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Tunxi Ancient Street lies in the center of Tunxi district, where the municipality of Huangshan is seated. Starting in the westfrom Zhenhai Bridge, a stone arch bridge crossing the riverwhich was built in Ming dynasty, and ending up in the east with the tablet of memorial archways, it added up to 1273 meters long. Being well preserved, there are shops row upon row, with buildings simple and elegant. It is a commercial street only for pedestrians, with the building style of Ming and Qing dynasties,having the reputation of "The moving picture by the river on Pure Brightness".
First built over 700 years ago, during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the street is flanked by some buildings from this period. More noticeable are the buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911), during which time the " Tunxi Ancient Street " became a distribution center for goods and materials to Huizhou The shops, workshops and residences have continued to maintain the characteristics and operational layout of ancient stores such as "shop in the front and workshop or house in the back" Most of the buildings are only three stories high, stone-based and brick-laid. They are decorated with small green tiles, wood carvings in the Hui style, ancient shop signs, and red-lacquered with double eaves on the roofs.
The shop name in the ancient street, has a lot of culture meanings, embodying the speciality of that the merchants in Huizhou are scholar-merchants. Among which, there are shops with more than a hundred years history, such as "Tongderen" Medicine Shop, "Tonghe" Steelyard Store, "Chengdexin" Sauce and Pickle Shop, the production and display as well as its operation are still with ancient customs by now.
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