Our local English-speaking guide and skilled driver will pick you up at your Tunxi hotel at around 8:30am (or your convenient time) to make an excursion to the nearby old villages.

The first stop is Xidi, a stronghold for prosperous merchant Hu clan dating to AD 1047. The thoughtful intricate-carvings interior contrasting with the simple exterior of black tiled roof and white walls deserves a closer and throughout exploration to find out the hidden Chinese ancestors' life wisdom. The decorative arch named Huwenguang Paifang, notable ancestral halls like Diji Hall, Zhuimu Hall can be checked out among the maze of flagstone lanes.

Then drive to Hongcun, a stronghold for another wealthy Wang clan. Here a leisure village stroll can be rewarded with the idyllic portrait of bridges, lakeside views, winding lanes and old traditional halls. The village's original ox-shape water systems, flushing water through the village for the purpose of the fire-proofing and irrigating exemplifies the ancient locals' living intelligence.

Continue our village tour to the tranquil Nanping spanning over 1,100 years. Many ancestral halls, clan shrines and merchant residences, old schooling gardens huddle within the village's mazelike alleys. The tragedy film Judou directed by Zhang Yimou as well as the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee, has also taken in this village as the setting.

Another old village is the Guanlu. The Badajia, as the main draw of the village, is household buildings of 8 local wealthy brothers that have skillfully separated into 8 units and connected as a whole. The architectures here have also retained the Huizhou features: halls, light well, gardens, and courtyard.

Conclude today's ancient village tour and transfer back to your city hotel.