At the Hongcun Village at Huangshan.

The introduction sign to the Hongcun Village. I tried to zoom into the text so the image is readable. I'm amused seeing their email address and website URL. :)

The Hongcun Village consists of about 140 residences dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Their claim to fame is these residences are very well preserved. One of the largest residence, ChengZhi Hall, is opened to the public. They also have their own water system that continuously circulates and somehow provides fresh water to the village's residents. How it does this is not clear.

The tour guides did not explain what this village was really about. In fact, as we were riding the bus over here, the tour guide just said we are going to an "Asian Village". How vague is that?

It's funny how in some scenic spots the tour guides go overboard in explaining too many minute details that will be soon forgotten. In other scenic spots, very little or no explanations are given! So we don't really know what we are looking at.