What are the fun places and attractions near Panyu?

Interesting places and attractions in Panyu, Guangzhou: Shawan Ancient Town, Dafu Mountain, Guangzhou Chimelong Bird Paradise.

1. Shawan Ancient Town

Shawan Ancient Town was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is an ancient Lingnan cultural town with a history of more than 800 years. It is rich in historical and cultural resources and its folk art is well-known in the South.

Shawan Ancient Town has formed and preserved Lingnan culture with traditional historical culture and folk culture as the main body. It is an outstanding representative of Guangfu culture with the Pearl River Delta as the core, and has both tangible and intangible cultural heritage resources. Rich, a large number of ancestral halls, temples and other ancient buildings, commercial sites, and residential sites are well preserved, and folk arts and folk culture such as Guangdong music, Piaose, dragons and lions, orchids, and food continue to flourish.

2. Dafu Mountain

Dafu Mountain Forest Park is located three kilometers west of Shiqiao, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, across Shiqiao and Zhongcun towns, adjacent to Shunde Country Garden, and to the north of Qifu Bordering Xincun, it is known as the "Oxygen Bar of Panyu".

The park has a total area of ​​about 9,000 acres and is an ecological forest park in Guangzhou. The park is surrounded by continuous mountains, including Dafu Mountain, the highest peak in Panyu with an altitude of 226.6 meters. There are also large and small mountain ponds and multiple artificial lakes, forming a scene of undulating peaks and reflections of lake light.

3. Guangzhou Chimelong Bird Park

Guangzhou Chimelong Bird Park is another large-scale theme park carefully built by Chimelong Group. It opened in 2004 and covers an area of Tens of thousands of crocodiles and various rare birds live in the park covering thousands of acres. With the goal of creating a natural ecological wetland park, it can be called the largest ecological wetland park in China.