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Huizhou 惠州Huìzhōu
A poet's lake and a Daoist mountain on Shenzhen's eastern doorstep
About Huizhou
Exiled to Huizhou in 1094, the poet Su Dongpo named Huizhou West Lake in his verse and wrote that he would gladly eat 300 lychees a day and stay in the south for good. To the north-west rises Mount Luofu, a Daoist mountain where the alchemist Ge Hong founded temples in the 4th century, and on the coast the beach resort of Xunliao Bay faces Daya Bay. Farther north in Longmen lie the forests of Nankun Mountain and the Hakka fortress of Hehu Walled Village.
What to eat in Huizhou
- Dongjiang salt-baked chicken (东江盐焗鸡)
- Pork with preserved mustard greens (梅菜扣肉)
Listed sites in Huizhou
9 sites in Huizhou are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Huizhou West Lake 惠州西湖 5A scenic area
A chain of five shallow lakes on the west side of old Huizhou, linked by causeways and bridges, which Su Dongpo named West Lake during his exile here in 1094–1097. - Mount Luofu 罗浮山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A sacred Daoist mountain in north-western Boluo County, revered as the seventh grotto-heaven and 34th blessed land of Daoism, with 432 peaks rising to 1,296 m at Feiyun Peak and hundreds of waterfalls, springs and caves. - Daya Bay Mangrove City Wetland Park 大亚湾红树林城市湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
An urban wetland park at the mouth of the Dan'ao River on Daya Bay, protecting a dense stand of mangroves beside the district's new town, with boardwalks through the trees; egrets nest here in spring. - Longmen Iron Spring 龙门铁泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Longtian town, Longmen County, covering about 50 hectares with mountains on three sides, whose iron-rich water emerges at up to 78°C. It has spring-fed pools set in landscaped grounds and villa accommodation, some with private pools. - Nankun Mountain 南昆山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area on the Tropic of Cancer in south-western Longmen County, a provincial nature reserve since 1984 and a national forest park since 1993, whose highest peak, Tiantangding, reaches 1,228 m. - Nankunshan Yunding Hot Spring Resort 南昆山云顶 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring hotel resort near the foot of the Nankun Mountains in southern Longmen County, rated a 4A scenic area in 2018. - Xunliao Bay 巽寮湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A beach resort district on the west coast of the Renping Peninsula, facing Daya Bay in Huidong County, with about 27 km of coastline, eight small bays and dozens of islets. - Ye Ting's Former Residence 叶挺故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The house in Zhoutian village, Qiuchang, where Ye Ting (1896–1946) was born, the general who was front-line commander of the 1927 Nanchang Uprising and commanded the Communist-led New Fourth Army from 1937 to 1941. - Hehu Walled Village 鹤湖围 National heritage site · on the map
A Hakka fortified house in Hehu village, Yonghan town, completed in 1863 by the Wang clan, measuring 79 by 77 m with 108 rooms off its galleries.
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