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Place in People's Republic of China
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small city surrounded by rain forest, a centre of Hakka culture
in the far northeast of Guangdong, the cultural capital of the Hakka people
tourist city north of Pearl River Delta surrounded by mountains, known for its hot springs and rafting
in the far north of Guangdong, home to an important temple, beautiful natural scenery and a large ethnic Yao community
city in the mountains northwest of Zhuhai, known for its stonemasonry
famous for its fresh air and the surrounding environment, and for its rice dumplings that are typically eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.
small Yao minority city amongst the mountains
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Danxiashan (丹霞山, Dānxiáshān) is a geopark in Guangdong, China. A landscape of stunning cliffs, steep and rounded red mountains, caves, forests, and lakes in rural Shaoguan, Danxiashan is still little known to foreign visitors.
Nanling National Forest Park is near Shaoguan in Guangdong, China.
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