Huizhou (historical region)

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Huizhou was a historic cultural and commercial region in southeastern China, famed for its distinctive Huizhou merchants, architecture, cuisine, and influential role in the development of Huizhou (Anhui) culture.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial region
cultural region
historical region
administrativePredecessor Huizhou Prefecture
country China
culturalTradition Confucian education
Huizhou opera
ancestor worship
hasArchitecturalStyle Huizhou architecture
hasCity Jixi
Qimen
Shexian
Wuyuan
Xiuning
Yixian
hasCulinaryStyle Huizhou cuisine
hasDialect Huizhou Chinese
Shexian dialect
hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
hasNotableGroup Huizhou merchants
historicalCenter Huizhou District, Huangshan
Shexian County
influenced Anhui cuisine
Chinese residential architecture
Huizhou (Anhui) culture
merchant culture in late imperial China
knownFor Huizhou architecture
Huizhou cuisine
Huizhou culture
Huizhou inkstones
Huizhou merchants
academies of classical learning
ancestral halls
inkstick production
lineage-based clan organizations
merchant guilds
merchant philanthropy
salt trade
tea trade
woodblock printing
locatedIn Anhui Province
southeastern China
southern Anhui
partOf Ming dynasty China
Qing dynasty China
timePeriod Ming dynasty
Qing dynasty
Song dynasty
Yuan dynasty

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Anhui
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