Guangdong is located in the southern part of China's mainland, abbreviated as Guangdong. It is the southern gate of China, bordering Hong Kong and Macau, and close to the Southeast Asian countries. Its favorable geographical location makes it a natural "window". Guangdong's landscape scenery attracts the attention of all people, Zhaoqing Seven Star Rock, with the beauty of Guilin mountains, Hangzhou water show; Danxia Mountain in northern Guangdong, the South China Sea's Xiqiao Mountain, Boro's Luofu Mountain and Zhaoqing's Dinghu Mountain are the four most famous mountains in Guangdong. Guangzhou's "World View", the world's style in a limited space; move "Folk Culture Village", you can enjoy the colorful customs of China's various ethnic groups; thousands of kilometers of coastline, there is no shortage of excellent seaside bathing, as well as hot springs, resorts are people to relax. The coastline stretches for thousands of kilometers, and there is no lack of excellent seaside bathing beaches, as well as hot springs, resorts are places for people to relax. Best time to visit: October to December is the best season for traveling. Subtropical Monsoon Climate: Spring (March to mid-May); temperatures and humidity rise, so thin jackets or sweaters are appropriate, with an average temperature of 23°C and humidity of 82%. Summer (May to mid-September); temperatures up to 33°C, humidity rises to 90%, rain gear is advisable. Fall (late September to early December): sweaters and light outerwear are appropriate. The average temperature is 23°C and the average humidity is 72%. Winter (mid-December to late February): Cooler weather, occasional coats required. Average temperature 17℃, humidity 72%. Shopping Guangdong's most famous cultural items are produced in Zhaoqing ink stone, Zhaoqing in ancient times known as Duanzhou, and thus the inkstone produced there is also called Duanyan, it and the Sheyan, Taohe inkstone, inkstone and known as China's four great inkstones, at the same time, it is also known as "four treasures of the house of literature" with the Xuanpaper, Huizhou ink and lake pen, has always been the most treasured by painters and calligraphers! It has always been the most treasured painting and calligraphy utensils for painters and calligraphers. If tourists come to Guangdong and bring a piece of it back with them, they can either put it in their study as a "treasure of the house" or give it to their friends who love to play with ink. In Guangdong, you can also buy a lot of imported goods that are rare in the mainland, due to the proximity of Hong Kong, there are a lot of imported luxury goods that are much cheaper than the mainland, so you can buy some of them when you come to visit. Famous shopping places include Shatoujiao in Shenzhen, where gold jewelry is novel and chic, but the price is relatively low. In addition, shopping malls in major cities such as Guangzhou are worth a visit, and you may see something that you desperately need but have not been able to buy. Travel Insurance For Guangdong group tours you can buy travel insurance with the tour group, for self-guided tours you can buy your own short-term travel accident insurance, find an insurance company or buy online, Xiamen, Xiamen, Youbao.com, a copy of about 20 yuan. Guangdong Characteristic Folklore The main festivals in Guangdong are the usual traditional festivals in China, such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on, and the most famous festivals and celebrations in Guangdong are introduced here. Lion Dance There is a difference between the north and the south of the country. In Cantonese, lion dance is called "Waking Lion", and Guangdong is the most famous for its lion dance performance in the south. The lions are made of colorful cloth, and each lion is performed by two people, one at the head and one at the tail. During the performance, the lion dancers use a variety of moves to show the southern style of martial arts, which is very masculine. It is one of the most common performances at festivals in Guangdong. Dongguan Wooden Fish Song The rich cultural heritage of Dongguan is the cornerstone of the city's "New City of Culture". The Dongguan Wooden Fish Song was performed at the Dongkeng Selling Festival, creating a new way of utilizing Dongguan's traditional culture for the present day. Yingge Yingge The so-called Yangge in the north and Yingge in the south. In Guangdong, there are Ying Ge in Puning, Chaoyang, Huilai, Lufeng Jiazi, Chaoan, etc. Among them, the Ying Ge in Puning and Chaoyang is the most famous. Yingge is a representative folk square emotional dance in Chaoshan, originated in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the 108 good men of Liangshan as its original form. Performers hold Yingge floggers or drums, combining martial arts, dance and other art forms, with a bold and heroic momentum Burning Pagodas Burning Pagodas is a folklore activity carried out in Chaoshan during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is said to be a signal for the Han Chinese to revolt against the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty. The most famous dragon burning event is the Qiaolin Dragon Burning in Jieyang. People will gather at the Dragon Dance Ground on the night of the festival to watch the dragon burning show under the loud sound of cannonballs. First, dozens of young men run around the field holding burning bamboo cables, then a huge dragon filled with fireworks comes out, the dragon dancers hold the dragon and dance around the field, and finally, the dragon's head starts to spit fire, and after the dragon burns up, the fireworks go off, the sound of gongs and firecrackers resonate through the sky, and the splendid fire dragons fly all over the field, which makes the scene very spectacular. Specialty Catering Cantonese cuisine is called Yue Cai, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yue Cai gradually absorbed the Beijing, Sichuan, Lu, Su and other cuisines of cooking materials and techniques, and became one of China's four famous cuisine. As the saying goes, "Food in Guangzhou, flavor in Chaozhou". According to different regions and tastes, Cantonese cuisine is divided into three categories: Guangzhou cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine and Dongjiang cuisine (Hakka cuisine). The classics of Cantonese cuisine include braised pigeon, roasted suckling pig, white cut chicken, marinated platter, guoyu, barbecued pork with honey sauce, roasted goose with deep well, and luohanzhai. Go to Cantonese teahouses and restaurants in cities and towns to taste authentic Cantonese cuisine and go to street stalls to "roam and eat" flavorful snacks, and experience the connotation of "food in Guangdong"; go to the countryside of the Pearl River Delta to experience the "small bridges and flowing water" style of the water town. In the rural towns of the Pearl River Delta, you can experience the "small bridges and flowing rivers" of the water towns, and experience the Lingnan customs. Guangdong's food is famous all over the world. Guangzhou cuisine uses a wide range of materials, fine selection of materials, excellent skills, good at changing, a variety of varieties, Chaozhou cuisine is exquisite and elegant, Hakka cuisine (Dongjiang cuisine) original flavor. Guangdong people generally like to drink oolong tea, of which Chaozhou Kung Fu Tea is the most famous. Guangzhou Cuisine Guangzhou Cuisine is popular in a wide range of areas, including the Pearl River Delta, the Xijiang and Beijiang river basins, the Leizhou Peninsula and other places in the province, while outside the province there are Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Hainan Island and some parts of Guangxi. Guangzhou cuisine emphasizes on the quality and taste of the dishes, and the selection of materials is complicated and tender, with a fresh and fragrant flavor, but must be smooth. Guangzhou cuisine is good at stir-fry, especially pay attention to "wok qi", that is, the fire and oil temperature, and pay attention to the fried now eat, in order to maintain the color, aroma, taste and shape of the dishes. Dog meat casserole, braised snake soup, roasted pigeon, roasted suckling pig, taro buckle meat, stewed worms, white cut chicken, pine nuts fish, etc., are all full of local flavor of the famous dishes in Guangzhou. Chaozhou Cuisine Chaozhou cuisine originated in the Han River Plain, to cook seafood is famous for focusing on taking in the true nature of the true flavor of food and especially emphasize the taste of the light, like to eat oysters, fish, shrimp and so on. Because of the original flavor, the soup in Chaozhou cuisine is also unique, very clear, fresh, sweet dishes are also more, hundreds of styles. Teochew cuisine likes to use fish sauce, sacha sauce, plum lamb sauce, ginger wine and other condiments. Hakka Cuisine, also known as Dongjiang Cuisine, the main ingredients are mostly three birds, animal meat, basically very little with vegetables, river seafood and seafood is not much, Hakka Cuisine is known for heavy oil, salty flavor, strong aroma. Hakka people often cook every dish to wash a pot to avoid dishes with each other string of flavors. Hakka snacks are plentiful, the most famous is a kind of food called cognac, there are sweet cognac, salty cognac, hair cognac (also called hair bag), taro cognac and so on. Dongjiang salt-baked chicken, stuffed tofu, vegetable rolls, glutinous rice with mugwort, chestnuts, rice oranges, sesame oranges, bianzhai, oleaginous fruits, glutinous rice boiled in this, pumpkin cake, and river food, catfish, and other very authentic dishes and snacks in Heyuan (Dongyuan County). Xingning's stuffed tofu, Lexian bamboo, plum vegetable buckle meat, Linwei Shatian pomelo, radish know, Shima Fandou (peanuts) and other food will make you forget
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Culture Main Entry: Lingnan Culture Guangdong has a long and unique history of culture, the main division of the Guangfu culture, Teochew culture, the three major pieces of the Hakka culture. Chaoshan Goodwill is a model of Chinese folk charity, the Hakka roundhouse is considered a representative building of the Chinese Han people south of the migrant culture, Kaiping Watchtower is the first world cultural heritage project in Guangdong. Guangdong's Cantonese and Teochew cuisines are well known throughout the country, Cantonese opera and Teochew opera are famous Chinese operas, and lion dances and[edit] Diet Guangdong's diet is famous all over the world, with Guangzhou cuisine representing Cantonese cuisine, Teochew cuisine known for its delicacy and elegance, and Hakka cuisine for its originality and flavor. Cantonese people generally like to drink Pu'er, Tieguanyin, Shoumei, and Ma Yao, of which Teochew work tea is the most famous Teochew Cuisine, one of the most refined and expensive cuisines in China. Guangzhou cuisine - Teochew cuisine - Hakka cuisine - Drinking tea (Cantonese dim sum) - Teochew work tea - Hakka tea[edit] Drama Teochew ancient city walls Chaozhou City is a national historical and cultural city, with the reputation of "Seaside Zulu"[note 1] and "Linghai Famous State"[note 2]. It is one of China's top ten livable small and medium-sized cities [cf. 1], and also has the titles of China's Excellent Tourist City, National Garden City, and China's Porcelain Capital. It is located in the eastern part of Guangdong Province on the border with Fujian Province. It is now under the jurisdiction of Xiangqiao District, Fengxi District, Chaoan County and Raoping County. Historically, it was the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guangdong. Chaozhou City has many cultural relics and monuments, as of 2010, the city has 728 cultural relics and monuments, 8 national key cultural relics protection units, 11 Guangdong provincial cultural relics protection units, 55 municipal (county) level cultural relics protection units, is the place where the cultural relics and monuments of Guangdong are gathered. Guangzhou Tourist Attractions Introduction Baiyun Mountain: located in the north of Guangzhou City, for the South Kunshan residual veins, from Ma'anling in the north to Guihuagang in the south, the eastern boundary of the Guangzhong Highway, the western boundary of the Guangzhou to Modakeng Highway, the longitudinal length of 9.7 kilometers, the widest 4.5 kilometers, covering an area of 2,800 hectares, the main peak of the Moxing Ling is 382 meters high, the peaks overlap, the streams and rivers run in a longitudinal manner, the heights of which can be overlooked overlooking the city and looking at the Pearl River, is one of the famous mountains of Southern Guangdong. Shantou Tourist Attractions The eight attractions of "Shantou Eight Scenic Spots" are Boulder Scenic Spot, Shantou Bay, CITIC Golf Beach Resort, Sangpu Mountain Scenic Spot, Chen Cihong's Former Residence, Lotus Peak, Nan'ao Eco-tourism Area and Zhongshan Park. Among them, Shantou Bay contains the Bay Bridge Blue Mercury Fantasyland and Boulder Bridge, Seaside Road and South Coastal Road, Stone Fortress Park and Overseas Chinese Park, swimming jumps Zhuhai Lovers Road Water Museum and People's Square; Sangpu Mountain Scenic Area to the Tropic of Cancer Marking Tower as the main attraction, linking the surrounding Shantou University Campus, the seven red park and Weng Wanda Academy and other monuments; and Nan'ao is the entire island as an eco-tourism area to be selected! "Shantou Eight Scenic Spots. Huizhou Tourist Attractions Huizhou West Lake: a national key scenic spot, a national 4A-level tourist attraction, one of the first batch of provincial scenic spots in Guangdong Province. Located in the city of Huizhou, Guangdong Province, formerly known as the Fung Lake, historically known with the West Lake in Hangzhou, Yingzhou West Lake. Daya Bay: the sea area of 488 square kilometers, the golden coastline of 52 kilometers, crystal clear sea water, beach stretching and winding, soft and delicate sand, offshore with nearly a hundred of thousands of islands, the distribution of the curved moon, known as the "sea of small Guilin". Huizhou Luofu Mountain: Luofu Mountain, also known as Dongqiao Mountain, is one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong, one of the ten most famous Taoist mountains in China, the seventh of the Ten Great Cave Days of Taoism, the thirty-fourth of the seventy-two blessed places, and the first mountain in Lingnan. Shaoguan Tourist Attractions Introduction Danxia Mountain: Located 54 kilometers northeast of Shaoguan City, 9 kilometers from Renhua County, is one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong (the remaining three famous mountains are Luofu Mountain, four woodcutting mountains, Dinghu Mountain). Danxia Mountain is 408 meters above sea level, and the scenic area can be divided into the upper middle and lower three layers, the upper scenic area has the Elder Peak, Conch Peak and Baozhu Peak; the middle scenic area has the Biechuan Temple as the main attraction; and the lower part has the Conch Rock, Daming Rock, Snow Rock, Late Show Rock, Returning to the Light Rock, Grass Hanging Rock and other rock caves. Nanhua Temple: located in Shaoguan City, Qujiang District, Ma Ba 7 kilometers southeast of Caoxi, about 22 kilometers south of Shaoguan City, where the mountains face the water, the peaks of the strange and beautiful, Nanhua Temple is one of China's famous Buddhist temples, is the sixth ancestor of Zen Huineng macro "Southern Zen" origin, was built in the North and South Dynasties Liang Wu Di Tianjian first year (502), nearly 1,500 years ago. Has nearly 1,500 years of history, the temple behind the table tin spring (commonly known as the Nine Dragons Spring), a few up to tens of meters high, the old water pine, is now the world's rare trees, the temple is now a large number of existing precious relics for the country's one of the key cultural relics protection units. Meizhou Tourist Attractions Introduction Meizhou City District Attractions: Thousand Buddha Pagoda, People's Realm Lodge, Yannanfei Tea Fields Tourist Resort (National 5A Scenic Spot), Yanming Lake Tourist Resort (National 4A Scenic Spot), Yinna Mountain Scenic Spot (National 4A Scenic Spot), Ye Jianying Memorial Park, Hakka Tourism Industrial Park (the first national tourism industrial park), and so on. County-level suburban attractions: Hakka Tulou in Tai Po County, Sanhe Town Tourist Scenic Spot in Tai Po (a famous historical and cultural town in Guangdong Province), Tanghu Thermal Mineral Mud Villa in Wuhua County (a national 3A scenic spot), Changtan Tourist Resort in Jiaoling County, Shenguangshan National Forest Park in Xingning City, etc. Zhaoqing tourist attractions Dinghu Mountain: the first of the four famous mountains in Guangdong. Dinghu Mountain has deep forests and ravines, murmuring springs and streams, and waterfalls, the natural scenery is very charming, including Dinghu, Sanbao, Fenglai and more than 10 peaks. The southern foot of the mountain has Qingyun Temple, the southwest corner of the Baiyun Temple, the mountainside built a monument to the Japanese monk Rongrui master. Seven Star Rock: located in the northern part of Zhaoqing City, there are seven limestone, because the arrangement of the shape of the Big Dipper, so called the Seven Star Rock, to the mountains and water, lakes and mountains, caves and strange win. In the scenic area, there are more than 400 cliff carvings since the Tang Dynasty, mostly from the hands of famous writers, known as the "Millennium Poetry Gallery". Shenzhen Tourist Attractions Jinxiu Zhonghua: is a reflection of China's history, culture, art, ancient architecture and ethnic customs of the richest, most vivid, most comprehensive miniature scenic area, an area of 330,000 square meters. In the scenic area, nearly 100 scenes are distributed according to the regional map of China, epitomizing the essence of China's natural scenery and human history. Yangjiang Tourist Attractions Hailing Island: Enjoying the reputation of "Southern Beidaihe" and "Oriental Hawaii", Hailing Island is regarded as a piece of uncarved emerald. Hailing Island from 2005 to 2007 for three consecutive years by the "China National Geographic" magazine as "China's top ten most beautiful islands" one. Zhanjiang Tourist Attractions Huguangyan: Huguangyan is a national geopark, national AAAA level tourist area and national youth science education base. Scenic core area of 13.6 square kilometers, the lake area of 2.3 square kilometers, mainly composed of crater lake and lava. The world's largest and most typical, the most complete protection of the Marl Lake, but also China's famous volcanic ecotourism area. Donghai Island: It is a provincial-level tourist resort, about 40 kilometers away from Zhanjiang City, with the world's second-longest beach, second only to Australia's Gold Coast, the beach is 28 kilometers long and 100 to 300 meters wide, the bay is in the shape of a crescent, and the sand is fine and white, which makes it a good place for tourism and vacation. Heyuan Tourist Attractions Introduction Wanlv Lake: Located in Heyuan City, Dongyuan County, South China's largest ecotourism attractions, because of the four seasons are green, everywhere green and so named. The total area is 1600 square kilometers, of which the water area is 370 square kilometers, the water storage capacity is about 13.91 billion m3, and there are more than 360 green islands inside. There are Xinfengjiang National Forest Park and Heyuan Xingang Town Provincial Nature Reserve, which is known as one of the "Three Wonders of the East of the Desert Belt" at the Tropic of Cancer, and is a national AAAA-level tourist area and an environmental education base in Guangdong Province. Sujiawei: Guangdong Province, the first batch of ancient villages, located in Dongyuan County, Yiho Town, Sujiawei Village, about 26 kilometers away from downtown Heyuan, "South China's paintings in the countryside" reputation. Dongguan Tourist Attractions can be garden: located in Dongguan City, West Bo Xia Village, for the Qing Dynasty, Guangdong, one of the four great gardens, but also the masterpiece of Lingnan garden, the former praised as "can envy the earth's blessed land, the garden boasts the heavenly fairy palace". Yunfu tourist attractions Guoen Temple: Yunfu Xinxing Guoen Temple is located in the foothills of Longshan Mountain, 13 kilometers south of Xinxing County, the building covers an area of more than 16,000 square meters, more than 120 acres of land area of the garden, the ancient temple built on the mountain, the scale of the grand, the layout of the rigorous. Guo En Temple is the birth and death of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, so it is called "the first sanctuary in Lingnan", and the Japanese monks even called it "the ancestral home of the ancestral home". Coiling Dragon Cave: Located in the Lion Mountain in the north of Yunfu City, the cave is named because of its tortuous body, shaped like a dragon, and in May 1993, the People's Government of Guangdong Province formally approved the Coiling Dragon Cave as a Provincial Scenic Spot. Jinshuitai Hot Spring: Located in Shuitai Town bordering Kaiping, Xinxing, Heshan and Gaoming cities and counties. Jingshuitai hot spring water crystal clear, with a faint "rotten egg" flavor, water temperature up to 70 ℃, the water contains metasilicic acid, radon, sulfur, potassium, calcium and other more than 10 kinds of beneficial trace mineral elements, has a good health care and therapeutic value. Luoding Longwan Ecological Tourism Zone: is a set of majestic, strange, beautiful, elegant, dangerous, secluded in one of the natural landscape labyrinth, the scenery changes throughout the year, is the people to appreciate the famous mountains and rivers and the natural scenery of the fairyland resort.