The ancient Huizhou consisted of the present-day Huangshan City and its surrounding regions. The Huizhou Genealogy Archives focus on the genealogy origin, lineage, living environment, clan regulations, family rules, biographies of famous people, property rights, folk literature and other aspects of Huizhou folk society, spanning over 2,700 years from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-221 BC) to the Republic of China period (1912-1949). The nominated archives consist of 427 volumes (totalling 2,235 books), covering the genealogy archives of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as the Republic of China period. They not only give shape to the genealogy culture of countries and regions in the Confucian culture circle, but also are valuable archives for the studies on composition and development of ethnic groups all over the world. Based on the genealogy culture, a grassroots governance system of government, clans and gentries in traditional society was constructed. The archives historically bear witness to the close ties among bloodline continuation, spiritual inheritance, material creation and cultural creation.