[2025 Tongcheng Attraction] Travel Guide for Kongcheng Old Street (Updated Apr)

Tongcheng, Anhui Province, is a thousand-year-old city. This county-level city is small in size, but the cultural heritage is profound. Tongcheng Wenpai has been in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years. The Liujiu Lane in the city has also become a famous attraction because of the spirit of tolerance and courtesy. The town of Kong, 12 km from the city, still has an 1800-year-old street. Kongcheng Old Street is very clean. This scenic spot is now under development and operation by Zhongkun Group. It belongs to the same group as Hongcun in Huangshan, Anhui Province, but the number of tourists is very different, with tickets for 60 yuan. This old street is still very distinctive. During the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Meng of Wu State once built it here. In the Song Dynasty, Kongcheng has become one of the nine towns of Shuzhou, Huainan Road, and it was an important business in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Merchants and goods are gathered here. Kongcheng Old Street is 2.2 kilometers long and is divided into ten groups along the way. The whole street is in the shape of S, running north and south, one main street, one horizontal street, the street width is about 4 meters, and there are seven lanes. Lanes, lanes, lanes are all paved with long strips of stone. During the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, sent people to set up a bank in the old street of Kongcheng. It was mainly to facilitate the exchange of old merchants and people's money, so it was called Li Hongzhang. However, there are very few tourists here, and many shops along the street have not opened the door. It feels that there are more merchants than tourists.

⛰[Attraction Guide] 📍Address: Kongcheng Old Street, Tongcheng City, Anqing City, Anhui Province 🚗Transportation: 19 km west of Tongcheng urban area, about a 33-min drive. 🕙Opening hours: Monday–Sunday, 9am–9pm 💰Tickets: Free 🌟Highlights: A major feature of Kongcheng Old Street is its Baojia culture. The entire street is divided into 10 Jia. The Baojia system was a system used by rulers in the old days to rule the people through household registration. It used "household" as the basic unit of social organization, with 10 households forming a Jia and 10 Jia forming a Bao. They were jointly responsible and sat together, so as to implement hierarchical control over the people. Every night, the gates of each Jia were closed tightly, and each Jia was relatively independent and could not communicate with each other. It was an independent castle with anti-theft and defense functions. Kongcheng Town was listed as a "Provincial-level Historical and Cultural Ancient Town of Anhui Province" in 2006 and an "Ancient Town of Anhui Province with a Thousand-Year History" in 2017. 📌Tips: Free parking lot available

Arrived at around 3pm. The tourist development company and visitor center at the entrance were closed. There were few tourists, and everything was free! The residents had already moved away. It is said that the development failed, and the new buildings were left unfinished. Most of the original stone streets and wooden shops were closed, with less than ten shops open. After talking to the locals, I learned that the Li Hongzhang Bank sign had been removed due to disagreements. The ancient street, which dates back 1,800 years to the time of Lü Meng of Eastern Wu, was once a prosperous waterway trading port. The streets and alleys are named after the ten "Jia" of the Baojia system of Wang Anshi. The old street has an ancient charm, with smooth stone streets, wooden doors, the magistrate's mansion, the residence of the imperial historian, Tongxiang Academy, cloth shops, grocery stores, pawnshops, oil mills, and pharmacies. It also has traces of the pre-reform era, with a cinema, photo studio, supply and marketing cooperative, tea house, and restaurant. The route was well-designed, with all the basic tourist facilities. Will Kongcheng Old Street, which is close to Tongcheng Ancient City, become prosperous again?

On the second stop of the holiday reverse tour, we avoided the crowded crowds and chose to go to a small treasure town in Anhui: Tongcheng, also known as the "Wendu", the hometown of academicians, and a famous historical and cultural city! Day1: Liuchi Alley-Confucian Temple-Museum Day2: Longmian River-Binhe Park-Dongzuomen-Zilai Bridge Attractions around the city: Longmian Mountain-Kongcheng Old Street Key recommendations: Longmian River-Binhe Park-Dongzuomen-Zilai Bridge, these places are all connected together. We went there early the next morning. It was really delicious. We must go! Tickets: None, play time is 2 hours Liuchi Lane "A letter from home thousands of miles away is just a wall, so why not let it be three feet wide? It's thousands of miles long." The city is still there today, but Qin Shi Huang was nowhere to be seen. Liuchi Alley can be said to be the most famous attraction in Tongcheng. Here, you can feel the wind of courtesy! As a reminder, don’t miss Prime Minister Zhang’s Mansion and Wu Family Exhibition Hall next to it! Walking out of Liuchi Alley is West Back Street, which retains the characteristics of Anhui-style architecture. There are colorful graffiti on the walls of the alley, which is perfect for taking pictures! Tickets: None, play time 2-3 hours Confucian Temple It is very suitable for students to pay homage and absorb the "literary spirit" of Tongcheng. It is also one of the best preserved Confucian temples in Anhui. Tickets: None, play time 30 minutes Tongcheng Museum It mainly collects calligraphy and paintings by Tongcheng cultural celebrities from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as miniature versions of the Confucian Temple and Liuchi Alley. Tickets: None, play time 1 hour If you have enough time, you can also visit the attractions around the city! longmianshan Pick tea, take a walk, and breathe in the fresh air deep in the mountains Kongcheng Old Street With a history of more than 1,800 years, it carries the cultural heritage of Anhui Food recommendations: Artemisia cake, Tongcheng water celery, Kongcheng rice dumplings, Daguan water bowl!

' Kongcheng Old Street is located within the jurisdiction of Kongcheng Town, Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, about 12 kilometers from the city center of Tongcheng, and has a history of more than 1,800 years. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Kongcheng Old Street, as an important water transport wharf connecting the Chaohu region and the Yangtze River region, became increasingly prosperous. During the Taiping Rebellion, Kongcheng was destroyed but soon recovered; Kongcheng Old Street is about 3 kilometers in total length, with the street width being around 3 meters. The streets, alleys, and lanes are all paved with cobblestones, covering a total area of 170,000 square meters. It is divided into ten sections, each separated by sluice gates. The street runs north to south in an 'S' shape, with the terrain sloping from south to north, featuring one main street, two cross streets, and three alleys and one lane. The shops and houses are all made of green bricks and grey tiles, many with flying eaves and upturned corners, and wood-carved windows. Inside Kongcheng Old Street, there are attractions such as Li Hongzhang's bank, Ni Mansion, Tongxiang Academy, Kongcheng Cinema, Yao's Big House, Cultural Revolution relic quote wall, and Cheng's Ancestral Hall; there are 40 shops distributed along the street.

The first trip of the new year ✨ Thoughts about the old street|||Today I went to Kongcheng Old Street with my family. When I traveled to Zhejiang before, I visited many old streets. They were well developed and highly commercialized, so when I heard the word "old street", I subconsciously associated it with a commercial street. Before I arrived, my idea of ​​this old street was that it was a narrow street lined with businesses on both sides. When I got there I found that was not entirely the case. Indeed, this old street is a commercial street, but unlike other tourist attractions, there are very few shops on this commercial street. In some areas, more than 20 shops are closed in a row, which is very rare. However, it must be said that this old street is really old, with traditional southern Anhui Hui style architecture, and large and small blue bricks paved into a relatively wide path. From the smoothness of the floor tiles, one can guess that this old street must have been very prosperous in the past. There are many exhibition halls along the street, but perhaps because it is not yet office hours, all of them are closed. There are also many small attractions that I think are very meaningful, such as Tongcheng Academy, etc., which simply put up signs to tell tourists that this was the site of a certain place. Although I always thought that commercialization would destroy the meaning of the ancient street, I actually hope that this old street can be well planned, developed and commercialized. Because there are so many interesting places, I want to learn about the historical stories of these places through visiting, such as the story of Tongcheng Academy, rather than just knowing its name and taking a look at its appearance.

Kongcheng Old Street is located in Kongcheng Town, Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, only 12 kilometers from the city center. In ancient times, this place was a crucial waterway junction, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was bustling with merchants and extraordinary prosperity. However, as time passed, the transportation advantage of Kongcheng Town gradually faded, and the old street slowly disappeared from people's view. Despite this, we cannot deny the charm of Kongcheng Old Street. Walking on the old street is like traveling through time, back to the prosperous Ming and Qing dynasties. The ancient buildings, bluestone paths, and mottled walls all exude a sense of history. Dressing up in Hanfu and taking photos here, one can truly feel a different kind of charm.