Lianhua Mountain in Panyu District, Guangzhou
Lianhua Mountain is a famous mountain in the Pearl River Delta. It is located on the shore of Lion Ocean at the Pearl River Estuary and is the commanding height on the west bank of Lion Ocean. It covers an area of ??2.33 square kilometers and has the highest peak. It is 108 meters above sea level, 30 kilometers away from downtown Guangzhou and 60 nautical miles away from Hong Kong. It has very convenient water and land transportation. It is a national 4A-level tourist attraction that combines ancient ruggedness and modern beauty, and is a scenic spot in Guangdong Province. "Lianfeng Viewing the Sea" was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Guangzhou in the new century by the Guangzhou Municipal Government in 2002. Lianhua Mountain has a very profound historical and cultural heritage. It is an old man in history and a witness to Panyu's more than 2,200 years of history. There are many historical and cultural relics in Panyu District, among which the monuments on Lianhua Mountain are the most concentrated and representative. It has the rare and best-preserved ancient quarry site with a history of more than 2,000 years in China, the "Huabiao" Lotus Tower built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Lotus City built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and the newly built world's tallest gold foil standing statue of Guanyin. When traveling to Lingnan, don’t miss the opportunity to visit Lianhua Mountain.
As for the origin of the name of Lotus Mountain, there is a mythical story circulating here. It is said that a long time ago, there was an evil dragon in the South China Sea that made waves at the mouth of the Pearl River. It often flooded fields and overturned boats, and the residents along the coast suffered greatly. It happened that Avalokitesvara of the South China Sea was traveling here. Seeing the evil dragon causing trouble and destroying all living beings, he became very compassionate and threw the lotus he was riding on into the water to calm the evil dragon. This lotus flower turned into a huge stone and stayed in the mountain forever, becoming the lotus stone beside the South Tianmen of Lotus Mountain today. Lotus Mountain got its name from this.
The ancient quarry site is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a patriotism education base in Guangzhou.
Lianhua Mountain is composed of 48 red sandstone low mountains and belongs to the geographical structure of Danxia landform. As the saying goes, "If the mountain is not high, there will be immortals." Lotus Mountain, a hill formed by the lotus platform of Guanyin Bodhisattva, is indeed extraordinary. It's strange, special and unique. The beauty and spirit attract people from all over the world. The red sandstone of Lianhua Mountain is of high quality, with high density and fine sand. The ancients used it as a sharpening stone, so Lianhua Mountain is also called "Shili Gang". These red sandstones are also a good material for wall foundations. According to expert appraisal, 8 of the 12 types of stones used in the tomb of the Nanyue King built more than 2,100 years ago were collected from Lianhua Mountain. The stones quarried here were transported by water to Xianggang Mountain in Guangzhou. Lianhua Mountain is located on the shore of Lion Ocean. In those days, stones were transported to Guangzhou city by ships along the Pearl River. Since the Western Han Dynasty, ancestors of all dynasties have mined stones here. As a result, stone forests and caves stretching for miles have been formed in the eastern part of the mountain, leaving behind countless majestic red sandstone cliffs, dangerous peaks and stone pillars, forming a rare "stone forest" in China. The Lianhua Rock Scenic Area is "man-made and unintentional." The stone walls here are as steep as an ax or a knife. The stone walls are riddled with drill marks and chiseled marks. Being in the ancient stone field is like walking into history. From time to time, the jingle of stone cutting sounds in your ears, and the scene of the ancestors' arduous and adventurous suspended work comes to mind again.
When visiting the ancient quarry of Lianhua Mountain, tourists must visit the Yanzi Rock, Flying Eagle Cliff, Guanyin Rock and Lion Rock. Because they are typical representatives of the various stone scenes in Lotus Mountain.
Swallow Rock is the essence of the ancient quarry. The steep cliffs and huge boulders in the area form either a bird path or a deep cave. They are half artificial and half natural, majestic and majestic. Looking up from the bottom of the cliff, you can see the cliffs on all sides facing each other in a series, strange peaks towering suddenly, the vast sky being shrunk into a courtyard, and the craggy boulders teetering on the verge of falling, which is thrilling and dizzying. In the Yanziyan Scenic Area, listen carefully to the sound of dripping water on the rock, and watch the swallows circling and flying. There is movement in the silence, which is poetic and picturesque. The climbing plants on the rock are like a green wall. At the turn of spring and summer, the flowers bloom like a colorful watercolor painting. The beautiful scenery here and the contrasting mountains and rivers have made it the preferred location for location shooting by many film and television directors.
Some of these strangely shaped giant rocks are as sharp as a knife, with a very smooth cross-section; some are deeply sunken, like huge shrines; and some are standing in the water, pointing straight into the blue sky, like giant pillars.
These are not the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, but are made by our ancestors with axes and chisels. The tools used by ancient masons were very crude and clumsy, but they were very smart and experienced. They punched three stone holes in the rock according to the grain direction of the stone, and then they took turns to knock and chisel, and the stone would explode along the grain. disconnect. Thousands of years have passed, but the texture on the stone wall is still clearly discernible, and the degree of weathering is extremely low, which shows how hard the red sandstone on this mountain is.
Go through Meiying Cave and arrive at Baifu Gallery. Standing in the corridor and looking around, a stone wall stands face to face, with 100 characters of blessing engraved on it, arranged neatly, and each character of blessing has a different font. Taking a souvenir photo here will definitely make you stay with Momofuku.
Guanyin Rock was originally a stone chamber left over from quarrying. There are many stone chambers like Guanyin Rock in Lianhua Mountain. Guanyin Rock was originally a nunnery dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva. Looking up from inside the hall, you can vaguely see the words "Yongzheng Seventh Year" on the stone wall, but the origin of these four words has not yet been found.
The Lion Rock is located at the east foot of Lianhua Mountain. A stone resembles a lion, entrenched on the cliff, facing east, and seems to be roaring towards the mouth of the Pearl River. Therefore, Lotus Mountain is also called "Lion Rock", and the section of the Pearl River in front of it is called Lion Ocean. According to the analysis of archaeologists, Lianhua Mountain was originally just a small island on the sea. Thousands of years have passed, the sea has changed, the sea has receded, and the land has risen. Lianhua Mountain has become a hill on land, and the seabed has also become land. The Lion Rock was originally a rock on the edge of the island. It has been continuously beaten, eroded and weathered by waves and sea winds for thousands of years to form its current shape. It is like a loyal guardian of Lotus Mountain, guarding Lotus Mountain day and night. It is also the best witness to the vicissitudes of life in Lotus Mountain.
Go through the Shenzhen Flying Eagle Tunnel and arrive at the Flying Eagle Cliff. The landscape of Feiying Cliff is exactly the opposite of that of Swallow Rock. When you lean on the railing on the cliff and look into the distance, you can see crisscrossing streets, vast hectares of fertile fields, the vast Pearl River, meandering eastward, and a panoramic view of the southern scenery. Looking back, I can see stone pillars and stalagmites pointing straight into the sky, and the majestic stone screen is still vivid in my mind. These landscapes were formed over more than 2,000 years by the ancestors of successive dynasties who have continuously cut away the mountains and taken stones, and "carved" them one by one. It is true that "artificial work has no intention of defeating the work of nature." At that time, no one would have thought that such an ingenious spectacle would appear.
The Lotus Tower stands on the main peak of Lianhua Mountain. It was built in the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612) and has a history of nearly 400 years. It is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. The Lotus Tower has 9 floors on the outside and 11 floors on the inside. It has an octagonal shape on the outside, a brick and wood structure, and a spiral staircase that can reach the top of the tower. There are door openings of different sizes and shapes on each floor of the tower. The tower is 50 meters high and is the highest point on Lotus Mountain. Since ancient times, ships entering the Pearl River from Lingting Yang have used the Lotus Tower as a navigation mark to enter Guangzhou, so it has the reputation of "Huabiao, the Provincial Capital".
The Lotus Tower has gone through many vicissitudes. When Guangzhou fell in 1938, it was bombarded by Japanese artillery fire. The tower body is riddled with bullet scars and riddled with holes. In 1981 and 1997, with the funding of compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, the Lotus Tower was renovated.
Climb up to the Lotus Tower and look out over the vast Lion Ocean to the east. The busy scene of thousands of sails and hundreds of boats competing for the crossing on the starting route of the Maritime Silk Road in the past seems to be reappearing before your eyes.
In the northeast corner of Lianhua Mountain, there is a castle, which is the "Lotus City" of Guangzhou's patriotic education base. The castle was built in the third year of Kangxi reign of Qing Dynasty (1664). Covering an area of ??more than 10,000 square meters, the city is in an irregular oval shape. The inside and outside of the city wall are made of stones and bricks, and are more than 10 meters high. The castle has a dangerous terrain and is located at a commanding height. It controls the Humen from afar and the Lion Ocean from a short distance, so it is said that "the city defends the mountain". Since the beginning of the Kangxi reign, this place has been a military defense camp. On January 26, 1841, the British army occupied Hong Kong. On the 27th, Yilu forced Qi Shan to admit it, but Qi Shan did not dare to agree. One year and seven months later, the Qing government and the British army signed the Treaty of Nanjing, and Hong Kong was officially ceded.
The towering walls of Lotus City and the battlements on the walls still maintain their original appearance. Climbing the city wall, you can see Guangzhou Huangpu Port to the north and Dongguan City to the east. The city is full of trees and military tents, which are divided into the Eight Banners Army Exhibition Hall, the Original Lotus City Exhibition Hall, the Meeting Hall, the Generals' Tent, the Couple's Tent, the Entertainment Tent, etc., which show visitors in detail the establishment of the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty.
There are also soldiers from the Qing Dynasty dressed in red feather uniforms lined up outside the gate, reminding visitors of the magnificent and mighty scene when Lin Zexu, the imperial envoy, garrisoned here, with their iron cannons raised, steel guns reflecting the sun, and flags hunting.
Entering the Holy Land of Guanyin from under the Lotus Pagoda, the straight and wide Chaojing Avenue extends to a square paved with bluestone. A statue of Guanyin with a solemn appearance, kind face and kind eyes, and dazzling golden light stands in the square. central. Looking up, white clouds are floating in the blue sky, making Guanyin Bodhisattva appear to be flying in the clouds and covered with colorful clouds. The Guanyin statue is 40.88 meters high, cast with 120 tons of bronze and 180 taels of pure gold. It is currently the tallest gold-foiled bronze statue of Guanyin in the world. The statue of Guanyin faces the southeast, looking at the vast Lion Ocean, hence the name "Sea-Wang Guanyin".
Guanyin has a beautiful appearance and a solemn and kind demeanor. It is highly respected by good men and women and tourists. On the nights of Guanyin's birthday, the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and major festivals, under the illumination of spotlights, Guanyin will emit thousands of golden lights, shining for miles around, creating an auspicious atmosphere of clouds covering the sea of ??lions and shining in the southern sky. Wanghai Guanyin was initiated by Ho Hau Wah, with help from the Ho Yin Social Welfare Foundation and various parties, and was completed and consecrated on October 23, 1994. Every year on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar and the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of September, friends from home and abroad come in droves, and the event is unprecedented.
The Guanyin Pavilion, located next to the Guanyin Chamber Statue, is majestic, majestic and antique. It was built on October 20, 1997 (the birthday of Guanyin on the 19th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar). Guanyin Pavilion is a fine piece of architectural art, made of fine materials and fine workmanship. All wood carvings in the pavilion, including doors, windows, brackets, shrines, confession tables, etc. are made of precious mahogany: the floor tiles are specially developed antique bricks, and the walls All are made of old water-milled blue bricks, and the interior of the pavilion is decorated with 3362 finely painted ceiling caissons.
The Guanyin Pavilion has a construction area of ??3,872 square meters and is a grand hall. It collects and enshrines ***1,000 jade carvings, wood carvings, bronze casts, and colored porcelain Guanyin statues of various shapes. It is a veritable "Thousand Buddhas" Pavilion". In the center of the first floor of the main hall, the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Guanyin is carved from camphor wood. It is 12 meters high and sits cross-legged with a peaceful appearance. The Thousand Thousand Eyes means the vast, perfect and unobstructed way to save all sentient beings. The Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara in ordinary temples only has 42 arms, but the Avalokitesvara in this pavilion actually has thousands of hands and eyes. Interested tourists may wish to count them for themselves.
The altars on the gables on both sides of the first floor are dedicated to 18 wooden statues of Guanyin incarnations with different shapes. They are based on the image of the "Thirty-six Guanyin" in Chinese Buddhism and draw on the plastic arts of Guanyin in the past dynasties. Carved from the essence of. They appear dignified, pretty, and kind to people, greatly shortening the distance between people and gods.
On both sides of the second floor of Guanyin Pavilion are bronze statues of Guanyin, 1.7 meters high and 18 in total. Among them are the Thirteen Avalokitesvara in Disguise and the Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara. Travelers who want to have a baby as soon as possible may wish to touch the Child-Sending Guanyin. It is the only Buddha statue in Honma that can be caressed.
On the third floor of Guanyin Pavilion, in the middle is the white marble Guanyin Buddha statue, 2.5 meters high, which is the treasure of Guanyin Pavilion. On both sides are 18 colorful porcelain Guanyin statues of different shapes, sacred and friendly.
There are verandas on each floor of Guanyin Pavilion, which is the best viewing platform. Looking out from the railing, you can have an unobstructed view of the Pearl River Estuary. The wind blows refreshingly and the hustle and bustle disappears.
In front of the Guanyin Pavilion is a large garden. A three-story pilgrim pavilion echoes the Guanyin Pavilion. There is a 6-meter-long large stone turtle in the release pond in the park. There are 5 lively and cute small stone turtles on the back and side of the large stone turtle, which respectively represent "Fu", "Lu", "Shou", "Quan" and the big turtle. It means "longevity". It is said that if you hit the glans with a coin, you will have good luck. On the lawns on the east and west sides of the pool, there are giant "Buddha" characters and six characters "Namo Amitabha" made of flowers respectively. The overall environment of the garden is integrated with the Guanyin and Guanyin Pavilion, and is full of rich Buddhist atmosphere.
There are two main flower-related festivals in Lianhua Mountain, namely the famous Lotus Festival and the Peach Blossom Festival. The Lotus Mountain Tourist Area holds a grand Lotus Festival every year from June to August in the Guanyin Holy Land.
At that time, more than 4,000 tanks and more than 100 varieties of lotus flowers decorated the entire Guanyin Holy Land more gorgeous, extraordinary and holy. The lotus emerges from the mud without being stained, and stands on its own. It is the sacred flower of Buddhism. Among the many varieties on display, there are many excellent ones selected from all over the country, which is a rare lotus event. Every Spring Festival, the thousands of peach trees in the Guanyin Holy Land on Lotus Mountain and the Peach Blossom Garden under the Lotus Tower are in full bloom to welcome the spring, and they are so beautiful and colorful. This is the annual Peach Blossom Festival on Lotus Mountain. Peach blossoms, big and small, look delicate, but they can be proud of the wind and frost, bringing people infinite spring.
Tianhou Temple in Nansha, Panyu
Tianhou Lin Mo, (960-987 AD), known as Mazu among the people, is the sea god worshiped by coastal people. She was a strange woman from Meizhou Island in Fujian during the Song Dynasty. Her short life left behind many touching legends about doing good deeds to save the world and rescuing shipwrecks. He has always been praised by those who govern the country. People gradually regarded her as a god and worshiped her. According to data, there are more than 100 million people in the world who believe in the Queen of Heaven, and more than 20 countries and regions have built the Temple of the Queen of Heaven, which shows its far-reaching influence.
In the Ming Dynasty, a Tianfei Temple was built in Lujing Village, Nansha, which was the predecessor of Nansha Tianhou Palace. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was renovated and named "Yuanjun Ancient Temple", but was later blown up by Japanese invaders. In 1994, Mr. Huo Yingdong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a famous industrialist, initiated and donated funds to rebuild Nansha Tianhou Temple. A grand completion ceremony was held on March 23 of the lunar calendar in 1996 (Tianhou's birthday).
The rebuilt Tianhou Temple in Nansha is located at the southeastern foothills of Dajiao Mountain in Nansha, facing the vast Lingding Ocean. On the 1.5-hectare square, stands a giant statue of the beautiful and kind-hearted Queen of Heaven. The architectural features combine the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the momentum of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing. Its scale is the largest of its kind in the world today. Here there are lush vegetation, blooming flowers, ponds surrounded by willows, towering Nanling Pagoda, and elegant small mountain pavilions. The warm sun is clear and the breeze is blowing. The birds in the trees sang freely, and the colorful butterflies danced among the flowers. The peaceful scene makes tourists linger and forget to leave.
There are also several Dajiaoshan forts in the scenic area, guarding against the Shajiao fort in Dongguan. The Opium War was filled with smoke and smoke, which marked a tragic and tragic chapter for the Chinese people in their fight against British imperialism. Today, the remains of bullet marks on the fort can still be traced. The country has listed it as a key protected cultural relic. It has gradually become a patriotic education base and a good place for young people to visit, learn and remember.
The Huangge Mai Clan Ancestral Hall is comparable to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall
In Lianxi Village, Huangge Town, Nansha District, reporters yesterday (15th) discovered that there is a little-known large-scale structure hidden here. The ancestral complex—Mai's Ancestral Hall, was top-notch in scale, architectural layout, materials, and craftsmanship at the time. Among the four famous ancestral halls in Guangzhou, it ranked second only to the Chen Family Ancestral Hall and Shawan Liugeng Hall. three. The local government and village committee said that they will soon invest funds to build a square opposite the ancestral hall and repair and rebuild the ancestral hall to protect this rare Lingnan cultural heritage. By then, it will be comparable to the size of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in the city. Comparable.
The Mai Clan Ancestral Hall was first built in the Song Dynasty
The Mai Clan Ancestral Hall is located on Suguoxin Street, Lianxi Village, Huangge Town, Nansha District. It is less than a mile away from the nearby Shinan Road. , passing through two ponds filled with lotus flowers and with fish jumping from time to time, you will arrive. Before Nansha was developed, few people in Guangzhou knew about it due to inconvenient roads. There are three main ancestral halls of the Mai family, facing south to north, namely the Mai ancestral hall, the Jizong Maigong ancestral hall and the Ruihui Maigong ancestral hall. They are also known as the Dabentang, Chongde hall and Guangyu hall, together with a sub-flat Magong Hall is a group of buildings arranged in a horizontal line along the street, with a total area of ??more than 2,000 square meters. Its scale is rare among ancestral halls in Guangzhou. According to records, the Mai Ancestral Hall was built in the Song Dynasty and was repaired in the Ming Dynasty. The Ruihui Mai Gong Ancestral Hall was built in the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1861), but the construction date of the successor Mai Gong Ancestral Hall is unknown.
According to research by cultural relics personnel, the ancestral hall complex is the public ancestral hall of Maibida, the ancestor of the Mai family who founded the village in Huangge Town, and his descendants.
Bida Gong is the 16th generation descendant of the Mai family's ancestor Tiezhang Gong. He was originally from Nanxiong, Guangdong, and served as admiral of Guangxi. In the ninth year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1273), due to the "Hu Fei Incident" in Zhuji Lane, he and his brother Birong and Bixiu, his younger brothers Biduan and Bixiong moved south with their families and settled in Huangge. Considering the future development of their descendants, other brothers moved to Dongguan, Nanhai, Guangzhou Fangcun, and Xinhuitaishan, while Maibida lived alone in Huangge. Later, his three sons came to Dajing Village, Dongli Village, and Lianxi Village of Huangge Town respectively. Reproduction and development gradually formed the prototype of Huangge Town today. The reporter learned that there are currently Mai family ancestral halls in Dajing Village and Dongli Village, but only the Lianxi Village ancestral hall is the most spectacular, with clusters of buildings, and is relatively well preserved.
Among the ancestral halls still preserved in Lianxi Village, the Mai family ancestral hall is the most complete. It is very similar to the Lingnan architectural style of the Chen Clan Ancestral Temple in the city. The walls are made of blue bricks, the roof beams and cross beams are wooden structures, and integrated with stone pillars. The sky is made of glazed tiles, and the roof ridge is in the form of a dragon boat ridge. It is a turtle, with gray sculptures, auspicious birds and beasts sitting on it, and "tea bucket ears" shaped structures on both sides.
The architectural style of the ancestral hall is a three-entry style. After entering through the first door, there is the middle hall and the back hall, but there is a wide corridor between the two rooms. Originally, there were steps and stone railings in each hall. Now they have destroyed.
The beams come from Myanmar and have not decayed for hundreds of years
The beams and columns in this ancestral hall are particularly tall and strong, with a diameter of about 30 cm to 60 cm. According to local elders, these woods were called Pontianak wood. At that time, Huangge Town was surrounded by the sea. These woods were transported from Myanmar. The wood is hard and strong. It has not been eaten by termites for hundreds of years and has not decayed to this day.
Due to the financial constraints of the local village committee, the ancestral hall has been used as the office of the village committee since the 1980s, and the original building structure has not been significantly changed. According to Secretary Mai of the village, they have currently entrusted the School of Architecture of South China University of Technology to formulate a restoration design and environmental protection plan for the Mai Ancestral Hall, move the village committee out of the ancestral hall, and build a square with an area of ??more than 1,300 square meters. The lotus ponds on both sides of the ancestral hall will be retained, and funds will be invested to rebuild the Mai Gong Ancestral Hall and restore the original appearance of the Mai Ancestral Hall
Chimelong Happy World
Enter the happy world and directly To feel the joyful atmosphere. The floor is colorful, the flowers and plants on both sides are blooming brilliantly, the surrounding buildings and decorations are also full of fairy tale colors, and various cartoon dolls are being sold in some gift houses. When walking through various amusement projects, sometimes there were bursts of laughter, and sometimes there were constant screams, but whether it was laughter or screams, the joy was the same.
There are nearly 70 rides in the Happy World. Even if you don’t have to wait in line at all, it still takes four or five hours to play them all. Of course, we might as well choose our favorite projects. Young people who love excitement will definitely be satisfied with the heartbeat brought by the ten-ring roller coaster, motorcycle roller coaster, tornado storm or Damascus; those who like fairy tale world will also be immersed in Habibi Kingdom and Happy Paradise among the children's fun; while Tornado Island is filled with retro legends, which also gives people a unique feeling; there is also a 5,000-square-meter indoor constant-temperature children's playground - Happy Paradise, where young children It is our paradise where they can play without being affected by the weather.
Xiangjiang Wildlife Park
Yu Xiangjiang Wildlife World is located in Xiangjiang Wildlife World in Dashi Town, Panyu. It is the only large-scale wildlife park in my country that is invested and managed by a private enterprise
Panyu Wanqingsha Wilderness Manor
Wanqingsha Wilderness Manor is another extension of the Wilderness Manor brand in Zhongcun Town, Panyu District.
Wanqingsha Wilderness Manor covers an area of ??more than 600 acres. It is located in the picturesque Twelve Bays of Wanqingsha Town. Separated by an embankment is the vast Pearl River estuary, and the majestic Xinlong Bridge spans east and west, making transportation convenient.
Wanqingsha Wilderness Manor adheres to Zhongcun Wilderness Manor’s consistent purpose of serving youth work, utilizes the unique natural resources of Shatian Water Town, and cleverly layouts it to create a place that is both suitable for team training and a place to return to work. Great place for nature.
There are brand-new concepts here, where people can learn unity, communication, self-improvement, and self-confidence.
It can improve overall cohesion and create a high-performance team.
Activity: You can take part in challenging and exciting water sports, fishing for shrimps, crickets, picking vegetables, rafting, etc.;
Quietness: You can go to the floating restaurant in the unique water town building Taste Shatin delicacies, the patented Ganoderma lucidum chicken, Shikip longan that is cooked three times a year...
Here you can also watch the sea, appreciate lotus, camp, picnic, barbecue and so on. The manor is also equipped with a large parking lot, large classrooms, barracks, etc.