Ancient villages and old trails in and around Huangshan City, Anhui Province: Huizhou-style houses, rammed-earth dwellings and hillside villages in Shexian, Yixian, Jingxian and Xiuning.
Walking Yangtai, an empty Huizhou village in Xiuning, Anhui: evacuated in 2012, roofs open, lanes overgrown, and near thousand-year-old yew trees at the entrance. Free entry, no facilities.
Walking Changkeng in the mountains of Huangshan, Anhui: a Huizhou village whose main street is 100 m of stone steps, with empty houses and almost no visitors. Free entry, no supermarket or restaurant.
A first-person walk through Yangchan in She County, Anhui – 367 rammed-earth houses stacked on a slope, the largest earth village in southern Anhui, with access, tickets and tips.
A walk through Gechuanjian scenic area in Anhui – waterfall, gorge and cliff stairs – then down into Zaotai, an abandoned village emptied by landslides.
A first-person walk through Zhaji in Jingxian, Anhui – the largest surviving Ming-Qing village in China, with three streams, 40+ stone bridges and 140 protected old buildings.
A first-person walking tour of Wancun Village, Shexian, Anhui – the ‘Potala Palace of Huizhou’ with stacked houses and stone alleys. Video, access and tips.