Pingyun Mountain Scenic Area

　　Pingyun Mountain, situated in the Pingyun Mountain Natural Scenic Tourism Area of Dapo Town, Gaozhou City, is rich in diverse and high-quality tourism resources. Its most prominent and development-worthy features include water landscapes and biological scenery, making it an ideal destination for leisure vacations, health retreats, wilderness exploration, and mountain sightseeing.

　　The area features peaks such as Dajiaoding and Sanguanding. Dajiaoding stands at an elevation of 1,335 meters, stretching from Shangtong in Dapo Town to the east, Yuntan Pearl to the south, and Zhoudong in Shilong to the north. A mountain ridge on the mountain leads to the summit, known locally as the "Fairy Bridge." Beneath the Qilin Peak in the central part of Dajiaoding, under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou Village Committee, lies the 230-meter-high and 110-meter-wide Baishuichong Waterfall. The rushing waters splash into the air, creating a dazzling display of spray, majestic and spectacular, truly breathtaking — a rare large waterfall in Guangdong. An upstream regulating reservoir, mountain-looping roads, and an octagonal sightseeing pavilion have been built near the waterfall. On the mountainside lies the historic Xian Temple — also known as the Xian Tai Temple — which has long been a site of thriving incense offerings and draws crowds of visitors during holidays. Towering ancient pines surround the temple, and a tranquil lake lies nearby, its surface emerald green. Many literati have left their calligraphy here.

　　The Temple (Pingyun Ancient Temple, originally built in the Ming Dynasty and renovated in the Qing Dynasty, with a two-courtyard layout) is a 20-minute hike uphill from Xian Tai Temple, leading to the summit of Dajiaoding. Here, visitors can find pristine forests that block out the sky and vast bamboo groves spanning 100,000 hectares, offering fresh and invigorating air. Other attractions include large grasslands, ancient city walls, the "Divine Turtle Water" formation, the thousand-year-old Pingyun Ancient Temple, the Immortal Pavilion, Tianfu, the Twelve Kitchen Hearths, and over 200 other cultural and natural sites. This area is part of the planned Pingyun Mountain Forest Park by Gaozhou City. To reach Pingyun Mountain, visitors can take a vehicle from Shibei Dabai Village in Shilong to the halfway point of the mountain — though the road is rugged and challenging. Alternatively, one can hike up from Kengtang Village in Dapo, or climb from the Pearl Reservoir in Yuntan, passing by sights such as the ancient city walls (at 611 meters above sea level), Huxi Stone (at 1,242 meters), and the Twenty-Four Kitchen Hearths (at 1,273 meters) along the way.

　　The Dayan River valley stretches over 2,000 meters in length, featuring more than 10 waterfalls densely distributed along its course — a phenomenon rarely seen elsewhere. Pingyun Mountain is truly a world of bamboo. Along the banks of Geguang River lie vast mountain bamboo forests, lush and verdant, where bamboo and trees intermingle, filling the air with a refreshing fragrance. Among the greenery are pines, cypresses, moso bamboo, luobamboo, ?I bamboo, shizhu bamboo, nan bamboo, li bamboo, and lu bamboo. The Fuzhou Village Committee within the scenic area is not only the hometown of veteran Red Army soldier Zhang Guifang but also a well-known old revolutionary base, making it an excellent destination for patriotic education.