Explore the original valley rainforest along the mountain trails.
Dinghu Mountain and Lake is located in Dinghu District, 18 km to the east of Zhaoqing City, in the Dayunwu Mountain Range, in Guangdong Province of southern China. It is one of the four famous mountains - Danxia, Dinghu, Xiqiao and Luofu in Guangdong province.
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Dinghushan, 鼎湖山
Dinghu Mountain is a forested mountain and nature reserve in Dinghu District. It is part of the Xinghu Scenic and Historic Interest Area together with Seven Star Crags. The area includes Baoding Garden, Butterfly Valley, Feishui Waterfall and Qingyun Temple, and was established as China's first national nature reserve in 1956.
庆云寺
A Buddhist temple on Dinghu Mountain, with origins dating to the Ming dynasty. The present temple was established in 1636 and preserves traditional Chinese architectural features. It was designated a National Key Buddhist Temple in Han Chinese Area in 1983.
羚山炮台
A historic fort on Ling Hill in eastern Zhaoqing. The site is listed among Zhaoqing's revolutionary heritage sites.
肇庆广府文化庙会
A temple fair featuring intangible cultural heritage parades, lion and dragon dances, and Song-style markets. The parade runs from Qixingyan East Gate Square to Paifang Square.
七星岩公园; Qīxīngyán GongYuan; Qixingyan Garden
Seven rocky peaks (crags) sit here in the middle of a beautiful lake. The arrangement of the peaks resembles the Big Dipper constellation, so the crags are known as the Seven Star Crags, and the lake as Star Lake. The site is sometimes known as "little Guilin" due to its resemblance to the spectacular Guilin scenery. There are also some temples and pagodas in the park.
Yuankui Pagoda, 元魁塔 Yuánkuí Tǎ
A Ming-dynasty pagoda in Duanzhou District. Built in 1623, the seven-storey tower is about 27 m high and has a brick-and-wood structure. It was designated a Zhaoqing municipal cultural heritage site in 1984 and a Guangdong provincial cultural heritage site in 2019.