1-day Guangzhou Tour from Hong Kong by Boat

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, one of the representative architectures of Guangzhou, has been completed in the year of 1931, costing 3 years to build. With an octangle shape and an oval golden roof, this magnificent and gorgeous building covers 3,700 m² and stands uprightly to 49 meters. In addition to the Mall, there is a spacious yard, including which the entire mall site covers 12,000m² in total.

 

The design of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall follows not only the advanced architecture know how of the day, but also the Chinese ethnical architecture style. Therefore, you can experience the Chinese ethical culture while admiring the superior workmanship then.

Historically, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a significant site, where witnessed many great events happened in Guangzhou and even China, such as the Ban Parade against Opium Smoking and Trade in 1936, the celebration of 100th Birthday of Chairman Mao, the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Long March and the anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japan War. Besides, many meaningful ceremonies, like the Guangzhou International Collective Wedding Ceremony and the festival celebrating shows, are held here.

In front of the Mall, a 5-meter-tall bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the Republic of China who advocates The Whole World as One Community, is standing there.

There are many ceiba trees, the City Flower of Guangzhou, inside, which will be fully blossoming in March. Ceiba is a symbol of the heroism and the oldest ceiba in Sun Yat-sen Mall is as old as 300 years, which also symbolizes that the merits of Dr. Sun will remain immortal.

Opening Hours: 06:00 –24:00

Recommended Time for a Visit: 45 minutes

Ticket Price: CNY 5 for children, CNY 10 for adults

Location: No. 259, Middle Dongfeng Road, Yuexie District, Guangzhou

Transportation: Subway No. 2 and bus No. 2, 27, 42, 56, 62, 74, 80, 83, 85, 185, 133, 204, 209, 224A, 224, 229 and 261 can take you there directly. 

Be praised as the most marvelous mountain of Guangzhou, White Cloud Mountain consists of over 30 peaks, among which the highest one is 382 meters high. The gorgeous name of White Cloud is derived from the beautiful spectacle that can be seen when it drizzles around the late spring.

 

White Cloud Mountain has been enjoying the reputation as one of the most Spectacular Scene of Guangzhou for hundreds years. Presently, it is still one of the most popular scenic spots for its serene mountains, green trees, fresh air and beautiful scenery.

Composed by 7 scenic spots, White Cloud Mountain attracts a growing number of tourists from near and far. In the summer, people will come here to climb up to the peak to catch the sight that sun shines on the mountains forming a wreath of airy clouds and sometimes the rainbow. On the Double Ninth Festival in autumn, people come here in groups to climb to the peak for fun. The lively and bustling crowd is a special scene of the Ram City.

Opening Hours:  06:00 -- 17:00

Recommended Time for a Visit: Half a day

Ticket Price:
10 CNY for entrance
30 CNY for cable car
15 CNY for each single scenic spot
Free for the people over 65 years old

Location: South Baiyun Ave. Guangzhou City

Transportation: Tour Bus No. 1 and Bus 17, 32, 35, 46, 60, 127, 175, 179, 199, 223, 240, 241, 257, 285, 298, 540, 543, 615, 617, 841 and 891 can bring you here directly.
 

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family (Chen Clan Academy), built in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), consists of a group of 19 architectures among which each single building is isolated but interconnects with each other.

 

This temple was a temporary accommodation for the Chen families in Guangdong who was going to take the imperial examination. That is where the name Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family (Chen Clan Academy) derives. Surprisingly, the furniture and decorations have been preserved exactly as what they were, thus you can come here to experience and image how the Chinese ancient scholars made their preparation of the imperial examination.

This architecture group is featured by its distinctly exquisite decoration designs. The architects have applied various exquisite crafts into the decorations, including the woodcarving, stone carving, tile carving, ceramic sculpture, plaster sculpture, painting and bronze statues, which makes the temple more gorgeous and shinning.

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family is praised as one of the Top Eight Scenic Spots in Guangzhou in 2002 and the symbol of the Cantonese culture in 2004.

Opening Hours: 08:30 -- 17:20

Recommended Time for a Visit: 45 minutes

Ticket Price:
10 CNY for entrance
free for students and the people over 65 years old

Location: Zhongshan Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Transportation: Subway No. 1, Tour Bus No. 1 and 2 and Bus No. 17, 85, 88, 104, 107, 109, 114, 125, 128, 193, 204, 205, 233, 250, 286 and 413 can bring you here directly.

Bright Filial Piety Temple (Guangxiao Temple) is the temple with the longest history and grandest construction in Guangzhou. As the historical document shows, the construction of this temple was before that of the Guangzhou City and it was designed for the grandson of the King of Nanyue Kingdom (220-265) as the dwelling.

 

Located in one of the four flourishing forests, Guangxiao Temple is an ideal resort as well as a popular pilgrim holy land. It is one of the original places where the exchanges of Buddhism culture between China and India were held. The well-preserved Buddhist cultural relics and classic scriptures appeale to an increasing number of Buddhists and tourists.

Bright Filial Piety Temple is of great significance in the development of the Buddhism as well as in the development of the architecture in South China. The distinctive and special architecture style together with the magnificent and exquisite design makes it shinning and unique. There are 3 towers, 6 halls and 11 palaces, in which important Buddhist relics and heritages can be seen, such as the statue of the founder of Buddhism and tablet inscriptions.

Two iron towers, the East Tower and the West Tower built in the Five Dynasty (963), around the temple are the towers with the longest history in China. The towers with the green banyans and myrobalan trees as the background are very special.

In August the suitable time for visit, when the banyans and myrobalan are in the flourishing mood, the most solemn ceremony of the Buddhism will be held here. Wait for your visiting.

Opening Hours: 06:30 to 17:00

Recommended Time for a Visit: Half an hour

Ticket Price:  5 CNY   ( Free for the Buddhist )

Location: No. 109, Guangxiao Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Transportation: Subway No. 1 and bus No. 4, 31, 36 and 102 can bring you here directly.

Speaking of the natural sights, the Yuexiu Park, which is reputed for its pretty water and hills, is in the number. The interests in Yuexiu Park include the stone sculpture of the Five Rams, Zhenhai Tower, the site of the Ming Dynasty City Wall, and Square Cannon Site etc.

 

Guangzhou is also named City of Rams, because ram is highly regarded as the gods who has ever brought the rice for the Cantonese to help them go through the famine. The sculptures of five rams carrying the ear of rice in mouth may catch your eyes and touch your heart.

Zhenhai Tower with the deep red coat is a shinning part of the cultural sites in Guangzhou. With a height of 28 meters and a scope of 31 meters, this tower is praised as the most spectacular scene in the south area of Five Ridges. It was the tallest building in Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), from where the entire sight of Guangzhou city, the splendid Pearl River and the grand mountains, can be caught.

There are three artificial lakes inside the Yuexiu Park, the East lake, South Lake and the North Lake, all of which are good places to go for different purposes.

East Lake provides the Children’s playground and barbecue field for the people to kill the leisure time, while the South Lake is a paradise for fishing and painting because there is a lawn of 5,000 m2, and the North is an ideal resort for boating where is also equipped with the specified zone for the aged people.

Opening Hours: 06:10 -- 21:00

Recommended Time for a Visit: 45 minutes

Ticket Price: free for entrance

Location: No. 988, North Jiefang Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Transportation: Subway No. 2, tour bus No. 1 and bus No. 5, 6, 7, 10, 42, 87, 184, 191, 219, 220, 66, 101, 103, 105, 108, 109, 110, 113, 180, 182, 185, 203, 211, 21, 24, 265, 284, 519, 528, 555, 556 and 211 can bring you here directly.

As one of the four ancient mosques in China, Huaisheng Mosque (also named Shizi Mosque or Guangta Mosque) is the well-preserved oldest mosque in China. It was under the donation of the Arab traders in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) that this magnificent mosque has been built in memory of the sage Mhammedan, which is where the Chinese name that means to commemorate the sage, derived.

 

The design of this mosque is of classic flavor, which is simple but exquisite. This magnificent building is surrounded by the railings and the roads inside are paved with the slab-stones on each of which various figures are carved--just as that of the Forbidden City.

Inside the mosque spot, there is a cylindrical brick pagoda named Guang Pagoda, which is treated as a relic with remarkable architecture value. As the research shows, except for the part in the ground that is several meters, the pagoda is as tall as 35.7 meters.

Opening Hours: 06:10 -- 17:00

Recommended Time for a Visit: Half an hour

Ticket Price:
free for the people over 65
full fare for adults and children over 1.5 meters

Location: No. 56, Guangta Road, Guangzhou City

Transportation: Bus No. 8, 56, 58 and 88 can bring you here.

Temple of the Six Banyan Trees (Liurong Temple) has gone through 14 centuries’ changes of changes since its completion in the Southern Dynasty (420-479). Such a well-known ancient temple has ever appealed to many celebrities, like the famous calligrapher Su Dongpo in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and the distinguished poet Wangbo in Tang Dynasty (618-907).

 

There is a pagoda, named Flower Pagoda for the gorgeous multicolor on it, standing appealingly inside the temple. With 17 floors inside and 9 floors outside, this 57-meter-tall pagoda is one of the ancient tall architectures that are few in number. The sight of the entire Guangzhou can be caught from the peak of this pagoda.

At the east of the pagoda, there are four palaces, while at the west there are 3 big bronze statues of Buddha, which are regarded as the biggest ancient bronze Buddha statues, all of them are 6 meters and 10 tons. Therefore, it is safe to say that in the Liurong Temple, which is surrounded by the flourishing woods and full of cultural relics, your expedition for the Chinese culture and Buddhism history can be met.

Opening Hours: 08:30 to 17:00

Recommended Time for a Visit: One hour

Ticket Price:  5 CNY for the entrance  10 for the Pagoda

Location: No. 87, Liurong Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Transportation: Subway No. 1 and bus No. 56 and 58 can bring you here directly. 

Discovered in the year of 1983, Western Han Nanyue King's Tomb is the ancient imperial in the south area of the Five Ridges that with the largest scale and the most abundant burial articles, and it is the only dolmen in China that is made up of colorful murals.

 

Experts have discovered over 10,000 pieces of precious cultural relics in this tomb that is 20 meters (65.6 feet) deep under the ground and covers 17,400 m², among which the Imperial Jade Seal, gold bowls, jade cups, silver boxes, ceramic pillows and a lot of special historic articles are included. Each discovery is like a mirror that reflects the particular customs and culture in that time.

The architecture style of this imperial tomb is one of the highlights, which, the experts claimed, is superior to that of in many other imperial tombs. Besides, foreign articles excavated in the mausoleum indicate that Guangzhou was an ancient Marine Silk Road starting point. For example, there are five African elephant trunks, a silver box featuring Western Asian silver wares, and bronze incense burners and frankincense from Southeast Asia.

Opening Hours: 9:00 -- 17:30   (No ticket after 16:45)
Note: It is open all the year round except February 28 and August 31 and guides fluent in English, Japanese, French, German and Spanish are here for your service.

Recommended Time for a Visit: One hour

Ticket Price:  12 CNY for adults

5 CNY for students in primary and middle schools out of Guangzhou, all the college students, postgraduates, and people between 65 and 69.

Free for the Cantonese over 65, all the people over 70,  the disabled, the soldiers and all the students in primary and middle schools in Canton.

Location: No. 867, North Jiefang Road, Guangzhou City

Transportation: Subway No. 2 and Bus 7, 29, 33, 203, 273, 552, 543 and 211 will bring you here.