What are the scenic spots in Guangdong?

1 Ancient Lingnan Charm

Lingnan Ancient Villages in the Pearl River Delta

In the Pearl River Delta with dense river networks, ancient villages are scattered all over the place, and a large number of ancient villages from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are still preserved. Village. These ancient villages were once lively and prosperous, and the village construction was also unique. They were integrated into the Lingnan landscape paintings and had a unique style. These little-known ancient villages and dwellings show the local charm of Guangfu. There are tall houses with narrow gates or high walls with wok ears. There are often ponds or clear streams in the village. Village lanes are neatly arranged. These rural residential buildings faithfully reproduce the traditional culture of Lingnan.

There are many ancient villages in Lingnan, such as Conghua Qianggang, Dongguan Nanshe, Daqitou Village, etc. You can find these characteristic villages wherever you go in the Pearl River Delta, as long as you go deep into the countryside.

Reason for selection:

Rural areas and residential buildings have always been the epitome of a local lifestyle that best reflects it. The ancient villages in Lingnan have unique local characteristics and are relatively well preserved. They blend with the natural scenery and become the unique scenery of Lingnan. Foreign tourists want to know more about the unique folk traditions, and Lingnan ancient villages will be more attractive to foreign tourists. The people of Lingnan attach great importance to traditional culture, which has allowed the ancient villages here to be perfectly preserved. Among them, Guangyu Temple in Qiangang Village, Conghua, Guangzhou, won the "First Place in the United Nations Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Protection Project Award".

2 A combination of Chinese and Western styles

Kaiping Diaolou

In Kaiping City, diaolou are dotted all over the city and in rural areas. From Shuikou to Lily, and from Tangkou to Xianggang and Chishui, it stretches for tens of kilometers and is a magnificent sight. These watchtowers are witnesses of the political, economic and cultural development of Kaiping. Historically, the social order in Kaiping was relatively chaotic. In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, villagers built watchtowers to prevent waterlogging and banditry. Watchtowers played a role in preventing banditry. Therefore, overseas Chinese lived frugally and raised funds to build watchtowers back home. Due to the large number of overseas Chinese, these watchtowers also include different styles of architecture from all over the world. The watchtowers are the product of Chinese rural people's initiative to accept Western architectural art and integrate it with local architectural art, creating the various Kaiping watchtowers. Ancient Greek colonnades, ancient Roman columns, European medieval Gothic pointed arches and European castle components can be seen everywhere in Kaiping. It is now being applied for world cultural heritage.

Reason for selection:

The watchtower is not only a witness to a period of history, but also a fusion of Chinese and Western cultures. On the surface, the watchtowers are just a display of overseas Chinese culture. On a larger scale, they are a concentration of immigrant culture from around the world. In China, vernacular buildings that integrate Chinese and Western architectural cultures are rare in rural areas and are mainly found in counties and towns. However, they are everywhere in Kaiping. You can see traces of the fusion of Chinese and foreign cultures just by walking into any watchtower or residential house. This kind of cultural difference and integration is deeply attractive to foreign tourists.

3 The work of nature

Danxia Mountain

Another name for Danxia Mountain is "Red Stone Park". The red mountains here are "as colorful as Wodan and as bright as "Mingxia", so it is called Danxia Mountain. Danxia Mountain is composed of red sandy conglomerate and is characterized by red cliffs. Walking into the Danxia Mountain Scenic Area, you can not only see the mountains full of red rocks, but also a bay of clear water in the Jinjiang River surrounding the red mountains. The mountains are majestic and uniquely beautiful, while the water is green and clear, but it shows a bit of tenderness.

Danxia Mountain is also famous for its Yangyuan Stone and Yin Yuan Stone. The uncanny workmanship of nature makes Danxia Mountain even more mysterious.

Reasons for selection:

In geology, similar landforms are named "Danxia landforms", so Danxia Mountain is the only place named for similar special landforms in the world and is also the only famous scenic mountain of its kind. It is a typical representative and its unique landform characteristics can be seen. Today, Danxia Mountain is also rated as a "World Geopark" for its majestic landscape and typical landforms. Therefore it is worth a line.

4 Art Hall

Guangzhou Chen Family Ancestral Hall

The Chen Family Ancestral Hall was built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The Hezu Temple was built. Walking into the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is like walking into a world of exquisite folk art. Everywhere you look, brick carvings, tile carvings, wood carvings, gray sculptures, pottery sculptures, and paintings abound, displaying the magical craftsmanship of folk artists everywhere. In the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, tourists are all amazed at the artistic creations of Lingnan people. The solemn and magnificent shape, vivid and smooth lines, well-proportioned and rigorous structure, elegant and wonderful combinations and decorative art with rich local Lingnan characteristics are breathtaking.

Reason for selection:

You will always see blond and blue-eyed foreign tourists in the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, because foreigners traveling to Guangzhou will not miss the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, and this Exquisite folk art palaces are rare in the country. The essence of folk art is the most attractive in any era.

5 Leisure Resorts

Shenzhen Mission Hills Golf Club

Mission Hills is located between Shenzhen and Dongguan in nearly 20 square kilometers of green mountains and green waters. It has 180 holes. It is the world's largest golf club and is becoming an international golf lifestyle community integrating golf, leisure, business and life.

Reason for selection:

Guangdong is suitable for golfing all year round. The number of golf courses in Guangdong is close to half of the total number in the country. Among them, Mission Hills Golf Club is the largest and most advanced golf course in the country. International competitions are often held.

In recent years, the number of golf tour groups from neighboring countries has increased day by day, and golf-based leisure activities will become a focus of foreign tourists' leisure vacations in Guangdong.

6 Oasis on the Sea

Shantou Nan'ao Island

Shantou Nan'ao Island is like an oasis on the sea. It is located at the junction of the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan. Its geographical location is very advantageous. Since ancient times, Nan'ao Island has been a necessary stopover and transit station for trade along the southeastern coast. As early as the Ming Dynasty, it had been known as the "Maritime Mutual Trade". The combination of beautiful coastal scenery and profound humanistic history gives the island a three-dimensional cross-section of tourism resources such as "sea, mountains, history and temples".

Reasons for selection:

Guangdong, with its long island line, certainly has an advantage in seaside tourism. Among the many seashores, the landscape of Nan'ao Island is even richer. The perfect combination of natural landscape and cultural landscape is the biggest advantage of Nan'ao Island.

7 Cultural Wonders

Hakka Enclosed House

The Hakka people came all the way to Guangdong and left a unique Hakka culture in Guangdong. From Meizhou in eastern Guangdong to Shaoguan in northern Guangdong, the Hakka enclosed houses scattered in the mountains architecturally demonstrate the unique traditional culture of this ethnic group. Especially in Meizhou, known as the "Hakka Capital", Hakka houses of various sizes can often be found in the mountains and fields, and perhaps the most impressive one is the Huacalyx House in Tai Po. In the mountains where Hakka people live together, those round or oval-shaped houses stand so majestically in the mountains, but they appear indifferent and uncontested, making people extremely yearning for them.

Reasons for selection:

Meizhou in Guangdong is known as the "Hakka Capital" and is recognized as the hometown of the Hakkas, which has accumulated profound Hakka culture. Among them, the one that best displays the characteristics of Hakka culture is of course the Hakka enclosed house.

8 Magnificent Scenery of Mountains and Rivers

Ruyuan Grand Canyon

Only when I arrived at Ruyuan Grand Canyon did I realize that the mountains and rivers of Guangdong can be so spectacular. Following the mountain road into the Nanling Mountains, when we arrived at the Ruyuan Grand Canyon, the ground seemed to have cracked, and the place where people were standing was already at the top of the cliff. The canyon sunk deeply, like a green wound on the ground.

Reasons for selection:

The development of Ruyuan Grand Canyon has changed people’s misunderstanding that Guangdong does not have magnificent mountains and rivers. Standing in the Ruyuan Grand Canyon, the magnificence you feel is no less than that of other famous mountains and rivers.

9 Thousand-year Treasures

Guangzhou Museum of the King of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty

The Museum of the King of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty is a witness to Guangzhou's long history of more than two thousand years. It is a new site museum built with the tomb of the King of Nanyue as the center. Among the cultural relics, the jade clothes with golden threads are the most valuable.

Reasons for selection:

Where can you see the two thousand years of Lingnan civilization? Apparently the Museum of the King of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty. The museum contains the well-preserved original site of the ancient tomb, as well as rich cultural relics from the Han Dynasty. Even the building of the museum itself is elegant and elegant.

10 The best human settlements

Chaoshan folk houses

The legendary Chaoshan people have created the distinctive Chaoshan culture and exquisite folk art, and are also The people who have the best inheritance of traditional culture.

Reason for selection:

The culture and art of Chaoshan are concentrated in Chaoshan folk houses. The square and reasonable architectural layout, exquisite wood carvings, stone carvings, etc. can all be displayed in the construction of folk houses.