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Lotus Hill (Lianhuashan) 莲花山Liánhuā Shān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangzhou
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Lotus Hill (Lianhuashan)
Lotus Hill is a low hill on the Shiziyang channel of the Pearl River that was quarried for stone from the Western Han to the mid-19th century, leaving sheer cliffs, stone pillars, caves and pools now protected as an ancient quarry site. Paths lead up to the Lotus Pagoda, a nine-storey brick tower of 1612 that once guided ships into the river, and to a large gilded bronze statue of Guanyin erected in 1994 facing the water.
How to get to Lotus Hill (Lianhuashan)
In Shilou, Panyu District, about 30 km south-east of central Guangzhou, reached by bus or taxi from Shiqiao in Panyu.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 20 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Nanhai God Temple (Temple of the South Sea God) 南海神庙 (10 km), Huayang Lake Wetland Park 华阳湖湿地公园 (10 km), Yuyin Shanfang (Yuyin Garden) 余荫山房 (10 km), Lingnan Impression Park 岭南印象园 (10 km), Whampoa Military Academy Site 黄埔军校旧址 (10 km), Southern Han Mausoleums Museum 南汉二陵 (10 km).
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