Huizhou

E133336
commercial region cultural region historic region

Huizhou is a historic cultural and commercial region in southeastern China, famed for its distinctive Huizhou architecture, merchant culture, and influential role in the development of Huizhou (Xin'an) Neo-Confucianism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Huizhou canonical 10
Huizhou region 3
Huizhou Prefecture 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial region ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
administrativeStatus former prefecture ⓘ
architecturalStyle elaborate wood and stone carvings ⓘ
enclosed courtyards ⓘ
whitewashed walls and black-tiled roofs ⓘ
associatedWith Huizhou ancestral halls ⓘ
Huizhou clan genealogies ⓘ
Huizhou inkstones ⓘ
surface form: Huizhou inksticks

Huizhou merchants ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalHeritage World Heritage villages of Xidi and Hongcun ⓘ
economicActivity inkstick production ⓘ
paper production ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
tea trade ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
educationTradition Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Confucian academies
ethnicGroup Hui people ⓘ
surface form: Hui people (Huizhou natives)
historicalCenter Huangshan (city) ⓘ
surface form: Huangshan City

Shexian County ⓘ
historicalName Xin'an ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ
influenced Chinese merchant networks ⓘ
Neo-Confucian thought in China ⓘ
knownFor Hui cuisine ⓘ
Hui merchants ⓘ
Huizhou (Xin'an) Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
Huizhou architecture ⓘ
ancestral halls ⓘ
clan-based villages ⓘ
merchant culture ⓘ
stone archways ⓘ
well-preserved Ming and Qing architecture ⓘ
language Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn Anhui ⓘ
surface form: Anhui Province

southeastern China ⓘ
notablePhilosophicalSchool Xin'an School of Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
partOf middle and lower Yangtze Plain ⓘ
surface form: Jiangnan cultural sphere
regionType mountainous inland region ⓘ
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
riverSystem Xin’an River ⓘ
surface form: Xin'an River basin

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anhui → historicalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
Pearl River Delta → containsCity → Huizhou ⓘ
Guangdong Province → majorCity → Huizhou ⓘ
TCL Corporation → headquartersLocation → Huizhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Huizhou (historical region) → administrativePredecessor → Huizhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou Prefecture
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun → culturalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
Bao’an → bordered → Huizhou ⓘ
Shexian County → partOfHistoricalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
Shexian County → culturalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou region
Huizhou merchants → activeInRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
Huizhou merchants → basedIn → Huizhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou prefecture
Huizhou Chinese → spokenIn → Huizhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou region
Huizhou opera → regionOfOrigin → Huizhou ⓘ
Yixian → historicalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
Yixian → culturalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou region
Wuyuan → historicalRegion → Huizhou ⓘ