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Attractions

Opium War Museum

The Opium War Museum, also known as Lin Zexu Memorial Hall, is located in Humen Town, Dongguan City. It is a collection, protection, display, It is a thematic museum that studies Lin Zexu's smoking ban and the cultural relics and historical materials of the Opium War. It is a national 4A tourist attraction.

From June 3 to 25, 1839, the national hero Lin Zexu destroyed 2,376,254 kilograms of opium confiscated by the United Kingdom and the United States in public here. This was the Humen Opium Destruction that shocked China and the world. The eradication of opium in Humen opened the first page of China’s modern history and wrote a glorious chapter in the history of world drug control. A hundred meters away from the Opium Extinction Pool, there is a bronze statue of Lin Zexu sitting on the Humen Extinction Monument. Going further is the castle-like main building of the museum.

Entering the main entrance of the memorial hall, there is a large group of pink sculptures standing in front of you. The heroic images of each holding a cannon, holding a halberd, and about to draw a sword make people suddenly feel the majestic wind blowing on their face, and their heroic spirit increases sharply. In front of the right side of the group of sculptures, the iron fence and stele pavilion are engraved with: the former site of the smoke burning pool.

The exhibition hall is full of pictures and texts, and the content is vivid and rich. A large ring-shaped three-dimensional giant painting on the front of the second floor reproduces the scene of the Humen Naval Battle of the Opium War. The giant painting combines reality and reality, and uses modern electronic, sound, light, film and other technological devices to put people in the Anti-British War 150 years ago. In the formation. The museum also has anti-drug exhibitions and temporary exhibitions on modern calligraphy and painting art, ethnic customs, natural science and technology, etc.

Ticket information

Opium War Museum

Free opening hours: 8:30-17:00 every Monday to Sunday.

In order to ensure the safety of cultural relics and a good visiting environment, the number of visitors is limited to 2,000 per day based on the museum’s reception capacity.

Visitors can enter the museum with tickets. Visitors line up in order at the ticket collection office at the museum gate to collect tickets and enter the museum. Adopt the method of issuing free admission tickets in different time periods. There are 1,200 invoices in the morning and the ticket collection time is from 8:30 to 12:00. There are 800 invoices in the afternoon and the ticket collection time is from 14:00 to 16:00.

Audiences can visit with their tickets: the former site of Lin Zexu's Opium Smoking Pond, "Exhibition of Historical Facts about Lin Zexu's Smoking Ban and the Opium War" (under maintenance, temporarily closed), "Humen Story Exhibition" (under maintenance, temporarily closed), Zide Hushan Hall's "Exhibition of Calligraphy and Painting Works by Contemporary Famous Masters", Humen Opium Decomposition Monument and the museum area.

Naval War Museum

Ticket: 20 yuan.

With your ticket, you can visit: "Opium War Naval Battle Exhibition", "Humen Naval Battle" half-view painting gallery, the National Anti-drug Education Base Anti-Drug Exhibition, the Oath-taking Square, and the Sea View Causeway.

Old Shajiao Fort Site

Ticket: 6 yuan.

Package: 8 yuan.

With the package ticket, you can visit: Shajiao Gate Tower (Dianjiang Terrace), Coastal Terrace, Lingao Terrace, Fishing Terrace, Monument of Lin Gong Zexu, Jie Bing Yi Tomb, Jiayan Wharf, and Chen Liansheng Statue , Festival Horse Statue, Model Aircraft Exhibition.

Old Sites of Weiyuan Island Forts

Ticket: 6 yuan.

Package: 8 yuan.

With the package ticket, you can visit: Weiyuan Fort, Zhenyuan (Weibo) Fort, Jingyuan Fort, Nanshan Peak Fort, Shetou Bay Fort, and "Humen Naval Battle Photo Exhibition".

Address: No. 88 Jiefang Road, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province.

Opening hours: 8:30～17:00 in low season and 8:30～17:30 in peak season.

Transportation lines

Take bus No. 13 to Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Humen; take bus No. 8A to the Naval War Museum; take bus No. 2, No. 9 or Dongguan City Tourist Bus L1 can reach the management point of Weiyuan Fort; take bus No. 5 or 10 to reach the management point of Shajiao Fort.

Guangdong Hui Garden

The elegant and unique pavilions and pavilions in the ancient Lingnan architectural style are reflected in the looping Dongjiang River; the beautiful Lingnan gardens are full of flowers. Among them, there are fifty-six landscapes with different shapes, including mountains, pavilions, winding corridors, islands, bridges and embankments, and rivers, which are full of interest.

This is China's largest Lingnan classical garden - Yuehui Garden, which was invested more than 100 million yuan by Yu Binggui, a farmer entrepreneur from Dongguan, Guangdong, and took more than a year to build.

Guangdong The layout of Huiyuan is exquisite, integrating the traditional art of Lingnan gardens and modern aesthetic taste into one garden.

There are 108 garden attractions such as pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions, winding corridors, stone bridges, rockeries, etc., which contain the elegant and unique Lingnan ancient architectural style. They are set among the verdant ancient and famous trees, with winding paths leading to them. Quiet and quiet, the scenery changes with each step. A series of clear rivers circulate in the garden, connecting various scenic spots in the garden. The water flows with the garden, and the garden is alive with water. The courtyard is deep, with lotus breezes on all sides, and willows hanging lightly. It has the profound artistic conception of Tang poetry and Song lyrics.

The park cleverly draws the natural flowing water of the Dongjiang River. The area of ??rivers, lakes, streams, streams and other water areas is more than 240 acres, accounting for about 30% of the total area. The blue waves are rippling and extremely graceful. soft. Fan Wen Pavilion is the main building in the garden, covering an area of ??about 10,000 square meters. It is the crown of Lingnan antique pavilions and houses the treasures of Lingnan culture and art. Nanyun Hall is a classical theater where you can listen to the natural sounds of traditional Cantonese music. Wuyuanfang, Poetry Gallery, Guishui Bridge and many other scenic spots are exquisite in craftsmanship and are the epitome of Lingnan culture.

Ticket information

60 yuan (55 yuan for members);

35 yuan for students/30 yuan for members; 35 yuan for military personnel/30 yuan for members;

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Free admission for children under 1.1 years old; 35 yuan for children 1.1-1.4 years old and over 60 years old/member price 30 yuan.

Address

Yuehui Garden is located in Daojiao Town, Dongguan City, on the bank of the Dongjiang River with a rich Pearl River Basin water town or customs. It is only a 10-minute drive from the Jiao Exit of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway. , you can visit all the economically developed cities in the Pearl River Delta within a two-hour drive.

Transportation Routes

1. Exit from Jiao Exit of Guangshen Expressway and follow the signs in the direction of Daojiao Daluosha Village (about 10 minutes’ drive).

2. Guangshen Expressway Jiao Exit - Hongmei direction - turn left at the first "T" intersection towards Daluosha - Lamma direction and go straight for 10 minutes - Yuehui Garden.

3. Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway Houjie Henggang Exit - Houjie Town Center direction - Houjie Xiatun direction - go straight for 5 minutes in the direction of Daojiao Nanya - 3 minutes go straight in the direction of Daluosha - Yuehui Garden .

4. Bus No. 9 has been opened at Daojiao Station directly to Yuehui Garden, taking 15 minutes per trip.

Nanshe Village Ancient Building Group

Nanshe Village was established in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Today, a large number of ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved, including 25 ancestral halls and more than 100 ancient dwellings. It is one of the most famous villages in Guangdong. A provincial cultural relics protection unit, it has been declared a famous historical and cultural village in China and is in the process of being declared a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The village is centered on a pond, with numerous ancestral halls on both sides of the bank. The lanes are winding and quiet, with densely populated dwellings and ancient charm. The ancient banyan trees are whirling, the branches are luxuriant and lush. The village retains a large number of exquisite stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings, gray sculptures, ceramic sculptures and other ancient architectural components, which have high historical, artistic and scientific value. A large amount of surrounding farmland has also been preserved, maintaining a fresh pastoral style.

The ancient building complex in Nanshe Village is different from the "Hakka Wai" and "Chaoshan House". It represents the characteristics of the water towns in the Pearl River Delta region. Each dwelling is a single family, called a "family temple". ", there is his own well and granite alley in front of the "family temple". Each house's granite alley is separated by a small waterway. The most distinctive building is the "family temple", which is mostly a masonry archway-style building with four pillars, three bays and three floors. The building is on the top of a hill, with brackets under the eaves, and beautifully carved wood carvings on the forehead. Hundreds of houses are scattered and intertwined, shining with classical charm among the dense trees. The wood and stone carvings of animals, flowers and birds on the gate tower of the "Family Temple" are all lifelike.

These ancient building complexes that integrate temples, water houses, and ancient wells not only retain a relatively complete Ming and Qing culture, but also become a rare basis for examining the living conditions of early water town residents in the Pearl River Delta. , has extremely high historical and cultural relic value and development and utilization value.