Doushan Street

Doushan Street is a historical residential street in She County, Anhui, China. It was named after a neighboring hill called Dou Hill by locals. The street is a noted tourist attraction in the area because it is decorated by the Hui-style mansions built by, and for, the brilliant Huizhou merchants who dominated Chinese business for more than 500 years in history. The most obvious feature of the street is the high-walled courtyards. Hui-style architecture, an important branch of the major Chinese ancient architecture, featured black tiles and white walls, wood and brick carving, zigzag flagging, and grand memorial archways.

Doushan Street was a veritable residential area for the most wealthy and influential in Huizhou during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and home to several prominent families, such as the Wang(王)family、the Xu(许)family、the Yang(杨)family、and the Wang(汪)family.