A pair of wooden staircases ascends to the second floor on which though the finely engraved casements, visitors can have a perspective of the Huangshan mountains.

How to get to Chengkan Village
• Take bus No. 3 from Huangshan Bus Station (Tunxi Bus Station) and get off at Chengkan Village.
• Take a bus from Huangshan North Railway Station to the village directly.

Additional travel advice on Chengkan Village
• Nearby Attractions: Tangmo Village, Tangyue Archway Complex, etc.
• Please take care while walking around water areas.