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This three hour private experience takes you from your hotel in Huangshan downtown to the Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory in Tunxi, a working workshop with more than two centuries of history. You will watch the making of Hui ink sticks and traditional writing brushes, two of the four treasures of Chinese study, with a guide who explains and translates each step. Your driver uses a private car and returns you to your hotel when the visit ends.
Duration: 3 Hours
Attractions(Cities):
Hukaiwen Ink Factory (Tunxi)
Pick-up point:
Your hotel in Huangshan downtown
Finishing point:
Your hotel in Huangshan downtown
Tour Customizable:
Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry)
Payment Types:
Cash,Wire,Paypal,WesternUnion
Available: Daily
The tour starts with a pickup from your hotel in Huangshan downtown. Your driver will hold a board reading Huangshan Private Tour and drive you in a private car to the Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory, a short ride from central Tunxi. The brush and the ink stick are two of the four treasures of Chinese study, and the visit lasts about three hours. Your guide stays with you throughout to explain and translate each stage of the work.
The ink sticks made in Anhui are known as Hui ink, and many consider them the finest writing ink available. Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory opened in 1782 under the Qing emperor Qianlong and is the oldest and best known workshop for this ink in China. At the factory you will watch the full production process, from mixing the soot and glue to pressing, drying, and painting the finished stick.
Beside the ink, the factory also shows how traditional writing brushes are assembled, from selecting and sorting the hair to fitting it onto the handle. The making of a brush and the making of an ink stick each take about one hour, so you can see both crafts at a relaxed pace without rushing. When you finish, your driver drives you back to your hotel in Huangshan downtown, and the service ends.
The tour picks you up from your hotel in Huangshan downtown. Your driver holds a board reading Huangshan Private Tour and drives you in a private car to the Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory.
The whole experience lasts about three hours. Making an ink stick and assembling a writing brush each take roughly one hour, plus short travel time between the factory and your hotel.
Yes. You watch the full production process at the working factory, from mixing soot and glue for the ink to fitting the hair and handle for the brush. Your guide explains and translates each stage.
The itinerary describes a guided visit to see the crafts being produced. It does not include a take home session where you keep a piece that you made yourself.
Yes, this is a private visit for your own party, with a driver and a guide assigned to you, and the start time follows the plan you confirm before travel.
When you finish, your driver takes you back to your hotel in Huangshan downtown, and the service ends there.
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Travel in comfort and style with our premium private transportation. We offer a fleet of air-conditioned, non-smoking, clean, and meticulously maintained vehicles, all less than four years old. Our professional drivers, all locals with over a decade of driving experience, are friendly, courteous, and dedicated to your safety and comfort. Depending on your group's size, we provide a range of vehicles, including sedans, SUVs, business vans (MPVs), and spacious buses, all with ample luggage space.
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Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights
Attractions(Cities)：Hongcun Village, Tunxi Old Street, Hu Kaiwen Ink-stick Factory, Yungu Cable Car, Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Bright Summit, Flying-over Rock ,The West Sea Grand Canyon, Lion Peak
Tour Style：This three-day tour pairs the old villages around Huangshan with a day and a night on the mountain itself. It starts in the Huangshan area with Hongcun Village, its water channels and ancestral halls, and the old shops of Tunxi and the Hu Kaiwen ink workshop. On Day 2 you ride the Yungu Cable Car up to the peaks, walk to Shixin Peak, Magical Brushwork and Bright Summit, and stay a night on the ridge. Day 3 opens with the sunrise and the West Sea Grand Canyon, then visits Lion Peak before the cable car brings you down to your hotel in Huangshan. A guide and transfers to and from your hotel in Huangshan are part of the plan, and the pace suits travelers who enjoy both culture and mountain walking.
Duration：2 Days, 1 Night
Attractions(Cities)：Mt.Huangshan, Huangling Village
Tour Style：A two-day private tour of Mount Huangshan and Huangling village, met at Huangshan Train Station and ended back there, built around the high-speed train from Shanghai. Your own guide and driver take you up the Yungu cable car to Beginning-to-Believe Peak and Bright Summit on the first day, with a night at the base town, then on to Huangling, the cliff-side Hui village in Wuyuan, on the second. It is a weekend-length escape into granite peaks and an old mountain village, paced for travellers who want to see the core of Huangshan without driving between the sights themselves.
Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights
Attractions(Cities)：Begin-to-believe Peak, the Monkey Watching the Sea viewpoint, Lion Peak, West Sea Grand Canyon, Local morning wet and food market, Hongcun Village
Tour Style：This three-day Huangshan tour is built as a value trip that still covers the main sights of the region. It opens in Huangshan city at the Hu Kaiwen ink workshop and Tunxi Old Street, then gives you a full day on the mountain for the sunrise, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Lion Peak and the West Sea Grand Canyon, returning to your hotel each evening. The last morning goes to Hongcun Village, its old academy and Moon Pond before your transfer. Because you stay in practical hotels in Huangshan rather than on the ridge, the cost stays low while the peaks, the canyon and the villages are all part of the route. A guide and transfers to and from your hotel in Huangshan are part of the plan.
Duration：2 Days, 1 Night
Attractions(Cities)：Mt. Huangshan, Tunxi Old Street, Hongcun Village
Tour Style：A private two-day tour of Huangshan and the old villages around it, meeting you at Huangshan train station. Day one covers Hongcun Village and its Moon Pond, an Anhui lunch and Tunxi Old Street, with an overnight hotel in Huangshan. Day two takes the Yungu Cableway up to the peaks, walking to Begin-to-Believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Bright Summit, Flying-over Rock and the West Sea Grand Canyon, with a guide pacing the steps to your group. The price includes your private transport, the local guide and the entrance tickets, while the cable car and meals are paid on the day; the route stays flexible to your fitness and the weather.
Duration：6-7 Hours
Attractions(Cities)：Yungu Cableway, Begin-to-believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Monkey Watching the Sea, Lion Peak, Flying Stone, Bright Summit
Tour Style：A private one-day Mount Huangshan tour from your hotel in Huangshan. Your guide meets you in the hotel lobby and a private car takes you to the Yungu Cableway, the main route up the mountain. Over six to seven hours you visit Begin-to-Believe Peak and the Welcoming Pine, Magical Brushwork, Monkey Watching the Sea, Lion Peak, the Flying Stone and Bright Summit, walking paved stone steps with handrails while your guide paces the day, explains the geology and the legends, and helps with photos. A mountaintop lunch stop is arranged around midday and you pay only for what you order, then ride the cableway back down to your hotel.
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