Foshan, Guangdong is a national historical and cultural city, the hometown of China's famous ceramics, martial arts and lion dance. Foshan has beautiful mountains and rivers, colorful history and culture, and many natural and cultural landscapes, and is a must-visit place to visit Guangdong.
1. Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Area
Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Area
Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Area is located in Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City. Xiqiao Mountain is one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong, formed by volcanic eruptions, with 72 peaks towering and the highest peak at 346 meters above sea level. The natural scenery of Xiqiao Mountain is famous for its colorful waterfalls, many strange caves, and frequent strange rocks.
The cultural landscapes of Xiqiao Mountain mainly include Yunhai Lotus Terrace, Baofeng Temple, Huang Feihong Lion Art Martial Arts Hall, Baiyun Cave, Shiyan Rock and so on. Among them, the 61.9-meter-high Guanyin Statue located in Yunhai Lotus Terrace is the world's largest Guanyin statue; the Huang Feihong Lion Art Martial Arts Hall includes Huang Feihong's Former Residence, Huang Feihong Deeds Exhibition Hall, Huang Feihong Film and Television City and other attractions, which is the most important place to commemorate Huang Feihong in China.
Huang Feihong is a native of Nanhai, Foshan, a martial artist, traditional Chinese medicine and lion dancer in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.
Transportation: It is recommended to go with a group or self-driving or chartered car; ticket: 85 yuan; it is recommended to tour for more than 3 hours.
2. China Central Radio and Television Station Nanhai Film and Television City
South Sea Studio City
Nanhai Film and Television City, located in Shishan Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, is a comprehensive scenic spot that mainly shoots film and television dramas, taking into account tourism, leisure and entertainment. Visiting such scenic spots is like traveling through the time and space of history, turning around for a thousand years and sighing, looking up at the dynastic changes.
Nanhai Film and Television City includes taiping heavenly kingdom palace, royal palace, Jiangnan garden residence, Hong Kong and Macao, Republic of China block, etc. Film and television dramas such as "The Story of Hong Kong", "The Story of Macao", "Oath of Silence", "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", "Young Bao Qingtian", "The Burning Years of Youth" and so on have all been filmed here.
Transportation: Take the tourist city bus line 2, Nangao 16 road can be reached; ticket: 90 yuan; it is recommended to visit for more than 3 hours.
3. Foshan Ancestral Temple Museum
Foshan Ancestral Temple Museum
Foshan Zumiao Museum is located at No. 21 Zumiao Road, Chancheng District, Foshan City. Foshan Ancestral Temple was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuanfeng period, has a history of nearly a thousand years, the worship of the Taoist Zhenwu Emperor, that is, Xuantian God, in 1996 by the State Council announced as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
In addition to the ancestral temple, the Foshan Ancestral Temple Museum also includes the Confucius Temple, which was built during the Qing Dynasty, and the Huang Feihong Memorial Hall and Ip Man Hall, which were completed and opened in 2001.
Ip Man is a native of Foshan Nanhai, wing chun kai zong li faction.
Transportation: Take No. 101, No. 105, No. 106, No. 109, No. 116, No. 117, No. 159, Fo k6 Road to reach; ticket: 20 yuan; it is recommended to visit for 2 hours.
4. Shunde Qinghui Garden
Shunde Qinghui Garden
Qinghui Garden, located at No. 22, Qinghui Road, Daliang Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, was founded in the Ming Dynasty, as a typical Lingnan private garden, together with Panyu Yuyin Mountain House, Dongguan Keyuan, Foshan Liangyuan and called "Lingnan Four Gardens"; in 2013, it was announced by the State Council as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Qinghui Garden
Founded by Huang Shijun, a scholar of Shunde and a scholar from the Ministry of Rites during the Ming Dynasty, Qinghui Garden has gradually become today's scale through the continuous addition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The main attractions of Qinghui Garden are boat hall, Bixi Caotang, Xiyin Book House, Octagon Pond, Pen Sheng Flower Hall, Gui Ji Lu, Xiao Pengying, Red Aorite Book House, Reading Cloud Xuan, Liufen Pavilion and so on.
Transportation: Take bus No. 301, No. 303, No. 305 to reach; ticket: 15 yuan; it is recommended to visit for 1.5 hours.
5. Foshan Liangyuan
Foshan Liang Garden
Liang Garden, located in Fenjiang South Road, Chancheng District, Foshan City, was originally built in the Qing Jiaqing and Daoguang years, and was built by the famous scholars Liang Qiru, Liang Jiuhua, Liang Jiuzhang and Liang Jiutu at that time, and is a famous product in the Lingnan literati garden.
LiangYuan is composed of twelve stone halls, Qunxing Caotang, Fenjiang Caolu, Hanxiang Hall and other parts, and is famous for its beautiful water features, strange stones and famous posters.
Transportation: No. 105, No. 106, No. 109, No. 114 can be reached; ticket: 10 yuan; it is recommended to visit for 2 hours.
6. Sanshui Lotus World
Sanshui Lotus World
Lotus World, located at the intersection of Nanfeng Avenue and Hongling West Road in Sanshui District, Foshan City, is a large-scale lotus theme park integrating lotus appreciation, lotus culture, leisure and entertainment.
Lotus World was founded in 2000, the whole park covers an area of more than 1,000 acres, of which the water area is more than 600 acres, the largest scale in the world's similar theme parks, the largest variety of lotus flowers gathered. May to September is the best time to visit lotus world.
Transportation: Take the 631 road, tourist city bus line 3 can reach; ticket: 60 yuan; it is recommended to visit for 2 hours.