Huangshan, formerly known as Xin’an, Shezhou and Huizhou, is a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, a member city of the Hangzhou Metropolitan Area and the core city of the South Anhui International Tourism and Culture Demonstration Zone, located at the junction of three provinces, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, bordering Jingdezhen and Wuyuan counties in Jiangxi Province to the southwest, Kaihua and Chun’an counties in Zhejiang Province and Lin’an District in Hangzhou City to the southeast, Jixi, Jingde and Jing counties in Xuancheng City in Anhui Province to the northeast, and Shitai, Qingyang and Dongzhi counties in Chizhou City to the northwest. Qingyang and Dongzhi counties in Chizhou City to the northwest. As of 2019, Huangshan City has 3 districts and 4 counties under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 9,807 square kilometres. According to the seventh census, the resident population of Huangshan City was 1,330,560,000 as of 00:00 on 1 November 2020.
Huangshan, known as Huizhou in ancient times, is both the hometown of Huizhou merchants and an important birthplace of Huizhou culture, with the influential Xin’an School of Painting, Xin’an Medicine, Huizhou Architecture, Huizhou Four Sculptures, and Huizhou Bonsai, Huizhou Opera being the predecessor of Beijing Opera, and Huizhou Cuisine being one of the eight major cuisines in China. Huangshan Mountain in Huangshan City is a world natural and cultural heritage, and the ancient villages of Xidi and Hongcun in southern Anhui are world cultural heritage.

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