Xue Ruifeng Gristmill

Xue Ruifeng Gristmill

Xue Ruifeng Gristmill is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Anhui Province.

Xue Ruifeng Gristmill faces west and features a three-bay wooden building along the street serving as the storefront, with dozens of open workshops at the back. Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Yuncao Town had a highly developed commerce. Leveraging the unique advantages of the Luxi River as a golden waterway, Yuncao Town became a major transit and distribution hub connecting Hefei, Chaohu, and the northern and southern regions of Wuhu for goods trade. The Xue family workshop was primarily engaged in grain processing, and the processed grain products were sold to Wuhu and other areas. The current floor area and scale of the workshop still reflect the prosperity and bustling activity of the Xue family business at that time. It provides extremely valuable material for studying the evolution and development of commerce in Yuncao during the Qing and Republican periods. It is now a provincial-level cultural heritage protection unit.

Protection Area: Within 5 meters outside the ancient building itself.

Construction Control Zone: Outside the protection area — 20 meters to the west, and 15 meters to the east, south, and north, covering a total area of 6,436 square meters.

Address: No. 14, Xingfu Street, Caichuan Community, Yuncao Town, Hanshan County

Caichuan Community: This thousand-year-old ancient town community, also known as “Liaohuazhou” or “Zhongzha,” originally comprised three neighborhood committees: Donghe, Shangda, and Xibei. In 2005, they were merged into one and named “Caichuan Community.” It houses the 0 Caichuan Community Party Branch, the Yuncao Town Caichuan Community Residents' Committee, with 148 Party members, 9 staff members of the two committees, and 31 sanitation workers. The community covers a total area of 1.2 square kilometers and has a population of nearly 12,000. It has 12 main streets, among which Renmin Street, Wulijie Street, Dongdajie Street, Xiadajie Street, and Xidajie Street all have 16-meter-wide road surfaces, all equipped with street lighting. At night… More detailed information about Caichuan Community++