Appendix A
Tentative Itinerary
Mainland Liaison Committee
Technical Tour to Huangshan
Introduction
Huangshan (黄山; literally Yellow Mountain) is a mountain range in southern
Anhui province in eastern China. The area is very famous for its scenic beauty,
with peculiar shapes of the granite peaks, weather-shaped pine trees, and sea of
clouds (雲海). The area also has hot springs and natural pools. Huangshan is
a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature. Huangshan
has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990 for its exceptional natural
beauty and habitat for rare and threatened species. The World Heritage Site
covers a core area of 154 square kilometres and a buffer zone of 142 square
kilometres. (Adapted from Wikipaedia)
The Mainland Liaison Committee is organizing a technical tour to visit
Huangshan and its nearby world heritage sites in late June this year. We will
visit the relevant planning bureaus and the city/county governments and
explore Huangshan’s beauty and the governments’ policies and plans for the
conservation and green tourism for these important world heritages.
Tentative Itinerary
21 June
(Saturday)
22 June
(Sunday)
23 June
(Monday)
Travel from Hong Kong to
Hangzhou.
Take a coach from Hangzhou
to Huangshan, pass by
Huangshan Tun Tei (黄山屯
溪).
Visit Huangshan City
Government and Planning
Bureau
Flight depart at 11:35 am.
Coach from Hangzhou to Huangshan takes
about 3 hours
Huangshan City - site visits
Visit historic Pai Fongs （歙縣 Staying at Huangshan
上棠樾牌坊群）
Going up to Huangshan –
visit scenic places, introduction
by Huangshan Heritage Area
Management Board Planning
and Land Bureau
Appendix A
Tentative Itinerary
24 June
(Tuesday)
Viewing of Sunrise at
Huangshan
Visit county government of Xi
County (黟縣)
Visit the world heritage site of
the tradition villages of
Hongcun (宏村) and Xidi (西
遞)of Xi County (黟縣) and
The two traditional villages of Xidi and
Hongcun preserve to a remarkable extent the
appearance of non-urban settlements of a type
that largely disappeared or was transformed
during the last century. Their street plan, their
architecture and decoration, and the
integration of houses with comprehensive
water systems are unique surviving examples.
Justification for Inscription
Criterion (iii): The villages of Xidi and
Hongcun are graphic illustrations of a type of
human settlement created during a feudal
period and based on a prosperous trading
economy.
Criterion (iv): In their buildings and their
street patterns, the two villages of southern
Anhui reflect the socio-economic structure of
a long-lived settled period of Chinese history.
Criterion (v): The traditional non-urban
settlements of China, which have to a very
large extent disappeared during the past
century, are exceptionally well preserved in
the villages of Xidi and Hongcun.
[Extracted from UNESCO Web-site]
Coach from Huangzhan to Flight depart at 2:20 pm
25 June
(Wedneday) Hangzhou and fly from
Hangzhou to Hong Kong
Cost:
About $4400 (assuming more than 20 persons joining the trip)
Contact:
If you are interested, you could contact Monique Tai at Tel. 29156212 or
Jacqueline Cheuk at Tel. 2686 1082 or Lawrence Chau at Tel. 2231 4977 for
more information.
Please register before 22 May 2008 (Thursday).
Appendix A
Reply Slip
Hong Kong Institute of Planners
Mainland Liaison Committee
Technical Tour to Huangshan
Reply Slip
The technical tour will be held on 21 June (Saturday) to 25 June 2007
(Wednesday).
Please fax or email your particulars to HKIP (Attn. Ms Monique Tai, email
address: "HKIP (Monique)" <hkiplann@netvigator.com>, fax no.: 2915 7616)
for reservation:
Name:
Membership No.
Telephone No.
(In Chinese)
Mainland Travel Permit No.
Fax No.
Email Address:
*** Please make sure you have a valid Mainland Travel Permit for
Hong Kong and Macao Residents (港澳居民來往內地通行證 / 回鄉
證)