The Liao House Walled Building in Luoba is located in Tianxin Village, Luoba Town. This walled building faces southeast and is situated to the northwest. There are two walled buildings here: one was built during the Qing Dynasty, measuring 21.65 meters in width, 27.6 meters in depth, with surrounding walls that are 3.5 meters high and 1 meter thick. The interior structure has long been destroyed, leaving only the four remaining walls. The other was built by villagers during the Republican era...
Zhubao Songmao Wai in Dun'gang is located in Zhousuo Village, Dun'gang Town. The entire enclosed building is constructed from blue bricks, tiles, and wood. The wai faces southwest and is situated to the northeast, measuring 25.8 meters in width and 17 meters in depth, with four stories (five stories at the corners), and is about 13 meters high. The surrounding wall is 3.5 meters high. The top level of the wai has slightly taller corner towers resembling battlements. The surrounding wall is solid and sturdy...
Yongcheng Baozhang Wei is located in Donghuping Village, Taiping Town (Taiping Town Donghuping Ethnic Culture Village). The entire enclosed building is constructed from brick, stone, tile, and wood. The structure faces south and is rectangular in shape, measuring 19.12 meters in width and 20 meters in depth, with four stories reaching about 11 meters in height. The top floor features overhanging eaves on all four sides, with slightly higher and protruding corners. The walls are built with river stones all the way to the top...
Sam Yuen Wai Walled House is located in Shennan Village, Shensuo Town. The entire walled house is constructed from blue bricks, river stones, and wood. The structure faces southeast and is situated northwest, built during the Qing Dynasty. It spans 21 meters in width, 18.4 meters in depth, has five stories, and is about 15 meters high. The four corners of the top floor slightly protrude. From the second floor upward, there are corridors (verandas) extending around the courtyard. The surrounding walls are sturdy and solid, with the outer wall of the ground floor…
Hongwei in ShenSuo Town is located in Shenyang Village, ShenSuo Town. The entire structure is built with reddish-brown sand-lime mortar and river stones up to the top, and its outer walls are a striking crimson red, hence the name “Hongwei” (Red Enclosure). The enclosure faces southeast and is situated northwest, measuring 27.05 meters in width and 36.08 meters in depth, with five stories reaching about 15 meters in height. The roof tiles have been destroyed, leaving only the surrounding ruined walls with vertical, narrow windows that are taller on the inside and shorter on the outside.
Guilu refers to the former residence of Zhang Fakui (including Guilu, Zhuxi Bridge, and Xianghua Spring), located in Zhangwu Natural Village, Zhangwo Village Committee, Fadu Village, Aizi Town, Shixing County, Shaoguan City. The old residence faces southeast from the northwest and was built in the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937). It is 19.437 meters wide, 19.66 meters deep, and has two floors standing 9.2…
Chongyi Hall is located in Taiping Town, Shixing County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. It is an important modern historical site and representative building. On October 20, 2012, it was designated as part of the seventh batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units (No. 93) by the People's Government of Guangdong Province. Chongyi Hall is situated in the Shangdeng Natural Village of Yaocun, Taiping Town, Shixing County. Deng Chunjie...
The Huqinglan Walled Building and the Li Clan Ancestral Hall are located in Shixing County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. They are ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties. On December 10, 2015, they were designated as part of the Eighth Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units by the People's Government of Guangdong Province (No. 37).…
Wenlu Terraces are located in Wenlu Village, Mashizhen, Shixing County. The terraced fields spread across the mountainside from the foot to the top of the hill, one after another, layer upon layer, varying in size and shape. In May, Wenlu Terraces resemble a demure young lady kept in seclusion. Whenever morning mist rises, the hazy mountains and terraces look like a sleepy fairy draped in gossamer veils, gazing tenderly yet saying nothing.
Located in Shixia Village, Shen suo Town, about 5 kilometers southwest of Shixing County. According to the family genealogy, the founding ancestor of the Li clan in Shixia, Huode Gong, originally resided in Lijiafang, Ninghua, Fujian. During the wars between the Song and Yuan dynasties, he fled southward with his wife to Shanghang, and after several relocations, eventually settled in Pengtangshui, Shixing, before moving here. Having lived here for over 450 years and grown into more than 20 generations, the Li clan now numbers over 3,000 people. The village was first built…
The Hongli Aqueduct is located near Tanglipitang Village in Hongli Village Committee, Mashizhen, Shixing County, Shaoguan City. It is an irrigation facility associated with the western main canal of the Jianbei Reservoir. Construction began in 1979, and it was completed and put into use in 1981. The aqueduct is 1,000 meters long, 1.85 meters wide, with a maximum span of 63.2 meters and a maximum height of 22.2 meters. It is constructed with steel...
Hui Chuan Villa is located in Shixing County. In 2015, it was designated as a Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the People's Government of Guangdong Province. …
The provincial-level Hongshan Gaoping Nature Reserve is located in Hongshan Town, Renhua County. Its primary conservation targets are secondary evergreen broad-leaved forests and rare flora and fauna, especially the South China tiger, yellow-bellied tragopan, and white-necked long-tailed pheasant. The Hongshan Gaoping Nature Reserve spans 50,000 acres of pristine forest, featuring lush woodlands and fresh air. The reserve...
Xueyan Temple belongs to the category of grotto temple rock carvings. It is located at the base of the eastern side of Hailuo Peak, 1.5 kilometers southwest of Yaotang Village, Huangwu Village Committee, Danxia Subdistrict, Renhua County (within the Danxia Mountain Scenic Area), facing southeast and situated northwest. The temple measures 10.3 meters in width, 7.8 meters in depth, and 5 meters in height, covering an area of 92 square meters. …
Shuangfeng Fortress, also known as Shitang Fortress, is located in Shitang Town, 19 kilometers west of Renhua County. It was initially built in the year 1899 (the 15th year of the Guangxu reign in the Qing Dynasty) and completed in 1910 (the 2nd year of the Xuantong reign), constructed over a period of 12 years with funding of 30,000 yuan raised by Li Zisheng. The fortress is rectangular in shape, built with lime and blue bricks, stretching 73 meters from north to south...
Introduction Mount Shao Stone consists of a series of rolling hills and mountains, covering an area of over 100 square kilometers, making it the largest Danxia landform landscape in China. The area enjoys a pleasant climate (belonging to the mid-subtropical monsoon climate), boasts beautiful natural scenery, and retains numerous cliff temples and ancient village ruins, as well as mysterious cliff coffins and rock paintings. Beautiful…
The Nanyue Red Desert is located between Huangtian Village and Lian’e Village in Maxi Town, Shixing County, approximately 20 kilometers from the county seat. The scenic area covers a total of about 20 square kilometers. The area mainly consists of red basins, featuring a purplish-red hue and predominantly exposed hilly terrain that resembles a desert. Locally known as "Huangsha Ke" (Yellow Sand Mound), it is academically termed the "Nanxiong Red Soil Layer."
Sici Temple Pagoda is located next to Yao ethnic village on Sici Mountain in Dongtang Town. About 50 meters away stands a temple: Sici Temple. Originally named “Xiubao Pagoda,” it later came to be known as “Sici Temple Pagoda.” The Tongzhi-era Renhua County Annals state: “Xiubao Pagoda is located on Sici Mountain, forty li west of the county town. It faces the ancient Yunlong Temple Pagoda from afar, and it is said to be the pagoda of Monk Yangshan… or perhaps built by Yangshan to bless his hometown.”
Pagodas, also known as "futu" or "sutu," were originally Buddhist structures used to store scriptures and preserve the relics of eminent monks. However, over time in the course of history, these pagodas gradually moved away from temples, entered gardens, and became integrated into secular life, evolving from religious towers into geomantic or feng shui pagodas. In the history of China, regions with many pagodas often experienced economic and cultural prosperity alongside the rise of Buddhism...
The Lingxi Great Stone Enclosure is located in Lingxi Village, Zhoutian Town, Renhua County, Shaoguan City. This quaint structure rich in Hakka cultural charm is situated in a remote town near the myriad layers of red rock formations in Renhua. During the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty, society was plagued—bandits ran rampant, robbing people’s wealth, burning houses, and harming civilians. The villages of Lingxi were frequently invaded by these bandits, and the local people...