What interesting attractions can you visit in Dongguan in August?
Do you want to travel to Dongguan in August? Let me tell you what attractions you cannot miss when traveling to Dongguan in August? Friends who like to travel must know that no matter where you travel, there are A few must-do things, see the local scenery, try local snacks, and buy some local specialties.
NO1: Guanyin Mountain
Guangdong Guanyin Mountain National Forest Park inherits thousands of years of Buddhist culture. It is located in 18 square kilometers of primary secondary forest, with a forest coverage rate of more than 99%. Dongguan Guanyin Mountain has beautiful mountains and rivers, pleasant scenery and fresh air. The top of the mountain is dedicated to the world's largest granite Guanyin statue. The scenic spot is rich in Buddhist culture. It is a sacred place for Lingnan Buddhist culture. It is also a national 4A tourist attraction that integrates ecological sightseeing, entertainment, fitness and religious culture. It is known as the "Holy Land of the South and the Secret Land of Hundreds of Guangdong". ", is the pure land of the human soul in southern China!
NO2: Songshan Lake
Songshan Lake is located in the geometric center of Dongguan City, the Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park where "science and technology combine with mountains and rivers". Songshan Lake has a beautiful natural environment and its charming scenery when the rain comes out in the early morning is famous for its "misty rain". 150,000 flowers of various styles, including peach blossoms and plum blossoms, are planted along the lakeshore and coastal islands, providing beautiful scenery in all seasons.
What is even more special is the Songhu Yanyu Firefly Garden, where you can get up close to the fireflies and feel the romance and fantasy intertwined. There is a pillar in the area that looks like a giant pen. It is said that Lai Buyi, a famous Feng Shui expert in the Ming Dynasty, followed the dragon veins here and saw a mountain like a golden hairpin, which looked like the relics of seven fairies. Lai Buyi did not dare to reveal the secret, so he inserted the brush in his hand with its copper sleeve on the ground, which meant the treasured land of the number one scholar. The locals called this pillar "the number one scholar pen".
NO3: Keyuan
Dongguan Keyuan is located in Xiboxia Village, Dongguan City. It is one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty and a representative work of Lingnan gardens. It has been praised by predecessors. It is an "enviable blessed land on earth, and the garden boasts the fairy palace in heaven". In 2001, it was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council. Keyuan covers an area of 2,200 square meters and has a triangular outer edge. It has one floor, six pavilions, five pavilions, six terraces, five pools, three bridges, nineteen halls and fifteen rooms. Most of its names are "Ke". They are named after each other, such as Kelou, Kexuan, Ketang, Kezhou... The buildings are all made of water-polished blue bricks. The tallest building is the Kelou, with a height of 15.6 meters. Along the stone steps on the side of the building, you can climb to the Yaoshi Pavilion on the top floor. It has bright windows on all sides and flying eaves. You can overlook the scenery of Guancheng through the windows.
NO4: Weiyuan Fort
It is located at the foot of Chuanbiyang Beiwu Mountain at the outlet of the Pearl River in China, in the middle of the rocks on the foreshore of Nanshan Fort. Together with the Zhenyuan and Jingyuan forts, it formed a "pin", and together with the Hengdang, Yong'an, and Consolidated forts, it formed the second gateway of Humen's coastal defense during the Opium War. The fort is located on Weiyuan Island in Humen Town. It is one of the ancient battlefield sites of the Opium War and the main defense position of Humen Haikou. It is also one of the most complete and largest ancient forts preserved in my country.
The fort is majestic and crescent-shaped, with a total length of 360 meters, a height of 6.2 meters, and a width of 7.6 meters. The bottom layer is made of granite, and the top layer is made of rammed earth, which is very solid. There are 40 concealed gun emplacements on the roof of Taiwan, and there are 4 open-air emplacements along the mesa. The movie "The Opium War" shot by the famous director Xie Jin once used Weiyuan Fort as one of the real-life shooting locations.
NO5: Humen Bridge
The Humen Bridge is the first extra-large suspension bridge designed and built by my country. It is known as the "world's longest span" and is an iconic tourist attraction in Dongguan. Attractions. The Humen Bridge was completed and opened to traffic, connecting Humen and Panyu across the sea, making Dongguan a transportation hub connecting Guangzhou, Hong Kong, both sides of the Pearl River, and the two special economic zones of Shenzhen and Zhuhai.
This was once the ancient battlefield of the Opium War. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu led the soldiers and civilians of Humen to build a hundred-foot iron chain across the river, relying on the golden lock and copper pass that could not be opened by one man to resist. Invading enemy. Nowadays, the smoke is gone, the sky is blue and the sea is broad, the waves are calm, and the natural chasm has become a thoroughfare. When boating on the Pearl River, you can see the flying bridge, like a rainbow emerging from the sky and lying on the waves; strolling on the bridge, you will see a myriad of weather, clouds, sails and shadows, all of which can be seen.
NO6: Opium War Museum
The Opium War Museum is the location of the ancient battlefield of the Opium War. Nestled against Niubeiji Mountain in the east and the Pearl River Estuary in the west, it is a thematic museum that collects, displays and studies cultural relics and historical materials of Lin Zexu's smoking ban and the Opium War. The display form in the museum breaks through the traditional display techniques. It pays attention to displaying cultural relics in a certain environmental atmosphere. It adopts the combination of paintings and objects, the combination of physical objects and auxiliary exhibits, and uses scenes, sand tables, sound and light models, imaging projections, etc. Various means are used to make the display form vivid and vivid.
For example, in order to reflect the situation when Lin Zexu and Guan Tianpei used wooden rafts and iron chains to block the Humen Seaport, the museum sent collected wooden anchors and an early rowing boat to the exhibition hall, and copied the large wooden rafts and iron chains. , combined with the 33-meter-long and 2.8-meter-high Humen Haikou situation background painting, constitutes a majestic and quite spectacular scene...
NO7: Yuan Chonghuan Memorial Garden
The Yuan Chonghuan Memorial Garden is a classical garden designed with the theme of commemorating the national hero Yuan Chonghuan in the late Ming Dynasty and constructed at the site of Yuan Chonghuan's former residence. It has built archways, Yuan Chonghuan's former residence, a statue of Yuan Chonghuan, the Yuan Governor's Shrine, Yuan Chonghuan's "Grand Tomb", and the Tomb of Yishi She. , relief sculptures of Yuan Chonghuan's biography, etc. It is planned to build a Yuan Chonghuan Memorial Hall, a Ming Dynasty Street, the Ancient Great Wall, etc.
Yuan Chonghuan (1584-1630), an outstanding strategist and patriotic general in the late Ming Dynasty. When the Manchu nobleman Aisin Gioro Nurhaci invaded the Central Plains, Yuan Chonghuan wrote to the court and volunteered: "Give our army Ma Qian Valley, and I will guard it alone." The court immediately appointed Yuan Chonghuan as the Minister of War and sent him to guard Shanhaiguan. As soon as he took office, he immediately renovated the city, appeased the people, expressed condolences to the soldiers, and personally defended the city and participated in the battle.
The whole army worked together and fought bravely, using Ningyuan as a stronghold, advancing forward, regaining the lost territory in one fell swoop, and expanding the territory by more than 200 miles. Yuan Chonghuan regained Liaodong, quelled the disputes between Manchu and Han, avoided bloodshed and sacrifice, and won praise from people all over the world. Yuan Chonghuan made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, but Wei Zhongxian and others framed him to death on unfounded charges. He was only 46 years old at the time.
NO8: Sacred Heart Pastry Museum
On August 28, 2009, the China Sacred Heart Pastry Museum was officially opened in Chashan Town, Dongguan City. It is understood that the pastry-themed museum is the first in China and is a private museum founded by Lu Rutao, chairman of Dongguan Sacred Heart Food Co., Ltd. The museum has collected more than 1,000 pastry-making utensils, pastry-related folk objects and pictures from the private sector, and more than 300 of them were on display on the opening day.
NO9: Xiangshi Film and Television City
In order to film the large-scale historical TV series "Wanxiang", which is about a hundred years of romance, nearly 50 million was invested to build Dongguan "Xiangshi Film and Television City" Xiangshi Film and Television City Officially opened to the public in the Spring Festival of 2011, the Xiangshi Film and Television City, which has a Lingnan architectural style from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, complements the Chenjiapu Old Village, Dongguan Xiangshi Zoo, Xiangshi Park, etc., adding color to the Xiangshi tourist area. The film and television city received about 100,000 tourists on its first day of operation.
NO10: Ancient Tree Museum
The country’s first ancient tree museum is located in Guanyinshan National Forest Park in Guangdong. It has a collection of more than 50 ancient trees unearthed in recent years that are valuable for research and appreciation. There are complete collections of ancient trees from all historical periods in China, from the time of the Yellow Emperor to the Zhou, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Tang, Song, Ming, and until the end of the Qing Dynasty. The treasure of the museum is an ancient tree about 4,500 years ago. This ancient tree has been growing in southern Guangdong during the Huangdi period. It is a tropical tree. It proves that the climate in Guangdong 4,500 years ago was hotter than now. Similar to Hainan today.
Now everyone knows what attractions you can’t miss when traveling to Dongguan in August! I hope you will like the destinations we introduced. I remind you to pay attention to your own life safety when traveling and protect yourself. Be sure not to lose your belongings, especially some important documents. I wish you a happy trip.