Anhui province, located in East China, has abundant tourism resources, such as ancient towns, verdant mountains and green rivers, as well as imperial tombs and old city ruins. It has three world heritage sites: Huangshan Mountain, the ancient building complex in southern Anhui and the Grand Canal.
Among the "Four Treasures of Chinese Study" —Chinese writing brush, ink, paper and inkslab, Anhui is renowned for its Xuan paper, Hui ink and She inkslab. The Xuan paper produced here has fine texture, suitable for Chinese calligraphy and painting, while Shexian county has the country's best ink and inkslab.
In addition, three carving crafts of Huizhou enjoy fame nationwide: brick carving, stone carving and wood carving.
