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Prefecture-level city in Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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Hezhou (贺州 Hèzhōu) is a city in Central Guangxi. Hezhou City is the hometown of Hakka, famous tea, rare stones, navel oranges, and horseshoe in China.
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贺州民族文化博物馆, Hezhou Ethnic Culture Museum
贺州市博物馆
Hezhou's main museum. Contains exhibits on the history and culture of the city. Located in a market area with good breakfast options. The top level features the more ancient pottery exhibits, an outside courtyard collects stelae, and internal galleries include miscellaneous modern equipment, a Yuan dynasty anchor excavated from the local river, and some ethnic minority costumes.
浮山寺, Fushan Temple
Stands in the middle of the He River. Fushan, also known as Yuyin Mountain. It is said that since the establishment of the Fushan Temple, no matter how large the mountain flood, Fushan has never been submerged, and it has always floated above the water surface. On the right side of the mountain gate is the Canglang Pavilion. On the mountaintop is the Chen Wang Temple, where there are grand "Fushan Song Festival" and "Fushan Song Fair". Fushan Song Festival: also known as the Birthday of Chen Wang Temple. On May 19th, ethnic singers from Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces, as well as the elderly and fellow villagers from all four townships, came to gather to perform singing performances, worship the gods and Buddha, and pray for good luck. The mountains and seas of people rise and fall on Fushan, with firecrackers blaring in unison and singing like a tide. From a distance, Fushan looks like a huge treasure seal floating in the air on the river, so people also call it "Jade Seal Fushan". The cliffs and cliffs around Fushan are extremely dangerous; The trees on the mountain are towering, and ancient vines entangle the trees; The Langcang Pavilion by the stone edge of the mountain gate is engraved with the words "Fushan" in Mr. Li Jishen's handwriting and works by calligraphers of all ages
贺州客家围屋景区, Hezhou Hakka Eco Museum 贺州客家生态博物馆
Characteristic weiwu (semi-circular round houses) built by the Han Chinese ethnic subgroup known as Hakka. See Fujian Tulou for more about this type of building.
临贺故城
大桂山国家森林公园
This is a national 4A level tourist attraction with forests, peaks, misty seas, and hanging rocks. The natural vegetation of Dagui Mountain is subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, belonging to a subtropical monsoon climate. It is a popular tourist destination; the main attractions include: Gaotai Range Rover, Wuma Waterfall, Green Forest Old Land, San Ying Tan Waterfall, Tiesuo Bridge, and Ethnic Village.
姑婆山国家森林公园, Guposhan Tourism Zone 姑婆山旅游区
Beware of hungry primates at the entrance who often steal food from tourists. The park is divided in to two main areas, the mapped lower portions which are comprised of a series of landscaped attractions with smaller waterfalls and various minor attractions, and the climb to the actual peak which is accessible from the last shuttle stop. The climb takes 5-7 hours round trip and requires good health and is advised to be attempted after 11:00. The top is cold and windy. There is a lot of garbage on the trail.
玉石林
This karst landscape can be found a short distance north of the city. It is unique among stone forests in China due to its mineral composition, which mostly consists of a type of white marble known in Chinese as "Han White Jade" (汉白玉), hence the name Jade Stone Forest.
十八水旅游景区, Shibashui Eco-Tourism Park 十八水原生态公园
This has an area of 18 m² and is a national 4A level tourist attraction. There are ten waterfalls and eighteen water bays in the original ecological scenic area of Shiba Shui; the name translates as "eighteen waters". The scenic area is famous for its "three wonders of water, rocks, and trees", with a group of ten cascaded waterfalls with a drop of nearly 300 meters. With a large drop and great momentum, it can be called the wonder of the world's waterfalls and enjoys the reputation of "Lingnan Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area".
紫云洞, Purple Cloud Cave, 紫云仙境景区, Ziyunjing Scenic Area
A limestone karst cave that formed during the Jurassic Period. As is common in China, the cave is illuminated with multi-coloured lights.
富川古明城
瑞光塔
风雨桥
秀水状元村
黄姚古镇; Huángyáo Gǔzhèn
The town was founded in 972 and is dominated by a special architecture with blue bricks, black tiles, and painted wooden beams. The town has a number of temples, pavilions and other historical buildings. It is surrounded by mountains with lots of caves.Huangyao Ancient Town Scenic Area is located in the northeast of Zhaoping County, Hezhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, covering an area of approximately 10 m² and is a national 4A level tourist attraction. There are many mountain and water caves near the Huangyao Ancient Town scenic area, presenting typical karst landforms, forming a natural mountain and water garden ancient town that integrates landscape environment with cultural scenery, and is known as the "Dream Home". The natural landscape of Huangyao Ancient Town Scenic Area consists of eight major scenic spots and twenty-four minor scenic spots; Famous cultural relics and historical sites include; Wenming Pavilion, Baozhu Temple, Lion Temple, Xingyu Temple, Ancient Stage, Zuolong Temple, Jianlong Temple, Jianlong Temple, Hulong Bridge, Dailong Bridge, and Natural Pavilion.
文明阁
古榕树
Hezhou Ancient banyan tree is a famous ancient tree in Hezhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, China, and is regarded as one of the local landmarks. The banyan tree, located in the eastern suburbs of Hezhou City, is said to be hundreds of years old and is a local historical witness and natural wonder. Its spectacular canopy covers a vast space, with trunks crisscrossing and branches spreading out under the canopy, creating a unique canopy landscape. There is also a quiet courtyard under the banyan tree, which provides a quiet and relaxing place for visitors. This banyan tree carries the rich historical and cultural connotation of the local, and is regarded as one of the symbols of Hezhou City. Visitors can feel the magic of nature and the accumulation of years here, as well as the importance of banyan trees to the local cultural heritage. This ancient banyan tree also attracts many tourists to visit, enjoy its majestic scene and feel the thick history.
百里水墨画廊
Formerly known as the Ten-Li Lotus Pond Gallery (荷塘十里画廊).
贺州紫云洞
Ziyun Cave Scenic spot is an independent limestone mountain karst cave in Babu Basin. It is a long stone mountain formed by the sea level rise during the geological fission of Zhuluo period. The stone mountain appearance is only more than 100 m high, about 800 m long, but after 190 million years of karst erosion, its underground cave length of about 6 km, an underground river in the cave, the development of the journey is more than 1 km, the cave area of about 10,000 m². The name of Ziyun Cave comes from the underground river in the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer. In winter, the heating in the cave ejects from the mouth of the cave, forming purple gas mist floating in the mouth of the Stone Mountain, so it is called Ziyun Cave.
贺州温泉, Luhua Hot Spring 路花温泉
屾山馆
The price is relatively high, mainly because the dining environment is relatively luxurious, the main dishes are: sour soup fish, pigeon egg pork, stuffed tofu, chopped pepper fish head, etc., these Hezhou characteristic dishes represent the local unique flavor and food culture, tasting them will bring you a food journey.
毛家饭店(贺州大道店)
Buses near Maojia Hotel Hezhou Branch: 11, 5, 1, 7, 2, 6. The starting price of Hezhou taxi is ¥5. Maojia Hotel Hezhou branch is located near Xingui City Square (about 296 m northeast).
湘香缘饭店
You can also taste Fanglin horseshoe, bean curd stuffed, Zhongshan oil tea and other special food. In addition, the rice snail pot is also a delicacy not to be missed. Clay pot is one of the characteristic cooking methods of Hezhou, which makes the soup delicious and the snail meat fresh and tender. It has become one of the signature dishes of Xiangyuan Hotel.
见之欢喜茶饮
The atmosphere of the store is unique, creating many cinematic scenes, and the decor is excellent, especially suitable for wearing neo-Chinese style clothing. In addition, the store also takes into account the needs of customers and provides cosmetics for you to touch up before or after the meal. If you are bringing children, there is also a small attic on the second floor for children to play, and it is convenient for the precious mothers to relax occasionally. As for the food, although not particularly delicious, but by no means bad. The little sister in the store will also give small cakes, which taste quite good.
钟山油茶
Zhongshan oil tea is a traditional food in Zhongshan County, Hezhou. It uses camellia oil as the main raw material, plus onion, ginger, minced garlic and other spices, boiled into a unique oil tea. It not only tastes delicious, but also helps digestion and moistening the lungs.
希望酒店
The hotel is in a commercial area with much shopping nearby. He Jiang Beidi Park, restaurants, banks, and cinemas are also close.
徳云舍民宿
贺州国际酒店
Hezhou International Hotel is a tourist hotel with four-star scale and facilities. Located in the center of the city. The hotel has 234 rooms. On the first floor, there are western restaurants, bars, business centers, shopping malls, meeting rooms, beauty salon centers, banks, travel agencies; On the second floor, there are Chinese restaurant, luxury box, multi-function hall, etc. On the fourth floor is an excellent sauna center.
维也纳国际酒店(贺州高铁站店)
The hotel is located in Hezhou City Yingbin Avenue sports school opposite, the transportation is convenient, only 1.5 km from the city center, about 2 km from the bus station, only 3 km from the railway station, about 3 km from the highway intersection.The first floor of the hotel is for reception, coffee shop, 4 floors for leisure club, 5-11 floors for guest rooms. Central air conditioning, elevator, large parking lot, Wi-Fi coverage throughout the hotel. The restaurant is located on the 3rd floor.
贺州市正菱大酒店
灵峰商业街
Good place for leisure travel, there are shopping plazas, snack streets in this leisure block, from the afternoon to the evening, lovers dating, family shopping together to buy things is also very good, you can stroll for a long time.
By train
There are five high-speed railway stations in Hezhou, namely: Hezhou Station, Zhongshan West Station, Fuchuan Station, Zhongshan Station, and Guangxi Hezhou Xindu Railway Station.
By bus
By road
Highways connects the city to Wuzhou, Liuzhou, Nanning, Yongzhou and further. The new Guilin-Wuzhou and Luoyang-Zhanjiang will also pass Hezhou.
By water
The waterway of Hezhou is complicated, and it can reach Babu, Xiwan, Zhongshan, Bucheon, and communicate with Yongzhou and Daoxian county in southern Hunan, connecting with Xiaoshui.
In cities, taxis usually cost ¥2 to ¥3, while tricycles cost a fixed ¥2.
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