Hefei

Hefei

　　Cuddled in the very heart of Anhui, Hefei, the capital of the province, is an ancient town with more than 2,000 years of history. Unfortunately much of this is not overly noticeable, and most travellers will neglect the area, or merely pass it en route to Anhui’s more scenic spot, Huangshan, to the southeast. The most stirring  with the city is in the ancient tales from this area, partly immortalised in the book The Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi). This book is still known today, one of the series of four ancient classics whose other titles on The Water Margin (Shui huzhuan), The Journey to the West (Xi you ji) and The Dream of the Red Chamber (Honglou meng).