The Northern Song Dynasty Qujiang Immortal Tower is located on Sheling in Xintang, Datang Town, Qujiang County. Built during the Northern Song Dynasty, the tower has an octagonal floor plan and appears to have seven stories from the outside. It is a through-penetrating, balcony-wrapped pavilion-style brick pagoda, though only six stories remain today, with a remaining height of 21.15 meters. Each story has two doorways, and both the interior and exterior of each level feature niches. The body of the tower is constructed with projecting corner pillars, engaged columns, and architraves in brick on each face, …
The Shixia Site is located 2.5 kilometers southwest of Maba Town in Qujiang County, Guangdong Province, and is a Neolithic Age site. The site contains archaeological cultural deposits from four different periods. The first layer is a Neolithic culture stratum dating back approximately 6,000 years; the second layer is a stratum from 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, named the “Shixia Culture”…
Rongshan Ancient Temple is located on Mount Furong, about 2.5 kilometers west of Shaoguan city center. Mount Furong was already well known during the Han Dynasty. Legend has it that a Taoist priest named Kang Rong built a stove here to refine elixirs, which later gave rise to the name “Rongshan Elixir Stove,” one of the Twenty-Four Scenic Spots of Qujiang. A hermitage was later built at the spot where Kang Rong refined the elixirs—this came to be called “Furong Ancient Temple.” …
Wujinzang Nunnery is located to the right of Nanhua Temple, covering an area of several thousand square meters with dozens of nuns in residence, making it the largest nunnery in the province at present. In addition to its magnificent Buddhist halls, Wujinzang Nunnery now also has two rows of buildings that can accommodate over a hundred nuns, as well as a dining hall, guest hall, merit hall, and more. A plaque inscribed with the name "Ancient Wujinyan Nunnery" by the late Zhao Puchu, former president of the Buddhist Association of China, hangs above the main gate. On the back wall of the main hall is embedded a stone stele engraved with a portrait of Wujinzang.
The Tianwangshan Tomb Cluster is located at the foot of Tianwang Mountain, east and west of Nanhua Temple in Mapu Town, Qujiang County. From 1969 to 1991, through multiple excavations, over 20 tombs were cleared. Among them, there was one Western Han tomb, which is a rectangular vertical pit tomb. Only part of the tomb bottom remains, with seven burial objects, including a pot, a checked-pattern jar, a two-handled jar, a dou vessel, and a bronze…
The Niuyuzhuan Site is located on the top and southern slope of a hill in the southwest of Zhoutian Town, Qujiang County, adjacent to the Zhen River to the east. It dates back to the Xia and Shang dynasties. The site covers an area of approximately 20,000 square meters. It was discovered in 1959, and over 90 square meters were excavated in 1960. Residential remains and fragments of wooden-framed, clay-plastered walls were found. Excavated pottery includes jars, round-bottomed cauldrons, dou (bean-shaped vessels)...
The largest flower sea theme park in South China — “Shaoguan Datang Flower Sea” — is located in Hongxin Village, Datang Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, with the first phase covering an area of approximately 2,000 acres. It is divided into multiple themed zones, with floral species changed according to the seasons, offering floral views all year round and the fragrance of flowers in the air at all times. Viewed from above, the formations in each section of the flower sea…
Here you’ll find lush green woods, tranquil forest paths, shimmering ponds, and the simple, rustic charm of northern Guangdong. The park is planted with fruit trees such as peaches, pears, passionfruit, and chestnuts. The farm raises black-feathered chickens, geese, ducks, wild boar, and features a laser tag battlefield; there’s also a leisurely archery field and fishing center for middle-aged and elderly visitors to unwind, as well as a variety of outdoor adventure activities that captivate younger guests—such as land, water, and air challenges, large-scale bamboo forest barbecues, and tent camping. With complete facilities, the park forms a beautiful tapestry of natural ecological scenery, combining leisure, gourmet food, and activities in one. It’s an ideal venue for organizations, schools, and social groups to host events. A modern taste of relaxed living in this ancient city of northern Guangdong begins here...
The Dayantang Cave Site is located within a limestone karst cave behind Qimashi Village in Fengwan Town, Qujiang County. It dates back to the Late Paleolithic Age. The mountain where the site is situated has four caves, with artifacts and fossils discovered in the second-level cave. Caves 1 and 2 yielded abundant fossils, while Cave 3 produced chipped stone tools and the fossil of a bovine incisor. The three caves...
The Shaoshi Fort Cluster is located in the northeastern part of Qujiang County, spanning multiple towns. It dates back to the Song and Qing dynasties, covering a total area of 150 square kilometers, stretching from Zhoutian Town in the east to Daqiao Town in the south, from Aisai Village of Lishi Town in the west to Renmian Stone in Huangkeng Town in the north. The site includes 30 ancient mountain forts and seven cliffside temples. These forts were built individually by villagers over various dynasties to escape times of war and turmoil...
Hanhengwei is located in Dadui Village (also known as Dadui), Shangdong, Lingxi Town, Qujiang County. It was first built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. According to the Huang Family Genealogy of Dadui Village: “But later, with dynastic changes and additional provincial taxes imposed, bandits and robbers slaughtered innocent lives. People everywhere built fortified villages out of fear… Therefore, after gathering discussions, we invited craftsmen from Hunan to build walls and enclosures…”
The Tomb of Zhang Zizhou is located on the eastern hillside of Pingpu Village, Zhoutian Town, Qujiang County. Surrounded by undulating hills to the east, south, and north, the tomb faces northwest, with a distant view of the Shaoshi Mountains and the Zhen River. The tomb remains well-preserved. Its main façade is semicircular, standing 2.3 meters high and 2.95 meters wide at the base. A 15-centimeter-wide horizontal line made from side bricks divides the façade…
The Shixia Village Tomb is located behind Shixia Village in Longgui Town, Qujiang County. It was excavated in 1982. The tomb is a rectangular, vaulted, twin-chamber brick structure oriented at 90 degrees. It measures 4.14 meters in length and 1.7 meters in width. A partition wall divides the tomb into two chambers. The right wall of the left chamber features a niche, and near the sealed entrance inside the tomb lies a horizontal brick resembling an offering table. The tomb floor is paved with...
The Bed-board Tomb Cluster is located on a hillside behind the No. 4 Middle School of Qujiang County, east of Wushi Town in Qujiang County. It lies about 500 meters south of the Beijiang River. Dating back to the late Neolithic Age, the site covers an area of 2,000 square meters. Discovered in 1983, it was excavated between 1987 and 1988 by an archaeological team from the Guangdong Provincial Museum, with an excavation area of 97…
The Gongqiaoling Site is located on a hill to the north of Gongqiaoling Village, Zhangshi Village Committee, Zhangshi Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City. It dates back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties and was discovered in 1982. The site covers an area of 4,000 square meters. Through trial excavations, its cultural remains have been divided into two phases. In the first phase, postholes and ash pits were found. The pottery is mostly earthenware, with identifiable vessel types including zun (a type of wine vessel), jars...
Jinglunlun Cultural Tourism Town officially opened in the beautiful Xiaokeng National Forest Park in Qujiang District. This marks another remarkable achievement by Shaoguan City in earnestly implementing Guangdong Province’s policies to promote leapfrog development in the northeastern and northwestern regions and to build a national-level tourism industry cluster. Tourism is a window to the city, and culture is the soul of tourism. “Jinglunlun Cultural…
The Zhang Jiuling Memorial Hall is located within the Maba Man Site Scenic Area in Qujiang District, Shaoguan City. It is the only memorial hall dedicated to Zhang Jiuling in Shaoguan. Established in 1988, it was built to commemorate the 1310th anniversary of Zhang Jiuling’s birth. The hall houses the family genealogy of the Zhang clan and features exhibitions of calligraphy and photography works created in his honor. In front of the…
Qujiang Maba Lion Rock, consisting of Lion Head Mountain and Lion Tail Mountain, is the site where the skull of the "Maba Man," dating back 129,000 years, was unearthed. It is the birthplace of the "Shixia Culture" and also one of the cradles of the Chinese nation. Over a thousand years ago, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, after receiving the Dharma mind-seal from the Fifth Patriarch Hongren, went to Nanhua Temple and once meditated in seclusion here. According to the *Caoxi Chronicles*…
Where the Smile Blooms is located near Nanhua Temple in Qujiang District, Shaoguan City. At the Spiritual Vulture Peak Assembly, the World-Honored One held up a flower, and Mahakasyapa broke into a smile — thus receiving the Buddha’s mind-seal. Patriarch Bodhidharma crossed the Yangtze River on a single reed, transmitting the secret teachings from the West. By the time of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, the Buddha’s Dhyanas gradually evolved into Patriarchal Dhyana, making Zen truly Chinese and accessible to all, eventually becoming the mainstream of Chinese Buddhism. Speaking of...
The village of Caojiaowan is located in Shangdong Village Committee, Xiaokeng Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. This ancient village consists of the Deng Clan Ancestral Hall, Upper and Lower Study Halls, Stone Enclosure Building, and New Enclosure Building, covering an area of 10,000 square meters with a population of about 400. Nestled on a relatively flat terrace at the foot of a mountain and facing south, the layout of the village's buildings curves southwestward...