Spring and fall are the best seasons to visit Zhongshan. In spring (March to mid-May), you need to bring a thin jacket or sweater; in summer (late May to mid-September), the temperature reaches up to 31℃ and rainfall is abundant, so you need to bring rain gear; in fall (late September to early December), you need to wear a sweater and light outerwear; in winter (mid-December to late February), the weather is a little cooler, so you need to bring a coat.
Transportation GuideExternal Transportation
Highway
Luxury buses are available to Zhongshan City from all major passenger stations in Guangzhou at a fare of 20 yuan, and the ride takes about one hour.
Zhongshan Bus Terminal
Address: Intersection of Fuhua Road and National Highway 105, Benxi District, Shiqi, Zhongshan City
Telephone: 0760-8633825, 8633648
Ticketing time: 6:00～20:30 (tickets sold within four days)
Water Transportation
Passenger Ship Address: Zhongshan Port Passenger Port, Zhongshan City
Tel: 0760-5596350, 5595333-282
The following points to the Zhongshan Port to take the ship can enjoy a free ride:
Shiqi: West Plaza Ticket Office 211, 212 card, Fu Hua Hotel
Gourmet snacks Zhongshan has been known for decades as "Little Hong Kong", the entertainment industry is well developed. Song and dance halls, karaoke, health sauna, bowling alleys, theaters, fitness rooms, cultural plazas, etc. provide people with a rich and colorful cultural and entertainment content.
Workers' Cultural Palace
Located in Shiqi Sunwen West Road, it was completed in 1955 and is the center of amateur activities for urban workers. It has a cinema, exhibition room, ballroom, library, table tennis room, TV room, basketball court, skating rink, and children's playgrounds such as trains; there are also amateur workers' cultural troupes, riddles, table tennis and basketball training teams, and martial arts teams and other organizational activities, which play an active role in promoting people's cultural life.
Library
Located on Xingzhong Avenue in the East District of Zhongshan City, the library was formerly known as the Zhongshan Memorial Library.
Shopping GuideZhongshan, with its convenient harbor trade, offers a wide range of goods from all over the world at affordable prices. To Zhongshan must go to the centuries-old Sun Wenxi Road Cultural Tourism Walking Street, you can see the overseas Chinese characteristics of the simple and elegant "Nanyang culture", "eighteen", "Tianfei Temple", "Taitung Theater", "Sihao Hotel", "Sincere Company", "Huifeng Company", "Fuk Sau Tong Pharmacy" and other stores and relics with a history of nearly 100 years, as well as numerous teahouses and eateries, which are both shopping and dining venues as well as expositions of Southern architecture.
If it's in season, some of Zhongshan's local specialties, such as March red lychees, Shenwan pineapples, Maosheng bananas, Jiuzhuji crispy longan, and Zhongshan Tsui Heung Yuen almond cakes are worth buying back to savor.
Folklore festivals charity walk on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year
From 1988 onwards, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year after the Spring Festival every year, commonly known as the "Day of the People" day, is the city of Zhongshan City designated as a citywide charity walk on the day of the Lunar New Year. This activity is to carry forward Mr. Sun Yat-sen's spirit of fraternity to develop social welfare undertakings, social welfare and held every year there are different themes, such as respect for the elderly and disabled, the construction of fraternity hospitals, the development of education,......, and so on. On this day, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life gather in the city and participate in walking to raise money for the public welfare, forming a new annual festival folklore activity in Zhongshan City, and also becoming an event in the construction of spiritual civilization in Zhongshan City.
Shaxi Bathing Buddha Festival every year on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar
Shaxi people bathing Buddha Festival day, every family to eat Luan Xi cake.