[2025 Yanshan Attraction] Travel Guide for Hekou Ancient Town (Updated Feb)

Record | Blue sky and blue water, bought a bag of oranges in Hekou Ancient Town, walked around and ate for an afternoon, only spent 100 per person. Itinerary record. 10:10 Shangrao Wanda Hekou Ancient Town 10:55. Walk around the ancient town, take photos, and eat some snacks. Focus on some folk museums and antique shops to see some old objects and feel the changes of history. Some shop owners are also very good at chatting. As long as you are curious, you can get more stories. 13:20 Lunch near the ancient town. We had egg soup and Dengzhan cake, and brought a cup of Cotti. After the two of us were full, we were ready to go to Gohu Academy. Rest until 14:20 → Gohu Academy, 30 minutes by car, ticket 25/person, play time 1.5~2h. The academy is actually very small, but if you look carefully, you will gain a lot. We happened to listen to part of the tour guide, but we are from Jiangxi, so we are relatively familiar with this part of history, so we only picked the key points we were interested in, and the weather was so good and the light and shadow were so beautiful that we spent a lot of time taking photos. 16:20 Gohu Academy returns to Shangrao city for 40 minutes. The day trip is over easily, because it is from one attraction to another, and it is very smooth to take a ride, and there will soon be a driver to take the order, hey!

Hekou Town was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the town's handicraft industry was well-developed, and its convenient water and land transportation attracted many merchants, making it prosperous. By the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Hekou had reached its peak. Goods from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Guangdong were gathered here before being distributed nationwide. Hekou became an important commercial port known as the "Thoroughfare of Eight Provinces," and it was said that "Hankou's goods never run out, and Hekou's goods never fit." At that time, tea shops lined the streets of Hekou Town, and tea merchants gathered here to trade. As Hekou became a tea distribution center, its tea, known as "Hekou Red Tea," was favored by foreign merchants. According to the "Yanshan Local Chronicles," "During the heyday of Hekou Red Tea, merchants bought and sold millions of gold coins annually." Hekou's advantage also lay in its tea-making techniques. Tea produced in Fujian, Jiangxi, and Anhui was transported to Hekou for refinement before being sold. During the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, more than 30,000 people were engaged in tea processing in Hekou, and the "Hekou Tea Masters" were renowned. The commercial prosperity led to rapid urban development. Hekou Town, which combined shops, inns, residences, and warehouses on one street, had as many as 2,000 shops at its peak. The architecture showcased the exquisite craftsmanship of Jiangnan's Ming and Qing residential buildings, with paper shops, tea shops, silver shops, banks, pharmacies, and silk shops being the most luxurious. Today, the surviving ancient buildings still reflect the town's former splendor. Historically, Hekou Ancient Town was one of Jiangxi's four famous towns, along with Jingdezhen, Zhangshu Town, and Wucheng Town. Hekou Ancient Town's Ming and Qing streets are known as Jiangxi's first ancient street. In 2014, Hekou Town was named a Chinese Historical and Cultural Town. Times have changed, and the prosperity is gone. Today, as we walk along the stone-paved streets lined with dilapidated houses, we feel a sense of helpless desolation. Many local residents still live in the houses on both sides of the old street. When tourists visit, they enthusiastically introduce the area, saying, "This used to be a Mazu Temple, this used to be a pharmacy and hospital, this used to be a guild hall, this used to be a post office and bookstore, and this is what it looked like before it was demolished."

📍HeKou Ancient Town, historically known as one of the four famous towns in Jiangxi along with Jingdezhen, Zhangshu Town, and Wucheng Town. HeKou Town still has a well-preserved Ming and Qing ancient street and a large number of Gan-style buildings. It is known as the "first town on the Wanli Tea Road" and used to have very convenient water and land transportation. 🎫Admission: Free, parking is free 🚩You can go to the nearby food stalls for late-night snacks in the evening

✅✅Famous historical and cultural town of China ✅✅One of the four famous towns in Jiangxi ✅✅The wharf serving eight provinces ✅✅The premier town on the thousand-mile Tea Road ✅✅Hekou Ming and Qing Ancient Street, the most renowned street in Jiangxi, was selected as a famous historical and cultural street in China ♻️♻️Hekou Ancient Town is located in Hekou Town, Yanshan County, Jiangxi Province. Together with Jingdezhen, Zhangshu Town, and Wucheng Town, it is known as one of the four famous towns in Jiangxi. It was once the premier town on the thousand-mile Tea Road, bustling with 'goods gathered from Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong, and mixed languages from Zhejiang, Huaiyang, with boats moored at night, lights shining along the banks.' ♻️♻️The 500-meter-long Ming and Qing ancient street along the river retains many Gan-style buildings arranged in close succession. Despite the weathering, the mottled walls still faintly reveal the prosperity and glory of the past. 🏘️🏘️Address: Fuxing North Road, Yanshan County, Jiangxi Province 🚙🚙Transportation: Public transportation is inconvenient, self-driving is recommended. 💰💰Ticket: Free admission

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In Jiangxi, there is such a place, which was once known alongside Jingdezhen as one of the four great ancient towns, but now it is less frequented! In addition, it is also referred to by people as the 'Number One Ancient Street' of Jiangxi Province. Perhaps curious friends would ask, where is this ancient town in Jiangxi? What kind of different scenery does it have? With these questions and curiosity, today let's talk about the stories of Hekou Ancient Town. Hekou Town, where the county seat of Yanshan County is located, was once one of the four famous towns in Jiangxi's history. Together with Jingdezhen, Zhangshu Town, and Wucheng Town, it was known as the four famous towns of Jiangxi. Besides, Hekou Ancient Town is also an important node of the thousands of miles of the Tea Road, where a relatively complete Ming and Qing ancient street is preserved. Among them, the Hekou Ming and Qing Ancient Street hidden in Hekou Ancient Town is called the 'Number One Ancient Street' in Jiangxi by provincial and municipal cultural relics experts. The ancient street is built along the Xinjiang River, with bustling shops on one side and the flowing waters of the Xinjiang River on the other. The street runs east-west, is 6 meters wide, and 5 Hu Li long, consisting of Yibao Street, Erbao Street, Chessboard Street, Sanbao Street at the east end, and Banbian Street at the west end, with more than 500 shops preserved on both sides from Yibao to Sanbao to this day.