If you haven't been to Gunan Street, you haven't been to Yixing.

How can you not visit Gunan Street when you come to Yixing? Although the scenic spot is not big, many Yixing clay teapot craftsmen gather here, and many cultural masters have visited. Shushan Gunan Street is located in Dingshu Town, Yixing City, with the Li River to the south and Shushan Mountain to the north. The street is 1,000 meters long and only three or four meters wide. It has been a distribution center for the production, trade, and distribution of Yixing clay teapots since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Gunan Street was formed in the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was the main distribution center for Yixing ceramics, the birthplace of Yixing clay teapots, and the production and sales center of Yixing clay teapots from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the 1960s. Later, with the development of land transportation, the production center of Yixing clay teapots moved to Dingshan, and Shushan became quiet. In 1996, it was included in the municipal-level cultural relics protection unit. The buildings are all two-story brick and wood structures, mostly 1-2 story commercial storefronts. The style and form are basically well preserved, with the unique characteristics of being close to the mountains and rivers and integrating life and production. More than half of the residents here used to be engaged in the production and operation of Yixing clay teapots, and many Yixing clay teapot masters, such as Ren Ganting and Gu Jingzhou, have emerged from here. It is a veritable cradle for the growth of Yixing clay teapot art masters. There are also many former employees of the Second Pottery Factory who have been making Yixing clay teapots all their lives and have their own studios here. If you meet a teapot that catches your eye, you can buy it. The street is not big, and you can walk through it in an hour. However, if you want to take a closer look at the Yixing clay teapots and talk to the craftsmen, it may take some time.