Listed sites in Guangdong 广东

289 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 95 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 289
Rated 5A: 14
Rated 4A: 201
National heritage: 116
Region: Guangdong

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Guangdong

Baiyun Mountain 白云山 5A scenic area
Baiyun Mountain is a forested range of many peaks on the northern edge of central Guangzhou, a scenic area since ancient times and a popular place for walks, climbs and views over the city.
Changlu Tourism and Leisure Park 长鹿旅游休博园 5A scenic area · on the map
A privately built leisure park of about 600 mu (40 hectares) in Lunjiao, Shunde, which grew out of the Changlu farm resort opened in the early 2000s and was rated a 5A scenic area in 2014.
Dajiao Bay, Hailing Island 海陵岛大角湾 5A scenic area · on the map
A curving, horn-shaped sandy bay at Zhapo on the south coast of Hailing Island, the island's earliest-developed and best-known beach, which with its surroundings was rated a 5A scenic area in 2015 as the Dajiao Bay Maritime Silk Road Tourist Area.
Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort 长隆旅游度假区 5A scenic area
Chimelong is a large privately run resort in Panyu that grew from a safari park opened in 1997 and now combines the Chimelong Paradise amusement park, Chimelong Safari Park, a water park, a bird park and the indoor Chimelong International Circus with several hotels.
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.
Lianzhou Underground River 连州地下河 5A scenic area · on the map
A three-level limestone cave in the hills north of Lianzhou, where two dry upper levels lead down to an underground river that visitors travel by boat.
Mission Hills Shenzhen 观澜湖 5A scenic area · on the map
Founded in 1992 in Guanlan, Mission Hills Golf Club was recognised by Guinness World Records in 2004 as the world's largest golf facility, with twelve 18-hole courses designed by players such as Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els and Annika Sörenstam.
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.
Mount Xiqiao 西樵山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
An extinct volcano of 72 peaks rising from the Pearl River Delta plain in Nanhai District, covering 14 km² and topped by the 346 m Dacheng Peak, with waterfalls, springs and wooded paths.
Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) Theme Parks 华侨城 5A scenic area
Nanshan's Overseas Chinese Town groups Shenzhen's best-known theme parks: Splendid China Folk Village, founded in 1988, with small-scale models of Chinese landmarks and full-size replica villages of China's ethnic groups where staged shows are held; Window of the World, opened in 1994, with miniature copies of world landmarks; and Happy Valley, an amusement park with roller coasters opened in 1998.
Seven Star Crags & Dinghu Mountain (Star Lake) 七星岩·鼎湖山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
Zhaoqing's 5A Star Lake scenic area has two parts: the Seven Star Crags, seven limestone peaks rising from the lakes beside the city centre, and Dinghu Mountain, a forested range about 15 km to the north-east.
Sun Yat-sen's Hometown, Cuiheng 孙中山故里 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The village of Cuiheng, where Sun Yat-sen was born and grew up, centred on the two-storey house that his elder brother Sun Mei paid for and Sun himself oversaw building in 1892, with a Western-style front and a traditional Chinese interior.
Wanlü Lake 万绿湖 5A scenic area
Guangdong's largest man-made lake, a reservoir of about 370 km² formed by damming the Xinfeng River just north-west of Heyuan, scattered with more than 360 green islands and known for its very clear water.
Yannanfei Tea Field 雁南飞茶田 5A scenic area · on the map
A tea estate and resort in the hills of Changjiao village, Yanyang town, whose terraced tea gardens produce the local Yannanfei tea; it was rated a 5A scenic area in 2011.

By city

Chaozhou (11) · Dongguan (18) · Foshan (20) · Guangzhou (55) · Heyuan (10) · Huizhou (9) · Jiangmen (12) · Jieyang (6) · Maoming (12) · Meizhou (21) · Qingyuan (20) · Shantou (14) · Shanwei (6) · Shaoguan (16) · Shenzhen (13) · Yangjiang (4) · Yunfu (6) · Zhanjiang (10) · Zhaoqing (12) · Zhongshan (5) · Zhuhai (9)

Chaozhou 11 sites

Danfu Yuan 淡浮院 4A scenic area · on the map
A private collection museum and garden on the eastern side of Chaozhou, also known as Yanfeng Academy, built on the initiative of the Thai Chinese businessman Guo Fengyuan to promote Chinese culture and exchange between China and Thailand.
Dongshan Lake Hot Spring Resort 东山湖温泉度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort by Dongshan Lake on the northern side of Sangpu Mountain in southern Chao'an District, near where Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang meet.
Green Island Tourist Resort 绿岛旅游山庄 4A scenic area · on the map
An eco-tourism resort on the former Wanshanhong farm in Qiandong town, Raoping County, laid out around lakes, bamboo groves and orchards with a hotel, play areas and farming activities, and also used as a study-tour base for school groups.
Guangji Bridge 广济桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Also called Xiangzi Bridge, this crossing of the Han River below Chaozhou's east gate was begun in the 1170s as a pontoon bridge and built up over centuries into stone-pier spans from each bank joined by a central section of moored boats that could be opened to let ships through.
Han Wengong Temple 韩文公祠 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A memorial temple to the Tang writer and statesman Han Yu, who served as prefect of Chaozhou after being demoted, set on the western slope of Bijia Hill on the east bank of the Han River, facing the old town.
Congxi Ancestral Hall 从熙公祠 National heritage site
An ancestral hall in Jinsha village, Caitang town, built between 1870 and 1883 with money from Tan Hiok Nee (Chen Xunian), the Chaozhou-born merchant who became the leading kangchu, or plantation chief, of Johor in Malaya; it is named after his courtesy name, Congxi.
Daoyun Lou 道韵楼 National heritage site
An octagonal fortified earthen house of the Huang family in Nanlian village, Sanrao town, northern Raoping, begun in 1477 and finished in 1587 after three generations of building; its eight-sided plan gives it the nickname Bagua Lou.
Historic Residences of Chaozhou Old Town 潮州老城古民居建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Ming, Qing and Republican-era houses in three historic quarters of Chaozhou's walled town, the Ten Lanes by the South Gate, the Xu Fuma Mansion quarter and the old West Gate street, listed together as a national heritage site in 2013.
Jilüe Huang Ancestral Hall 己略黄公祠 National heritage site
A private ancestral hall completed in 1887 for Huang Jilüe in Tiexiang Lane, old Chaozhou, known for its Chaozhou gilded woodcarving and stone carving.
Kaiyuan Temple, Chaozhou 开元寺 National heritage site
Founded in 738 under the Tang emperor Xuanzong and known since the Ming as Kaiyuan Zhenguo Chan Temple, this is the main Buddhist monastery of Chaozhou's old town and a nationally designated key temple.
Xu Fuma Mansion 许驸马府 National heritage site · on the map
The residence of Xu Jue, a Northern Song official married to a great-granddaughter of Emperor Taizong, hence the popular title fuma ('imperial son-in-law'); it was first built in the 1060s at Dongfucheng in the north of old Chaozhou.

Dongguan 18 sites

Dongguan Exhibition Hall 东莞展览馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A city exhibition hall in Nancheng that tells the story of Dongguan's growth into a manufacturing city.
Dongguan Science and Technology Museum 东莞市科学技术博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Dongguan's municipal science museum, opened in December 2005 in Nancheng district, with hands-on galleries built around two main themes: manufacturing technology and information technology.
East River Column Memorial Hall and Dalingshan Base Sites 东江纵队纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial museum in Dalingshan town on the East River Column, the Communist-led guerrilla force that fought the Japanese in the Dongguan, Huiyang, Bao'an and Hong Kong area during the Second World War.
Guanyin Mountain National Forest Park 观音山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested hill park in Zhangmutou town, south-east Dongguan, with a Buddhist temple and a large Guanyin square near the summit.
Huayang Lake Wetland Park 华阳湖湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national wetland park around Huayang Lake and the creeks of Mayong town, on the Pearl River delta in north-west Dongguan.
Keyuan 可园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A compact Lingnan-style garden in Guancheng, built in the 1850s by the retired Qing official Zhang Jingxiu and counted among the four celebrated gardens of Guangdong.
Longfeng Villa Film and TV Resort 龙凤山庄影视度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park in Fenggang town, opened in 2005 with Hong Kong investment and built around wedding photography, with mock European castles, a fairy-tale town and street sets that also serve as film backdrops.
Nanshe and Tangwei Ancient Villages 南社村和塘尾村 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Two walled Ming and Qing clan villages in eastern Dongguan, listed together as a national heritage site in 2006.
Opium War Museum and Humen Forts 鸦片战争博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The museum in Humen town stands where the imperial commissioner Lin Zexu publicly destroyed confiscated opium in 1839, the event that led to the First Opium War, and its grounds keep the two destruction pools, rebuilt in 1957.
Songshan Lake 松山湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large reservoir lake at the heart of Dongguan's Songshan Lake high-tech park, with lakeside parkland laid out from 2002.
Xiangshi Zoo 香市动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A privately run zoo in Liaobu town with more than 100 species, among them giant pandas, Asian elephants and Siberian tigers, many kept in open enclosures rather than cages.
Yinping Mountain Forest Park 银瓶山森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park across the hills of Xiegang, Qingxi and Zhangmutou towns in south-east Dongguan, the largest in the city, rising to Yinpingzui (898 m), Dongguan's highest peak.
Yinxian Villa Resort 隐贤山庄 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure resort on a wooded hillside in Changping town, with landscaped grounds, hotels and family attractions such as a small zoo, amusement rides, a water park and a glass bridge.
Yiyi Art House Museum 逸颐艺舍博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A private museum in Hengli town built on a local family's collection of Chinese art, gathered since the 1970s.
Former Residence of Jiang Guangnai 蒋光鼐故居 National heritage site · on the map
The family house in Nanzha village, Humen, where Jiang Guangnai was born in 1888; he commanded the 19th Route Army when it fought the Japanese landing at Shanghai in 1932, and later held posts in the government of the People's Republic.
Haogang Midden Site Museum 蚝岗遗址博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
A Neolithic shell-midden site in Nancheng, where an early settlement left heaps of oyster shells along with pottery and stone tools.
Quejin Pavilion Stele 却金亭碑 National heritage site
A Ming stone stele of 1542 in the old centre of Dongguan, recording how the Panyu magistrate Li Kai, sent to regulate foreign trade, refused a gift of money from Siamese merchants.
Shilong South Bridge of the Kowloon–Canton Railway 广九铁路石龙南桥 National heritage site
A single-track railway bridge of 1907–1911 that carried the old Kowloon–Canton Railway over the southern branch of the East River at Shilong, and is regarded as the oldest surviving railway bridge in Guangdong.

Foshan 20 sites

Changlu Tourism and Leisure Park 长鹿旅游休博园 5A scenic area · on the map
A privately built leisure park of about 600 mu (40 hectares) in Lunjiao, Shunde, which grew out of the Changlu farm resort opened in the early 2000s and was rated a 5A scenic area in 2014.
Mount Xiqiao 西樵山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
An extinct volcano of 72 peaks rising from the Pearl River Delta plain in Nanhai District, covering 14 km² and topped by the 346 m Dacheng Peak, with waterfalls, springs and wooded paths.
CCTV Nanhai Studio 南海影视城 4A scenic area
A film and television base of China Media Group (CCTV) in Shishan, Nanhai, begun in 1996 with street sets of old Hong Kong and Macau built for dramas about the two cities.
Chencun Flower World 陈村花卉世界 4A scenic area · on the map
The heart of the flower and ornamental-plant trade in Chencun, a Shunde town promoted as 'China's first flower town', where nurseries, plant markets and display gardens spread across the area.
Foshan Ancestral Temple 佛山祖庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Daoist temple to the Northern Emperor (Beidi), the water god revered as Foshan's protector, founded in the Northern Song (1078–1085), rebuilt in 1372 and restored throughout in 1899.
Lecong International Furniture Exhibition Centre 乐从国际家居汇展中心 4A scenic area · on the map
A furniture trade complex of two showroom towers at the head of the furniture strip on Lecong Avenue, in a Shunde town that its government describes as home to the world's largest furniture market.
Louvre International Furniture Expo Centre 罗浮宫国际家具艺术博览中心 4A scenic area · on the map
A large furniture showroom complex in Lecong, Shunde, run by the Louvre (Luofugong) home-furnishings group, whose Chinese name is that of the Paris museum.
Menglishuixiang Scenic Area, Lishui 梦里水乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area of flower parks and waterside villages in Lishui town, northern Nanhai, rated a 4A scenic area in 2018.
Nanfeng Kiln 南风古灶 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Ming-dynasty dragon kiln in Shiwan, built on a slope in 1506–1521 and fired continuously for about 500 years, a record recognised by Guinness World Records.
Nanhai Bay Forest Eco-park 南海湾森林生态园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested hill park on the western side of Xiqiao in Nanhai district, laid out along the Yinxi stream with an easy streamside trail and shallow spots where children paddle.
Pingzhou Jade Street 平洲玉器街 4A scenic area · on the map
A district of jade workshops, trading halls and shops in Pingzhou, Guicheng subdistrict of Nanhai, which grew into one of China's main markets for jadeite (feicui), much of it rough stone from Myanmar, and a centre of bangle making.
Qinghui Garden 清晖园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
One of the four great classical gardens of Guangdong, created in Daliang by five generations of the Long family on the site of a Ming-dynasty garden and given its name in 1806.
Sanshui Forest Park 三水森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large forest park on the northern outskirts of Xinan in Sanshui District, covering more than 120,000 mu (about 80 km²) of wooded hills, reservoirs and lakes.
Sanshui Lotus World 三水荷花世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A lotus park of nearly 1,000 mu (about 65 hectares) in Sanshui District, opened in 2000 and rated a 4A scenic area in 2005, with about 200 mu of lotus ponds among its gardens and an amusement-ride area.
Yingxiang Eco-Park 盈香生态园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large rural tourism park in Hecheng, Gaoming, organised around the seasons: flower fields in spring, water play in summer, hill walks in autumn and farm food in winter.
Zaomu Mountain 皂幕山 4A scenic area · on the map
The highest mountain in Foshan, in the south of Gaoming District, named 'black curtain' for the dense dark forest that covers its slopes.
Zinan Village 紫南村 4A scenic area · on the map
A village in Nanzhuang town, Chancheng District, that has made its Lingnan water-village setting into a cultural tourism area and is listed as a national key village for rural tourism and a national study-tour base.
Donghuali Historic Lane 东华里 National heritage site
A historic residential lane in central Foshan, first called Yangwu Street after the Yang and Wu families who lived here in the early Qing and renamed Donghuali in the Qianlong period.
Kang Youwei's Former Residence 康有为故居 National heritage site · on the map
The birthplace and childhood home of Kang Youwei (1858–1927), the leading figure of the 1898 Hundred Days' Reform, in Su village, Danzao town, known locally as the Yanxiang Old House.
Shunde Sugar Factory Early Buildings 顺德糖厂 National heritage site · on the map
The surviving early buildings of a sugar refinery founded in 1934 on the north bank of the Desheng River under Chen Jitang's Guangdong administration, built by the Czech firm Škoda and in production from November 1935.

Guangzhou 55 sites

Baiyun Mountain 白云山 5A scenic area
Baiyun Mountain is a forested range of many peaks on the northern edge of central Guangzhou, a scenic area since ancient times and a popular place for walks, climbs and views over the city.
Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort 长隆旅游度假区 5A scenic area
Chimelong is a large privately run resort in Panyu that grew from a safari park opened in 1997 and now combines the Chimelong Paradise amusement park, Chimelong Safari Park, a water park, a bird park and the indoor Chimelong International Circus with several hotels.
Baishuizhai Scenic Area 白水寨 4A scenic area · on the map
Baishuizhai is a mountain scenic area in Paitan, northern Zengcheng, crossed by the Tropic of Cancer and best known for the Baishui Fairy Waterfall, which drops from a reservoir high on the slope.
Baomo Garden 宝墨园 4A scenic area
Baomo Garden in Zini village, Shawan, began as a Qing shrine to the Song official Bao Zheng, was destroyed in the 1950s and has been rebuilt since 1995 into a large garden in Lingnan style.
Beijing Road Pedestrian Street 北京路 4A scenic area
Beijing Road has been a main street of central Guangzhou for centuries: the city's double gate tower stood here from 1244, and in the Qing the street was known for bookshops, antiques and its flower market.
Bishuiwan Hot Spring Resort 碧水湾温泉度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring hotel resort on the banks of the Liuxi River in Conghua's hot-spring area, opened in 2002 by the civil aviation air traffic bureau for central and southern China.
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall 陈家祠 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Built in 1888–94 with funds from Chen clans across Guangdong's 72 counties, this combined ancestral hall and academy gave lodging to clan members sitting the imperial examinations in Guangzhou.
Grandview Mall 正佳广场 4A scenic area
Opened in 2005 at the junction of Tianhe Road and Tiyu East Road, Grandview is one of the largest shopping centres in southern China and in 2011 became one of the few malls in the country rated as a 4A scenic area.
Greater Bay Area Central Wetland Park (Nansha Wetland) 大湾区中央湿地公园 4A scenic area
Created on reclaimed mudflats at the mouth of the Pearl River in Wanqingsha, this wetland was planted with mangroves from the 1990s and opened to visitors in 2008, and it is the largest coastal wetland in Guangzhou.
Guangdong Science Center 广东科学中心 4A scenic area
Opened in 2008 at the western tip of Xiaoguwei Island, the Guangdong Science Center is a large hands-on science museum whose ship-shaped building was certified by Guinness World Records in 2018 as the largest science centre by indoor floor area.
Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Garden 广州起义烈士陵园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Laid out in 1954–57 as a memorial park for those killed in the Communist-led Guangzhou Uprising of December 1927, the garden holds the communal tomb of the uprising dead, pavilions commemorating Chinese–Korean and Chinese–Soviet solidarity, and the Tomb of the Four Martyrs of Honghuagang from the 1911 revolution.
Guangzhou Sunac Land 广州融创文旅城 4A scenic area · on the map
Opened in 2019 in northern Huadu, Sunac Land is a large leisure complex begun by Wanda and completed by Sunac, combining a theme park, an indoor snow park, an indoor water park, a sports centre and a shopping mall.
Guangzhou Uprising Memorial Museum (Guangzhou Commune Site) 广州起义纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The former Guangdong provincial capital police headquarters on Qiyi Road was stormed on 11 December 1927 in the Communist-led Guangzhou Uprising, and the next day the Guangzhou Soviet, or Guangzhou Commune, was proclaimed here before being suppressed within three days.
Guangzhou Urban Planning Exhibition Center 广州市城市规划展览中心 4A scenic area
Designed by the architect He Jingtang and set at the western foot of Baiyun Mountain in the new Baiyun district, this exhibition centre tells the story of Guangzhou's history and planning.
Guangzhou Zoo 广州动物园 4A scenic area
Opened on its present site in 1958, Guangzhou Zoo is counted with those of Beijing and Shanghai among China's three major city zoos, with animals grouped into areas for insects, reptiles and amphibians, birds, primates, big cats and herbivores.
Haizhu National Wetland Park 海珠湿地 4A scenic area · on the map
Haizhu Wetland is a semi-natural wetland of orchards, canals and lakes in south-eastern Haizhu District, long known locally as the 'ten-thousand-mu orchard' and now a national wetland park surrounded by the city.
Huanghuagang Mausoleum of the 72 Martyrs 黄花岗七十二烈士墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site
This memorial park holds the tomb of the revolutionaries killed in the failed Huanghuagang uprising of April 1911 against the Qing, organised by Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui, whose remains were gathered and buried here by Pan Dawei.
Jiulong Lake Resort 九龙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Jiulong Lake is a resort area in the hills of Huadong, Huadu, set around a large lake and wooded hills, whose golf club hosted the golf events of the 2010 Asian Games.
Lingnan Impression Park 岭南印象园 4A scenic area · on the map
When Lianxi village was cleared in 2003 to build the Higher Education Mega Center, several of its old buildings, including ancestral halls and oyster-shell walls, were kept and restored, and some houses were moved here from elsewhere on the island, alongside new buildings in traditional Lingnan style.
Lotus Hill (Lianhuashan) 莲花山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
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.
Maofeng Mountain Forest Park 帽峰山森林公园 4A scenic area
Maofeng Mountain is a forested range in Taihe, northern Baiyun District, whose main peak is the highest in Guangzhou's old urban districts.
Nanhai God Temple (Temple of the South Sea God) 南海神庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Founded in 594 under the Sui dynasty, this is the only one of China's four imperial temples to the gods of the seas to survive, and officials came here to sacrifice for safe voyages, making it a landmark of Guangzhou's maritime trade.
Nansha Tianhou Temple 南沙天后宫 4A scenic area
Rebuilt in 1996 with funds from the Hong Kong businessman Henry Fok on the site of a Ming-dynasty shrine, this large temple to Mazu, the sea goddess Tianhou, climbs the south-east slope of Dajiao Hill above the Pearl River estuary.
Nanyue King Museum (Mausoleum of the Nanyue King) 南越王博物院 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The museum is built over the stone tomb of Zhao Mo, second king of Nanyue, who ruled from Guangzhou in the second century BC; it was found in 1983 when a hill was cut down for building work, and visitors can go down into the burial chambers.
Peasant Movement Training Institute 广州农民运动讲习所旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The institute occupies the former Panyu Confucian school, founded in 1370 and given its present layout in 1747, whose Lingxing Gate, semicircular pond with arched bridge, Dacheng Hall and side corridors survive.
Shawan Ancient Town 沙湾古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Shawan is a Pearl River Delta town founded in the Song dynasty, whose old lanes and ancestral halls form a historic quarter known as a birthplace of Guangdong music and of ginger milk curd, a local dessert.
Shennong Caotang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine 神农草堂中医药博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Opened in 2006 by the Baiyunshan Hutchison Whampoa traditional-medicine company beside its works in Baiyun District, this museum of traditional Chinese medicine is laid out as a garden, with exhibition halls set among beds of growing medicinal herbs.
Shimen National Forest Park 石门国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Shimen is a national forest park in the hills of north-eastern Conghua, based on the Daling Mountain forest farm and covered with some of the best-preserved subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest in the region.
Shitouji Mineral Park 石头记矿物园 4A scenic area · on the map
Opened in 2009 by the Shitouji jewellery company in Huadu's jewellery town, this mineral park has an outdoor garden of rocks and petrified tree trunks above an underground exhibition of crystals, meteorites, gemstones and ornamental stones.
Site of the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China 中共三大会址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The Chinese Communist Party held its Third National Congress here in Dongshan from 12 to 20 June 1923, in a rented two-storey house that was destroyed by Japanese bombing in 1938.
South China National Botanical Garden 华南国家植物园 4A scenic area
Founded in 1929 as a botanical institute of Sun Yat-sen University and run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1954, the garden was designated the South China National Botanical Garden in 2022.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 中山纪念堂 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Built in 1929–31 with funds raised from local and overseas Chinese in memory of Sun Yat-sen, this octagonal hall by the architect Lü Yanzhi stands at the foot of Yuexiu Hill on the old city's north–south axis.
Tianren Shanshui Land Art Park 天人山水 4A scenic area · on the map
Tianren Shanshui is a landscaped resort of about 10 square kilometres in the hills of Taiping, Conghua, laid out from 2013 around the Shaxi Reservoir.
Whampoa Military Academy Site 黄埔军校旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Sun Yat-sen founded the Army Officer Academy, known as the Whampoa Military Academy, here on Changzhou Island in 1924, in the buildings of a Qing army school, to train officers during the first Kuomintang–Communist alliance.
Yongqingfang 永庆坊 4A scenic area
Yongqingfang is a block of old Xiguan lanes off Enning Road that was renovated by the district government and Vanke and opened in 2016 as a pedestrian quarter of shops, cafés and studios among old houses.
Yuexiu Park and Zhenhai Tower 越秀公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Yuexiu Park covers Yuexiu Hill, the low hill that formed the northern end of the walled city, and was made a public park on Sun Yat-sen's orders in the 1920s.
Yuyin Shanfang (Yuyin Garden) 余荫山房 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Yuyin Shanfang is a private garden built in 1867–71 for the Qing scholar-official Wu Bin in Nancun, Panyu, and is counted among the four famous gardens of Guangdong.
Former Residence of Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全故居 National heritage site · on the map
Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Rebellion, grew up in the Hakka village of Guanlubu in Huadu, where his mud-brick family home, the village school where he studied and taught, and the Hong ancestral hall stand side by side.
Former Site of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions 中华全国总工会旧址 National heritage site
Built in the late Qing or early Republican years as the Huizhou Guild Hall, this building housed the All-China Federation of Trade Unions from 1925 to 1927, when union leaders including Liu Shaoqi, Deng Zhongxia and Su Zhaozheng worked here.
Former Site of the CPC Guangdong District Committee 中共广东区委旧址 National heritage site · on the map
This three-storey arcaded (qilou) building at 194–200 Wenming Road housed the Guangdong District Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, which directed the party's work in Guangdong, Guangxi and neighbouring regions in the 1920s.
Former Site of the Guangdong Provincial Peasants' Association 广东省农民协会旧址 National heritage site · on the map
This brick villa, built for a deputy leader of the Canton Merchants' Corps and confiscated after the corps' revolt of 1924, housed the third to fifth sessions of the Peasant Movement Training Institute and, from 1925, the Guangdong Provincial Peasants' Association.
Guangdong Customs House 粤海关大楼 National heritage site
Finished in 1916 for the Chinese Maritime Customs, this granite-faced Neoclassical building on the riverfront was designed by British architects of the customs service and is known locally as the Big Clock Tower for the English mechanical clock of 1915 in its tower.
Guangxiao Temple 光孝寺 National heritage site
Guangxiao Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, traditionally founded on the estate of the scholar Yu Fan after his death in 233, and is now the seat of the Guangdong Buddhist Association.
Guangyu Ancestral Hall 广裕祠 National heritage site
The ancestral hall of the Lu clan of Qiangang village was built in 1406 by descendants of Lu Xiufu, the last chancellor of the Southern Song, and its three halls combine northern and Lingnan building methods in a way unusual in the region.
Huaisheng Mosque and Guangta Minaret 怀圣寺光塔 National heritage site
Traditionally said to have been founded in 627 by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of the Prophet, the Huaisheng Mosque is the main mosque of Guangzhou and one of the oldest in China, although historians place its origins later in the Tang or Song period.
Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion 孙中山大元帅府纪念馆 National heritage site
These two three-storey buildings with arched verandas were built in 1907–09 as the offices of the Guangdong cement works, and Sun Yat-sen twice made them his seat of government, for the military government of 1917–18 and for the Generalissimo's headquarters set up in 1923.
Sacred Heart Cathedral 石室圣心大教堂 National heritage site
Built between 1863 and 1888 by the Paris Foreign Missions Society on the site of the former Liangguang viceroy's office, the cathedral is a Gothic Revival church made entirely of granite, which is why locals call it the 'Stone House'.
Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle Memorial Hall 三元里平英团遗址 National heritage site
This small brick-and-timber temple to the god Beidi, built in the early Qing dynasty, was where the villagers of Sanyuanli gathered in 1841, during the First Opium War, to form a militia against British troops.
Shamian Island 沙面 National heritage site
Shamian is a small sandbank island on the Pearl River in Liwan District that Britain and France held as concessions from 1859 until the 1940s, cut off from the city by a canal dug in 1859.
Site of the First National Congress of the Kuomintang 国民党一大旧址 National heritage site
The Clock Tower on Wenming Road, built in 1904 for a teachers' college on the site of the Qing provincial examination hall, hosted the First National Congress of the Kuomintang from 20 to 30 January 1924.
Southern Han Mausoleums Museum 南汉二陵 National heritage site
The tombs of two rulers of the Southern Han, a tenth-century kingdom based in Guangzhou, were found in 2003 while the Higher Education Mega Center was being built on Xiaoguwei Island: the Kangling of Liu Yan, buried in 942, and the Deling attributed to Liu Yin.
Temple of the Five Immortals 五仙观 National heritage site
This former Taoist temple honours the five immortals who, in the legend behind Guangzhou's nickname 'City of Rams', rode in on rams bearing ears of rice; it has stood on this site since 1377.
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees 六榕寺 National heritage site
Founded in 537 to house Buddhist relics brought from Cambodia, the temple takes its name from the characters 'Six Banyans' that Su Dongpo wrote for it in 1100, still hung over the gate.
Wanmu Caotang (Kang Youwei's School) 万木草堂 National heritage site
This grey-brick hall of three courtyards, built in 1804 as the Qiu clan's lodging for examination candidates, is where the reformer Kang Youwei opened his private school in 1891.
Xianxian Mosque and Tomb of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas 清真先贤古墓 National heritage site
Chinese Muslim tradition holds that this walled cemetery contains the tomb of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of the Prophet said to have come to China to spread Islam in the seventh century, and it has long been a place of pilgrimage.

Heyuan 10 sites

Wanlü Lake 万绿湖 5A scenic area
Guangdong's largest man-made lake, a reservoir of about 370 km² formed by damming the Xinfeng River just north-west of Heyuan, scattered with more than 360 green islands and known for its very clear water.
Bavaria Manor, Heyuan 巴伐利亚庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large resort estate on the southern edge of Heyuan city, laid out in German Bavarian style, with hotels, holiday housing, a hot-spring spa, a water park and the Black Forest amusement park.
Heping Hot Spring Capital (Relong Hot Spring) 和平温泉之都 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort area in Reshui town, Heping County, in the hills of northern Heyuan, centred on the Relong Hot Spring resort and rated a 4A scenic area in 2010.
Heyuan Dinosaur Culture Park and Guifeng Pagoda 河源恐龙文博园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A riverside park below Guifeng Hill in Heyuan that groups the Heyuan Dinosaur Museum, the city museum and the Song-dynasty Guifeng Pagoda.
Huanglongyan She Ethnic Scenic Area 黄龙岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area of wooded hills and landscaped grounds in Zhangxi She Ethnic Township, northern Dongyuan County, themed on the customs of the She people, an ethnic minority of the uplands of south-eastern China.
Huoshan Mountain, Longchuan 霍山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain of red Danxia rock cliffs and crags in Tianxin town, northern Longchuan County, counted among the seven famous mountains of Guangdong and protected as a provincial forest park.
Sujiawei Hakka Village 苏家围 4A scenic area · on the map
A Hakka village in Yihe town, Dongyuan County, whose families trace their descent from the Song poet Su Dongpo, made up of 18 mansion-style houses, the oldest dating from the 15th century.
Tuocheng Ancient Town 佗城 4A scenic area · on the map
The old seat of Longchuan County, founded in 214 BC by Zhao Tuo, Longchuan's first magistrate under the Qin and later ruler of the Nanyue kingdom, and the county's centre until 1949.
Yulinmen Hot Spring Resort 御临门温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort with villa accommodation near Reshui village in Zijin County, which Heyuan's tourism plan names as the county's leading attraction and one of the city's 4A scenic areas.
Former Hong Kong Cultural Figures Rescue Headquarters (Fujian Guild Hall) 香港文化名人大营救指挥部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty guild hall built by merchants from Fujian in Laolong, which in early 1942 served as a command post for the Communist-organised operation that brought cultural figures and democrats out of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong.

Huizhou 9 sites

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.

Jiangmen 12 sites

Birds' Paradise and Liang Qichao's Former Residence 启超故里·小鸟天堂 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Birds' Paradise is a river islet in Tianma village covered by a banyan grove that has grown from a single tree over more than 380 years, home to colonies of egrets and night herons that fly out and return at dawn and dusk; boats circle the island, and Ba Jin's 1933 essay about it made it famous across China.
Dayan Mountain Scenic Area 大雁山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill just north of Shaping, the centre of Heshan, named for its supposed likeness to a wild goose; it was opened as a scenic area in 1989, a park in 1991 and a forest park in 2006.
Gudou Hot Spring Resort 古兜温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A large hot-spring resort at the foot of Gudou Mountain in Yamen town, southern Xinhui, between the hills and the sea, with both saline and fresh spring pools, a water park, villas and hotels.
Guifeng Mountain 圭峰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested range of hills on the north-western edge of Xinhui's Huicheng, protected as Guifeng Mountain National Forest Park, with a hill lake, waterfalls and views over the delta plain.
Gulao Water Village 古劳水乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscape of villages, fish ponds and waterways inside the Gulao dyke on the Xijiang River, first built in 1394 against floods, developed since 2019 by the OCT Group into a tourism area.
Jinjiang Hot Spring Resort, Enping 锦江温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A large hot-spring resort in Datian town, Enping, built around an activity theme, with a hot-spring surf pool, a circular rafting channel and about 50 themed spring pools.
Kangqiao Hot Spring, Taishan 康桥温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A large hot-spring resort in Southeast Asian style in Baisha town, Taishan, with more than a hundred spring pools in activity, leisure, wellness and couples' zones, a water park popular with families and a resort hotel.
Naqin Peninsula Geological and Marine Park 那琴半岛地质海洋公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A coastal park on a granite peninsula at Beidou town, at the south-western tip of Taishan, where wind- and sea-worn granite boulders crowd the headlands and small bays above the South China Sea.
Quanlin Golden Town 泉林黄金小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern resort town in Dongcheng, east of central Enping, built around a hot-spring park with hotels and holiday housing.
Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands 川岛 4A scenic area
The Chuandao resort covers Shangchuan and Xiachuan, the two main islands of the Chuanshan archipelago off Taishan, with granite hills and long sandy beaches such as Feisha Beach on Shangchuan's east coast and Wangfuzhou on Xiachuan.
Shanquanwan Hot Spring, Enping 山泉湾温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring hotel resort in the hills of Datian town, Enping, with themed spring-fed pools, water slides, a children's splash area and a large swimming pool.
Former Residence of Situ Meitang 司徒美堂故居 National heritage site · on the map
Situ Meitang (1868–1955), a leader of the Hongmen (Chee Kung Tong) society among Chinese in the United States who organised overseas fundraising during the war against Japan, founded the China Hongmen Zhigong Party and in 1949 joined the Central People's Government Council, was born in this late-Qing village house in Chikan.

Jieyang 6 sites

Huangmanzhai Waterfalls 黄满寨瀑布 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested gorge in the hills of northern Jiexi County with a chain of waterfalls, linked by footpaths and steps up the valley.
Yangmei Jade Village 阳美玉都 4A scenic area · on the map
Yangmei village in Pandong, on the eastern edge of Jieyang city, is where the region's jadeite trade began and is still the core of a large carving and trading district, although no jade is mined locally.
Former Residence of Ding Richang 丁氏光禄公祠 National heritage site
The mansion and ancestral hall built in 1878 by Ding Richang, a late-Qing official and early advocate of the Self-Strengthening reforms, who died here in 1882.
Gurong Martial Temple 古榕武庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the war god Guan Yu on Tianfu Road in Rongcheng, founded in 1558 and known for its fine wood carving.
Jieyang City God Temple 揭阳城隍庙 National heritage site
A City God temple in the old centre of Jieyang, founded in 1140 and rebuilt in 1369, with a main hall to the city god and a separate hall to his wife.
Jieyang Confucian Temple 揭阳学宫 National heritage site · on the map
The county school and Confucian temple of Jieyang, founded in 1140 and given its present layout in a rebuilding of 1876–1881.

Maoming 12 sites

China's First Beach 中国第一滩 4A scenic area · on the map
A 12 km sweep of sand about 300 m wide on the Dianbai coast, opened as Maoming's seaside resort in 1993 and named by local officials.
Datang Lychee Country, Genzi 大唐荔乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A lychee-culture park of about 500 mu at Baiqiao in Genzi town, now officially named Baiqiao Lychee Park, in an area where lychees have been grown for more than 2,000 years.
Douzhou Ancient Town 窦州古城 4A scenic area · on the map
The old walled seat of Xinyi county at Zhenlong, founded in 621 and the county town until 1952, which also served as the seat of Douzhou prefecture from 634 to 1071.
Fangji Island (Chicken Island) 放鸡岛 4A scenic area
An island of about 1.9 km² off the Dianbai coast, Maoming's largest, with a sandy beach on its north side, cliffs on the east and a hilltop lighthouse.
Guangken National Tropical Agriculture Park 广垦国家热带农业公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large agricultural theme park of about 5,000 mu on the edge of Huazhou, built by the state-owned Guangdong agricultural reclamation group and approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Lady Xian's Hometown and Tomb 冼太夫人故里 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The home district of Lady Xian, the sixth-century chieftain of the Li people of Gaoliang who served the Liang, Chen and Sui courts and is honoured as the 'Saintly Mother of Lingnan'.
Lotus Lake Manor, Xinyi 莲花湖庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A lakeside resort of about 600 mu in Chidong town north of Xinyi, near the Guangdong–Guangxi border, built around Lotus Lake.
Maoming Forest Park 茂名森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A provincial forest park of about 4,500 mu on the south-western edge of Maoming city, opened in 2002 on the site of an old state forestry farm.
Romantic Coast Resort 浪漫海岸 4A scenic area · on the map
A seaside resort on 5.3 km of natural coastline in Maoming's Binhai New Area, built in South-East Asian style around a 'love and romance' theme.
Xianrendong Scenic Area, Gaozhou 高州仙人洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area around Xianrendong village on the southern slopes of Datianding, the high range in north-east Gaozhou, known locally as an 'air-conditioned village' for its cool summers.
Yushui Ancient Hot Spring 御水古温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort of about 500 mu at the foot of Reshui (Hot Water) Mountain in Magang town, Dianbai, on what was once an old post road.
Baoguang Pagoda 宝光塔 National heritage site · on the map
An octagonal nine-storey brick pagoda on the west bank of the Jian River in Gaozhou, built in 1576 under the Ming to guard the city's waterway, and one of the city's landmarks.

Meizhou 21 sites

Yannanfei Tea Field 雁南飞茶田 5A scenic area · on the map
A tea estate and resort in the hills of Changjiao village, Yanyang town, whose terraced tea gardens produce the local Yannanfei tea; it was rated a 5A scenic area in 2011.
Baihou Historic Town 百侯名镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
An old Hakka town in Dabu County whose villages of Hounan and Houbei keep more than 120 houses from the Ming and Qing dynasties, many built in the grand 'official-hall' style of scholar-official families.
Changtan Scenic Area 长潭 4A scenic area · on the map
A reservoir on the Shiku River in the hills of Changtan town, northern Jiaoling County, set among wooded slopes in an area protected as a provincial nature reserve.
Former Residence of Zhang Bishi (Guanglu Di) 张弼士故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The family home that Zhang Bishi (Cheong Fatt Tze, c.
Hakka World (Ketianxia) 客天下 4A scenic area · on the map
A large Hakka-themed tourism and residential development in Sanjiao town on the southern edge of Meizhou, built up since the mid-2000s and planned to cover some 637 hectares.
Hanshan Historical and Cultural Scenic Area 韩山 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea-growing upland on Hanshan in Fengliang town, northern Fengshun County, developed as a scenic area around the Hanshan tea plantation and rated 4A in 2023.
Lee Wai Tong's Hometown Cultural Tourism Area 球王故里 4A scenic area · on the map
A football-themed tourism area in Wuhua County honouring Lee Wai Tong (Li Huitang, 1905–1979), the Hong Kong-born footballer of Wuhua descent who captained China at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and later became a vice-president of FIFA.
Lingguang Temple, Meizhou 灵光寺 4A scenic area
A Chan Buddhist monastery on Yinna Mountain, founded in the Xiantong era of the Tang dynasty (860–874) by the monk Pan Liaoquan as Shengshou Temple and renamed Lingguang Temple in 1385.
Sanheba Battle Memorial Park 三河坝战役纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park on Bizhiwei Hill at Sanhe, the town where the Ting, Mei and Meitan rivers join to form the Han River, marking the battle fought here in early October 1927 between part of the Nanchang Uprising army under Zhu De and the Nationalist 32nd Army.
Shenguang Mountain National Forest Park 神光山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill park in Fuxing subdistrict on the edge of Xingning, a national forest park since 2005, named after the legend that the Song scholar Luo Mengjiao studied here by a divine light before passing the imperial examinations.
Tai'an Lou 泰安楼 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A square fortified house of the Lan family on Tai'an Road in Huliao, Dabu's county town, built in 1763.
Wuzhishi Scenic Area 五指石 4A scenic area · on the map
A Danxia landscape of reddish sandstone cliffs in Chagan town, close to where Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi meet, named after five sheer peaks that stand side by side like the fingers of a hand.
Xihewan Hakka Culture Park 熙和湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern theme park at Lanpai village, Yonghe town, on the edge of Xingning, built around Hakka culture, the area's lantern-making tradition and Chinese family names.
Yanshan Lake International Garden Resort 雁山湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower-themed holiday resort at Nanfu village in Yanyang town, combining seasonal flower gardens with a lake of about 800 mu (some 53 hectares) and the wooded hills of a national forest park.
Ye Jianying Memorial Park 叶剑英纪念园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial park in Yanyang town built around the birthplace of Ye Jianying (1897–1986), one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, who was born here into a Hakka merchant family.
Father-and-Son Jinshi Archway, Chayang 父子进士牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
A granite memorial archway built in 1610 in Chayang town to honour Rao Xiang and his son Rao Yuling, who both passed the highest imperial examination and became jinshi.
Former Residence of Huang Zunxian 黄遵宪故居 National heritage site · on the map
The home of Huang Zunxian (1848–1905), the late-Qing poet and diplomat whose Treatise on Japan argued for reform, beside the Zhouxi stream on the eastern side of Meizhou city.
Former Residence of Qiu Fengjia 丘逢甲故居 National heritage site · on the map
The house that Qiu Fengjia (1864–1912), the Taiwan-born scholar who led local resistance to the Japanese takeover of Taiwan in 1895, built in 1896–97 in his ancestral district after leaving the island; it is also called Peiyuan Tang.
Former Residence of Xie Jinyuan 谢晋元故居 National heritage site · on the map
The birthplace of Xie Jinyuan (1905–1941), the Nationalist army officer who commanded the defence of the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai in 1937, a Qing-dynasty Hakka house built by his great-grandfather in Jiankeng village, Xinpu town.
Hua'e Lou 花萼楼 National heritage site · on the map
A circular earthen fortress house of the Lin family in Lianfeng village, Dadong town, begun in 1608 and regarded as one of the best-preserved round houses (tulou) in Guangdong.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Sanhe 三河中山纪念堂 National heritage site · on the map
A memorial hall to Sun Yat-sen completed in 1929 in Zhongshan Park at the foot of Fengxiang Hill, Huicheng village, in Sanhe, the old river-junction town that Sun had visited in 1918 to thank the troops stationed there.

Qingyuan 20 sites

Lianzhou Underground River 连州地下河 5A scenic area · on the map
A three-level limestone cave in the hills north of Lianzhou, where two dry upper levels lead down to an underground river that visitors travel by boat.
Baojing Palace Cave 宝晶宫 4A scenic area · on the map
A limestone show cave in the Yanziyan hills south-west of Yingde, found in 1981 by a provincial hydrogeology team searching for water.
Dongtian Xianjing (Yingxi Tiankeng) 洞天仙境 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst scenic area in the Yingxi Peak Forest Corridor of western Yingde, billed as South China's first tiankeng: a large collapsed sinkhole among the limestone peaks.
Guangdong First Peak (Shikengkong) 广东第一峰 4A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area around Shikengkong, at 1,902 m the highest point in Guangdong, on the Nanling range where Yangshan meets Ruyuan County and Hunan.
Guangdong Yao Museum 广东瑶族博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A museum in Liannan's county town devoted to the Yao people, covering the history and culture of the Yao branches across China and abroad.
Gulong Gorge 古龙峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested canyon in Qingxin District developed for adventure tourism, best known for white-water rafting on a 6.1 km course that drops 378 m through tight bends and chutes.
Hezhong Hot Spring (Qingxin Hot Spring) 河中温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Sankeng town, Qingxin District, with open-air pools beside a tree-lined river embankment; the name means 'hot spring in the river'.
Huangchuan Three Gorges & Longtan 湟川三峡·龙潭 4A scenic area · on the map
A river scenic area south of Lianzhou where the Huangchuan, a headwater of the North River, winds through three steep gorges of cliffs and dripping limestone, praised by the 17th-century writer Qu Dajun.
Huangteng Gorge 黄腾峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested gorge in the hills just north of Qingyuan city, nicknamed 'little Jiuzhaigou', where a long, narrow mountain stream has been turned into a white-water rafting run.
Jinzi Mountain 金子山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the uplands of Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, promoted as a place to see snow in southern China, with rare rime ice on the trees in winter.
Jiqingli Xianhu (Jiqingli Black Tea Valley) 积庆里仙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea and hot-spring resort area north-west of Yingde, the city known as China's home of black tea, built around the hillside plantations of the Jiqingli Black Tea Valley.
Jiulong Peak Forest Town (Fenglin Xiaozhen) 峰林晓镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A large farm park and rural resort in Jiulong town, set among the limestone pinnacles of the Yingxi Peak Forest, Guangdong's densest belt of karst peaks.
Julongwan Hot Spring Resort 聚龙湾温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Tangtang, the hot-spring town of Fogang County, with bathing pools and hotel accommodation, built by a Hong Kong-invested company.
Nangang Ancient Yao Village 南岗千年瑶寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside village of the Pai Yao, a Yao group whose homeland is Liannan, with houses rising in tiers up a steep mountain slope above Sanpai town.
New Yinzhan Hot Spring Resort 新银盏温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort at Yinzhan in southern Qingcheng District, built around large open-air thermal pools.
Senbola Holiday Forest 森波拉度假森林 4A scenic area · on the map
A theme resort in the forested hills of Yangjiao Mountain in Fogang County, opened in 2007 by a Hong Kong developer.
Wanshan Chaowang Stony Desert Park 万山朝王 4A scenic area · on the map
A viewpoint and national stony-desertification park in the karst hills south of Liannan's county town, named 'ten thousand hills paying homage to the king' after the ranks of rocky peaks facing it across the valley.
Xilegu Hot Spring Resort 熹乐谷温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A large hot-spring resort complex in Tangtang, the hot-spring town of Fogang County, set in the hills around Huanghua Lake.
Xuanzhen Rafting 玄真漂流 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort area on the northern edge of Taihe, Qingxin District's main town, centred on rafting down a mountain stream through a wooded gorge.
Huiguang Pagoda 慧光塔 National heritage site · on the map
A six-sided, nine-storey brick pagoda in pavilion style in Lianzhou, first built in 468 under the Liu Song dynasty and rebuilt in the Song.

Shantou 14 sites

Fantawild Adventure Shantou (Blue Water Planet) 方特欢乐世界·蓝水星 4A scenic area · on the map
A science-fiction themed amusement park in Longhu district near the Shantou Bay Bridge, built with ride and show systems from the Fantawild group; official tourism lists now call it Blue Water Planet (Lanshuixing).
Lianhua Peak, Chaoyang 莲花峰 4A scenic area · on the map
A granite headland in Haimen town, Chaoyang, named for boulders split like lotus petals and tied by legend to the Song loyalist Wen Tianxiang, who is said to have watched here in vain for the fleeing Song emperor's ships in 1278.
Lianhua Rural Tourism Area 莲华乡村旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism area in Lianhua town, north-east Chenghai, centred on Lianhua Mountain.
Longhutan Beach Resort 中海龙虎滩 4A scenic area · on the map
A sandy beach on Longhutan (Dragon and Tiger Beach) in Haojiang district, south of central Shantou; the scenic area, known until 2023 as the CITIC Golf Seaside Resort, now covers only the beachfront.
Mayu Island 妈屿岛 4A scenic area
A small island at the mouth of Shantou harbour, known in the treaty-port era as Double Island, where the American and British consulates and the port's first foreign-run customs house opened in 1860 before moving across the harbour during the 1860s.
Nan'ao Island 南澳岛 4A scenic area
Shantou's largest island and the seat of Nan'ao County, crossed by the Tropic of Cancer and linked to the mainland by the Nan'ao Bridge since 2015.
Qianmei Village and Chen Cihong's Former Residence 前美古村·陈慈黉故居 4A scenic area · on the map
An old village of overseas Chinese families in Longdu town, Chenghai, best known for the mansion compound the Chen family of overseas merchants built between 1910 and 1939.
Queshi Scenic Area 礐石风景名胜区 4A scenic area · on the map
A cluster of granite hills on the south shore of Shantou harbour, facing the old city across the water, with weathered boulders, caves, cliff inscriptions and harbour views from peaks such as Tashan and Yanfeng.
Dadian Stupa, Lingshan Temple 大颠祖师塔 National heritage site · on the map
A granite stupa of 824 behind Lingshan Temple in Tongyu town, the tomb of the Chan monk Dadian, who founded the temple in 791 and befriended the exiled Tang writer Han Yu.
Former Chaozhou Customs House 潮海关旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The two-storey customs house of 1919–1921 on Waima Road, wrapped in verandas and topped by a clock, which served the Chaozhou Maritime Customs and its successor until 1988.
Former Headquarters of the Eastern Expedition 东征军总指挥部、政治部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
Two matching two-storey buildings of 1924 on Waima Road, first a British-run hotel, which served as the command post and political department of the National Revolutionary Army after it entered Shantou in November 1925 during its Eastern Expedition against the warlord Chen Jiongming.
Qilu Fort 崎碌炮台 National heritage site · on the map
A circular Qing coastal fort of 1874–1879 on the Shantou waterfront, its thick walls built of granite and a mortar of shell lime, sand and glutinous rice, and ringed by a moat.
Shantou Station of the Central Red Traffic Line 中央红色交通线汕头交通站旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A three-storey arcaded shophouse on Haiping Road in Shantou's old town, which in the early 1930s housed the Huafu electrical shop, a front for a station on the Communist Party's secret courier line between its leadership and the Soviet areas.
Wenguang Pagoda 文光塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda in the old centre of Chaoyang, first built in 1131 under the Southern Song and rebuilt several times, most fully in 1635 and 1815.

Shanwei 6 sites

Honghai Bay (Zhelang) 红海湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A coastal scenic area on the Zhelang peninsula at the eastern end of Honghai Bay, south-east of Shanwei city, where sandy beaches alternate with rocky headlands and a lighthouse stands on the offshore Zhelang Rock.
Luodong Plum Garden 螺洞世外梅园 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside plum orchard around Luodong village in Shuichun town, Luhe, a Hakka county known for its green plums, rated a 4A scenic area in 2023.
Red Palace and Red Square, Haifeng 海丰红宫红场 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Haifeng's former Confucian school, with its Lingxing gate, crescent pond and Dacheng Hall, where Peng Pai convened the county congress of workers, peasants and soldiers on 18–21 November 1927 that proclaimed the Haifeng Soviet government; the buildings were painted red and renamed the Red Palace.
Shuidishan Hot Spring Resort 水底山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort of about 85 hectares in forested hills at the heart of the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone, where a river valley forms a chain of pools and waterfalls.
Xinshan Red Tourism Village 新山村 4A scenic area · on the map
A village in Fucheng town on the edge of Haifeng that was an early base of the peasant movement led by Peng Pai: its farmers' association was founded in 1923 in the village hall Yipingshe, and its peasant guards drilled on an open ground known as Laohuiding.
Xuanwu Mountain and Yuanshan Temple 玄武山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A hill in the coastal town of Jieshi, Lufeng, crowned by Yuanshan Temple, dedicated to the Daoist god Xuantian Shangdi and founded in 1127.

Shaoguan 16 sites

Caoxi Hot Spring Holiday Resort 曹溪温泉假日度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Mabao town, Qujiang district, about 2 km from Nanhua Temple, the monastery of the Chan patriarch Huineng, so the two are easily combined.
Donghua Mountain and Donghua Temple 东华山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill scenic area on the eastern edge of Wengyuan town, centred on Donghua Temple, a Chan Buddhist monastery whose main hall houses a large gilded Buddha.
Guangdong Grand Canyon 广东大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A deep, forested gorge in Dabu town in the far south-west of Ruyuan county, cut through quartz sandstone by the Dabu River, which drops from the rim to the valley floor in a large waterfall.
Gufo Dongtian Cave 古佛洞天 4A scenic area · on the map
A limestone show cave on the south-western outskirts of Lechang, also called Gufo Yan ('Ancient Buddha Rock') because Buddha images were once placed inside and a temple was built at its mouth.
Jinglülun Culture Tourism Town 经律论文化旅游小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A Chan (Zen) Buddhist-themed hot-spring resort inside Xiaokeng National Forest Park in Qujiang district, opened in 2014, with a forest hot-spring area, a hotel, a suspension bridge across a wooded valley and a jade statue of Guanyin.
Mantang Wei Hakka Enclosure 满堂围 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Begun in 1833 by the Guan family, Mantang Wei in Aizi town is a fortified Hakka communal house made up of three linked enclosures, the upper, middle and lower wei.
Mei Pass and Zhuji Lane 梅关古道·珠玑巷 4A scenic area · National heritage site
On the Meiling ridge at the Guangdong–Jiangxi border, Zhang Jiuling, later a Tang chancellor, cut a paved road through the pass in 716, opening the main overland route between the Yangtze valley and Guangzhou; the stone road and a gate tower, first built in the Song and inscribed in the Ming 'Nanyue Xiongguan' and 'First Pass of Lingnan', survive.
Yunmen Temple 云门寺 4A scenic area
Founded in 923 by the Chan master Wenyan, Yunmen Temple is the birthplace of the Yunmen school, one of the five houses of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
Yuntianhai Forest Hot Spring Resort 云天海原始森林度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in forested hills beside the G105 road in Xinfeng county, with spring-fed outdoor pools, a mountain-water play park and hotel accommodation.
Changwei Village Hakka Enclosure 长围村围屋 National heritage site · on the map
A four-storey Hakka fortified house in Changwei village, Luoba town, built in 1855, combining an enclosing tower block, an ancestral hall and family dwellings on a rectangular, south-facing plan.
Maba Man and Shixia Site 马坝人—石峡遗址 National heritage site
Shizi Yan, a pair of limestone hills near Maba, is where in 1958 farmers found in a cave the skull of 'Maba Man', an archaic human intermediate between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, and where a Neolithic settlement and cemetery, the type site of the Shixia culture, was excavated from 1973.
Nanhua Temple 南华寺 National heritage site
Founded in the early 6th century as Baolin Temple, Nanhua Temple on the Caoxi stream is where Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, taught from 677, making it the ancestral seat of Southern Chan.
Sanying Pagoda 三影塔 National heritage site
Completed in 1009 under the Northern Song, this hexagonal brick pagoda in central Nanxiong rises nine storeys outside, with hidden levels between them inside, and is crowned by an iron finial.
Shuangfeng Fort 双峰寨 National heritage site
A large rectangular fortified compound in Shitang village, built from 1899 over twelve years by the local gentleman Li Zisheng to shelter villagers from bandits, with a main tower and four gun towers joined by high brick walls and surrounded by a moat.
Xijing Ancient Road, Ruyuan 西京古道 National heritage site · on the map
The Xijing Ancient Road was an overland route across the mountains of northern Guangdong towards the Central Plains, first opened in the Eastern Han and kept in use until the Qing.
Yunlong Temple Pagoda 云龙寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square, five-storey solid brick pagoda with a platform at each level, built in the late Tang dynasty between 894 and 901 and repaired in the Ming.

Shenzhen 13 sites

Mission Hills Shenzhen 观澜湖 5A scenic area · on the map
Founded in 1992 in Guanlan, Mission Hills Golf Club was recognised by Guinness World Records in 2004 as the world's largest golf facility, with twelve 18-hole courses designed by players such as Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els and Annika Sörenstam.
Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) Theme Parks 华侨城 5A scenic area
Nanshan's Overseas Chinese Town groups Shenzhen's best-known theme parks: Splendid China Folk Village, founded in 1988, with small-scale models of Chinese landmarks and full-size replica villages of China's ethnic groups where staged shows are held; Window of the World, opened in 1994, with miniature copies of world landmarks; and Happy Valley, an amusement park with roller coasters opened in 1998.
Evergreen Resort (Qingqing World) 青青世界 4A scenic area · on the map
An eco-tourism farm park opened in 1995 at the foot of Dananshan hill, with a simulated rainforest of artificial mist and rain, a butterfly garden and a petting area with small animals.
Fairy Lake Botanical Garden 仙湖植物园 4A scenic area
A large botanical garden at the foot of Wutong Mountain beside Shenzhen Reservoir, founded in 1983, open since 1988 and now linked with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guangming Farm Grand View Garden 光明农场大观园 4A scenic area · on the map
A family farm park on land of the old Guangming state farm, founded in the late 1950s and long known for its dairy, with fields, flower beds, animal enclosures and hands-on farming activities such as crop picking.
Guanlan Shanshui Tianyuan Farm Resort 观澜山水田园 4A scenic area · on the map
A farm-style leisure park of about 27 hectares in Guanlan, laid out in Lingnan and Hakka water-village style, with a resort hotel, village hot springs, a water park with a wave pool and a children's amusement area.
OCT East 东部华侨城 4A scenic area
A resort and theme-park complex opened in 2007 by the OCT Group in the Sanzhoutian hills above Dameisha beach.
OH Bay and Bay Glory Ferris Wheel 欢乐港湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A waterfront leisure and shopping district on Qianhai Bay in Bao'an's new city centre, developed by the OCT Group, with seaside promenades, shops and restaurants.
Shenzhen Safari Park 深圳野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
Opened in 1993 beside Xili Lake, this safari-style zoo is described by Shenzhen's tourism bureau as the first in China to keep its animals uncaged.
Waterlands Resort (Haishang Tianyuan) 海上田园 4A scenic area · on the map
An eco-park opened in 2001 in the coastal wetlands at Shajing, beside the Pearl River estuary, with lakes, streams, woods and lawns, birdlife and seasonal flowers.
Chung Ying Street Boundary Stones 中英街界碑 National heritage site · on the map
Chung Ying Street in Shatoujiao is a short street whose centre line forms the land boundary between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, marked by stone boundary markers of 1905 carved in Chinese on the side facing Shenzhen and in English on the side facing Hong Kong.
Dapeng Fortress 大鹏所城 National heritage site
Built in 1394 as a Ming garrison town against coastal pirates, Dapeng Fortress withstood a siege of more than forty days by Japanese pirates in 1571 and in the Qing was the base of the Dapeng naval command during the Opium War years.
Former East River Column Headquarters, Tuyang 土洋村东江纵队司令部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A former Italian Catholic mission in Tuyang village, built in 1912 in a mixed Chinese and Western style, with a two-storey main house, a chapel and a former stable.

Yangjiang 4 sites

Dajiao Bay, Hailing Island 海陵岛大角湾 5A scenic area · on the map
A curving, horn-shaped sandy bay at Zhapo on the south coast of Hailing Island, the island's earliest-developed and best-known beach, which with its surroundings was rated a 5A scenic area in 2015 as the Dajiao Bay Maritime Silk Road Tourist Area.
Chunwan Scenic Area 春湾风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst area beside Chunwan town in northern Yangchun, ringed by craggy limestone peaks that have been used as a film location.
Da'ao Fishing Village 大澳渔村 4A scenic area · on the map
An old fishing village in the south-east of Dongping town on the Yangdong coast, once a port of call on the Maritime Silk Road, that keeps the look of a Ming and Qing fishing settlement beside its harbour.
Lingxiao Cave 凌霄岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A large karst cave at Helang town in north-western Yangchun, part of a national geopark, whose chambers rise in three levels above an underground river.

Yunfu 6 sites

Guo'en Temple, the Sixth Patriarch's Hometown 国恩寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Founded in 683 on Longshan hill in Liuzu town, Guo'en Temple is where Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, died in 713; it is counted with Guangxiao and Nanhua temples as one of his three ancestral seats, and the Platform Sutra is said to have been compiled here.
Jinshuitai Hot Spring Town 金水台温泉小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern hot-spring resort town in Shuitai, Xinxing county, run by the Xiangshun group and known for having three different types of natural hot spring in one area, with outdoor bathing pools, hotels and conference facilities.
Tianlu Mountain Resort 天露山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain resort in Lidong town on the slopes of Tianlu Mountain, which at about 1,250 m is the highest peak in south-central Guangdong.
Changgangpo Aqueduct 长岗坡渡槽 National heritage site · on the map
An irrigation aqueduct striding across the farmland of the Luoping basin, built from 1976 to 1981 by more than 10,000 volunteer labourers from across Luoding county to end the frequent droughts around the county town.
Dawan Historic Buildings 大湾古建筑群 National heritage site
A group of late-Qing and early-Republican clan halls, family schools and large courtyard houses of the Li lineage spread through the villages of Dawan town, fourteen of which were listed together as a national heritage site in 2013.
Longkan Cave Inscriptions 龙龛岩摩崖石刻 National heritage site · on the map
A limestone cave beneath an isolated karst hill near Tanli village, where a text recording the religious retreat founded here in 621 by the Yongning county magistrate Chen Puguang was carved on the wall in 699.

Zhanjiang 10 sites

Dinglong Bay Marine Tourism Area 鼎龙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A large beach resort on the coast of Qinba town, Wuchuan, opened in 2017, with hotels and holiday flats along a long sandy beach and a water park.
Haibin Volcanic Hot Spring (Blue Moon Bay) 蓝月湾温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort at the Haibin Hotel in Xiashan district, central Zhanjiang, now listed as Blue Moon Bay; its earlier name, Haibin Volcanic Hot Spring, comes from the geothermal water drawn from volcanic rock.
Huguangyan Maar Lake 湖光岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A volcanic crater lake (maar) in Mazhang district, formed by steam explosions some 140,000 to 200,000 years ago and now the core of the Huguangyan area of the Leiqiong Global Geopark.
Jinsha Bay Seafront 金沙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
An urban seafront in Chikan district, north of central Zhanjiang, with a sandy bathing beach, a seaside promenade park and open squares backed by the towers of the Jinsha Bay new town.
Maodegong Drum City 茂德公鼓城 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort and culture park in Leizhou opened in 2015, themed on drums and built in the style of the region's Ming and Qing architecture.
Sanlingshan National Forest Park 三岭山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park of about 22,700 mu on the south-western edge of Zhanjiang, known locally as the city's lungs, with low wooded hills around the Chixi Reservoir.
Suixi Confucius Culture City 遂溪孔子文化城 4A scenic area · on the map
A Confucian-themed park on Bangtang Ridge in Suixi county town, opened in 2016; its new Confucius temple, completed in 2017, replaces the county's old one, demolished in 1978.
Former French Legation and Army Headquarters, Guangzhouwan 广州湾法国公使署旧址 National heritage site
Two colonial buildings facing each other across Yan'an Road in Xiashan, the administrative centre of Guangzhouwan, the territory France occupied in 1898 and held under a lease from 1899 until 1945: the legation of 1903 and the army headquarters of 1905, known locally as the Green Building.
Leizu Temple 雷祖祠 National heritage site · on the map
A shrine on Yingbang Hill west of Leizhou to Chen Wenyu, the first Tang prefect of Leizhou, worshipped locally as the Thunder Ancestor.
Naozhou Lighthouse 硇洲灯塔 National heritage site · on the map
A stone lighthouse on Ma'an Hill, the highest point of Naozhou Island, built from 1899 by the French administration of the leased territory of Guangzhouwan and lit in 1904.

Zhaoqing 12 sites

Seven Star Crags & Dinghu Mountain (Star Lake) 七星岩·鼎湖山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
Zhaoqing's 5A Star Lake scenic area has two parts: the Seven Star Crags, seven limestone peaks rising from the lakes beside the city centre, and Dinghu Mountain, a forested range about 15 km to the north-east.
Deqing Confucian Temple 德庆学宫 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Deqing's school-temple of Confucius, founded in 1011 and moved to this site in 1081; after a flood its main Dacheng Hall was rebuilt in 1297 and still stands.
He River Greenway Gallery 贺江碧道画廊 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside greenway along the He River in Fengkai County, running from Jiangkou, the county town, upstream to Dazhou town near the Guangxi border, on the old Xiaohe road between Guangdong and Guangxi.
Longmu Ancestral Temple, Yuecheng 悦城龙母祖庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The principal temple of the Dragon Mother (Longmu), a river goddess worshipped all along the West River, standing where the Yuecheng River joins the West River in Yuecheng town.
Longshan Scenic Area, Fengkai Geopark 封开龙山 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst scenic area in Heerkou town, part of the Fengkai National Geopark, where limestone hills rise from the valley floor in a landscape locals compare to Guilin.
Maozhua Valley (Cat's Paw Valley) 猫爪谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A cat-themed leisure park of about 600 mu in Huilong town, Gaoyao District, built for family day trips.
Panlong Gorge 盘龙峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded mountain valley in northern Deqing County known for its chain of waterfalls.
Qishi River Scenic Area 奇石河 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested river valley in Weizheng town in the hills of northern Sihui, where Sihui meets Guangning and Qingyuan.
Suijiang Bamboo Sea 绥江竹海 4A scenic area · on the map
An eco-tourism area of bamboo-covered hills along the Sui River on the edge of Guangning, a county known as the home of bamboo.
Mei'an Temple 梅庵 National heritage site
A small Buddhist temple on Mei'an hill in western Zhaoqing, founded in 996 by the monk Zhiyuan where, by tradition, the Chan patriarch Huineng had planted a plum tree.
Yuejiang Tower (Former HQ of Ye Ting's Independent Regiment) 阅江楼 National heritage site
A quadrangle of two-storey halls around a Lingnan courtyard on a low hill above the West River in Zhaoqing, given its name in 1641 when it was rebuilt on the model of Tengwang Pavilion and rebuilt several times since.
Zhaoqing City Wall 肇庆古城墙 National heritage site
The brick city wall of the old town of Zhaoqing, built in 1113 when the earth ramparts of the newly promoted prefecture were enlarged and faced with brick, and repaired many times under the Ming and Qing.

Zhongshan 5 sites

Sun Yat-sen's Hometown, Cuiheng 孙中山故里 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The village of Cuiheng, where Sun Yat-sen was born and grew up, centred on the two-storey house that his elder brother Sun Mei paid for and Sun himself oversaw building in 1892, with a Western-style front and a traditional Chinese interior.
China (Dachong) Redwood Culture Expo City 大涌红木文化博览城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large complex of new buildings in mixed old styles in Dachong, a town whose hardwood ('redwood' or mahogany) furniture industry dates from the late 1970s, combining Lingnan, Jiangnan, Huizhou and imperial palace architecture.
Huayi Plaza, Guzhen 华艺广场 4A scenic area · on the map
A lighting-industry showcase run by the Huayi lighting group in Guzhen, a town built on the lighting industry.
Zhan Garden 詹园 4A scenic area · on the map
A private classical garden built from 1998 over five years by the Macau businessman Huang Yuanxin for his mother and named after her family name, Zhan.
Chadong Chen Ancestral Halls 茶东陈氏宗祠群 National heritage site · on the map
A group of four Qing-dynasty ancestral halls of the Chen clan in Chadong village, Langbian, one of the larger and better-preserved ancestral-hall groups in the Pearl River Delta.

Zhuhai 9 sites

By-Health Transparent Factory 汤臣倍健透明工厂 4A scenic area · on the map
A working factory of the dietary-supplement maker By-Health in Sanzao, Jinwan District, opened to visitors in 2012 so that the public can follow its raw-material stores, production lines and testing laboratories.
Dong'ao Island 东澳岛 4A scenic area · on the map
A small, mostly forested island in the middle of the Wanshan archipelago, south-east of Zhuhai, with one main settlement, Dong'ao village.
Guishan Island 桂山岛 4A scenic area
An island in the Pearl River estuary between Zhuhai and Lantau, seat of Guishan town in the Wanshan archipelago, renamed in 1954 after the warship Guishan, whose crew made a beach landing here in the Wanshan Islands campaign of 1950.
Imperial Hot Spring Resort 御温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort opened in 1999 on former paddy fields at Nanmen village, Doumen, in western Zhuhai, where hot water had long welled up from the ground.
New Yuanming Palace 圆明新园 4A scenic area · on the map
A theme park at the foot of Shijing Mountain in Xiangzhou, Zhuhai, opened in 1997 with full-size reconstructions of scenes from Beijing's Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan), which was burnt in 1860.
Rossini Watch Industrial Tourism Area 罗西尼工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
The factory park of the Zhuhai watchmaker Rossini at Tangjiawan, where a company-funded museum of clocks and watches opened in 2012.
Wailingding Island 外伶仃岛 4A scenic area · on the map
A hilly island at the north-eastern edge of the Wanshan archipelago, only a short distance south of Hong Kong's outlying islands but administered by Zhuhai as the seat of Dangan town.
Chen Fang Family Residence 陈芳家宅 National heritage site · on the map
The home-village complex of Chen Fang (Chun Afong, c.
Sites of Japanese Wartime Atrocities on Sanzao Island 三灶岛侵华日军罪行遗迹 National heritage site
A group of sites on Sanzao Island recording the Japanese occupation that began in 1938, when Japanese forces built an airbase here and massacred islanders.

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