Dajiao Mountain Coastal Park

Dajiao Mountain Coastal Park

Dajiao Mountain Coastal Park is located on the eastern side at the foot of Dajiao Mountain in Nansha District, covering an area of nearly 800,000 square meters, including 606,356 square meters of land area. The entire park was designed according to the "Tidal Charm Corner" planning scheme reviewed by city leaders, highlighting the characteristics of Guangzhou as a coastal city.

The park highlights the design concepts of natural charm and cultural charm. The natural charm is mainly reflected in the park’s ecological beauty, where it nestles against Dajiao Mountain, borders the Pearl River, and lies adjacent to the vast South China Sea — an expansive, boundless seascape where land and sea coexist, expressing a reverence, embrace, and return to nature and the ocean. The cultural charm, on the other hand, reflects the appeal of Guangzhou’s historical and cultural legacy, where ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign influences converge. It evokes nostalgia, sublimation, and solidification of the spirit of Guangzhou. This includes the ancient Maritime Silk Road culture, modern port and logistics culture (the modern Maritime Silk Road), marine leisure culture, and more.

The park consists of two circles and two intersecting axes. Its dynamic layout and geometric lines exude a modern feel. The undulating terrain and varied water bodies create a richly layered spatial experience. At the same time, the coastal wetland area and cultural garden zone also showcase traditional garden styles, organically blending modernity with tradition throughout the park.

The entire park is divided into four major scenic areas: Cultural Garden, Starfish Sand, Coastal Area, and Coastal Wetland. The Cultural Garden area centers around the Marine Culture Square, with two intersecting axes running through it — one representing the ancient Maritime Silk Road and the other the modern one. Guangzhou is the starting point of China’s ancient Maritime Silk Road, and Nansha is being developed into a hub for ports and logistics for Guangzhou and even the entire Pearl River Delta region — the new Maritime Silk Road of our era. The convergence of the old and new Silk Roads forms a spiraling vortex, symbolizing the collision and integration of history. Here, the Marine Culture Square is designed to highlight the inheritance, development, and collision of history and culture. The Starfish Sand area is primarily designed with a large circle as its main compositional element.

It ingeniously connects the part of the park separated by Binhai Avenue with the sea, forming a fashionable and romantic urban oasis. The circular layout is divided into eastern and western sections by Binhai Avenue — one nestled at the foot of the mountain, the other merging into the sea, linking land and water like a radiant pearl dropped into Nansha. The boardwalk extending into the sea functions both as a scenic walkway and as a breakwater, preventing the artificial beach from being washed away by waves and regulating water levels within the circle. This makes the park appear both connected to and separate from the sea, enclosing Guangzhou’s first man-made urban beach. The Coastal area is located in the southern part of the park, bordering Fuzhou Waterway, and serves as the park’s primary coastal scenic zone. Its features revolve around sea viewing, tide watching, water activities, sunbathing, swimming, aquatic entertainment, and sea tours. The main attraction here is the “Ten Thousand People Sea Viewing Square,” the park’s prime spot for ocean views. Its platform is designed in the shape of an eye, emphasizing the dynamic imagery of gazing at the sea. The Coastal Wetland area lies in the northern part of the park and has a relatively independent water body. It connects to the river and sea outside the park via a waterway in the western section of the park. As the tide in the outer river rises and falls, the water level in the inner lake also changes accordingly — this is the Coastal Wetland area. This zone mainly showcases a wetland plant landscape dominated by mangroves and aquatic plants (such as metasequoia, bald cypress, and pond cypress), consisting of Hundred Flowers Island, Thousand Lakes, and Colorful Water Forest.

The park has planted 91 species of trees (7,351 trees), 20 species of shrubs (21,503 shrubs), 14 species of ground covers (250,686 square meters), and 10 species of mangrove plants (11,710 square meters). The plant design highlights the regional and cultural features of a coastal park, namely the typical subtropical Lingnan coastal plant characteristics. These are mainly reflected in four aspects: palms, mangroves, metasequoia forests, and banyan trees. Coastal and Starfish Sand areas: These emphasize the features of palm plants, showcasing the tropical coastal vegetation style of the park. Coastal Wetland area: Focuses on mangroves and metasequoia forests and other water-edge plants, highlighting the natural wild beauty of the wetland plant communities. Cultural Garden area: In line with the theme of culture, banyan trees are emphasized. At the Marine Culture Square, sculptures are integrated to underscore the historical characteristics of Guangzhou and Nansha’s banyan culture. The overall greening of the park features tree species that reflect local vegetation, represent regional style, and serve as important landscape landmarks. Major tree species include small-leaf banyan, tall banyan, weeping fig, large-leaf rubber fig, golden shower tree, Chinese tallow tree, kapok, beautiful kapok, large-leaf jacaranda, Ceylon ironwood, Hong Kong orchid tree, and others; shrubs include red powderball, cassia, oleander, copperleaf, gold-dusted ficus, red flower loropetalum, osmanthus, and others; mangrove species include kandelia, bruguiera, aegiceras, avicennia, excoecaria, sonneratia, smooth cordgrass, and others; palm species include royal palm, alexandra palm, fan palm, spindle palm, three-lobed palm, short-segment fishtail palm, and fishtail palm.

Address: South of Huandao Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou City

Type: Urban Park

Recommended Visit Duration: 3–4 hours

Opening Hours:

Open all day

Ticket Information:

Free admission.