Fun things to do in Anhui Sheng

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Huangshan is a great landscape experience, but be ready for long and relatively steep hikes (unless you pay porters) on well prepared concrete paths. Two days can be enough (I went up in the morning of one day and went back down in the afternoon of the next), but there is probably enough to fill at least a couple more days if you want to explore all the peaks and get higher chances to see the sun at dawn, we weren't that lucky and also got some heavy rain in the first day). In the area there are also a couple of old villages (Xidi and Hongcun) which are worth the visit (another half day), a wonderful bonsai garden, a village with seven arches, given to the same family over the centuries and an interesting factory specialised in china ink and inkstones.