The best route for a one-day tour of Qixingyan in Zhaoqing

The best route for a one-day tour of Qixingyan in Zhaoqing: Dongmen Square → Qixingyan Bridge → Cliff Stone Carving → Stone Carving → Yan Yuping Langfengyan → Huang Yu Temple, Shiba Innate Temple → Fairy Footprints → Sanxian Temple → Honglian Bridge → Yuan Shuangdong → Qixia Pavilion → Oriental Zen Forest → Yu Yan Bridge → Tianzhu Rock → Longyandong Cave (cave) → Xuanxuan.

Qixingyan is located in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, with a total area of 8.23 square kilometers. Named after the arrangement of seven limestone peaks like the Big Dipper in the sky, it takes peak forests, caves, lakes, inscriptions and temples as the main landscapes. The cliff stone carvings in the scenic area are known as "the first wonder of Lingnan" and are the most complete and concentrated cliff stone carvings in Lingnan area.

There are mainly scenic spots such as Shuiyue Rock Cloud, Xiao Chun in Apricot Garden, Tianzhu Star Picking, Yu Yan in Apricot Garden, Yuping Diecui, Millennium Poetry Gallery, Linqu Water, Lying in Denver, Chengxiang Crane and Shidong Ancient Temple. The main body of Qixingyan consists of seven limestone peaks: Wolf Peak, Yan Yuping, Shishi, Tianzhu Rock, Toad, Zhangxian and Apoyan, which are scattered on the lake surface of nearly 600 hectares like the Big Dipper.

Unique scenery

Xinghu Lake was originally a Lihu Lake formed by the ancient Xijiang River. More than 20 kilometers of tree-lined lake embankment connects Fairy Lake, Central Lake, Bohai Lake, Qinglian Lake and Lihu Lake like a green belt. The lake is beautiful and elegant. Qixingyan, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province "borrowed the water from the West Lake, moved to Qidui Mountain in Yangshuo, added silk willows on the embankment, and left paintings between heaven and earth." Marshal Ye Jianying's poem "Swim Seven Xing Yan" outlines the beautiful scenery of seven Xing Yan.

Qixingyan is characterized by karst peaks and lake landscape. Seven limestone peaks arranged like the Big Dipper are cleverly distributed on the lake surface of 6.3 square kilometers. More than 20 kilometers of dikes divide the lake into five lakes with beautiful scenery. Known as "fairyland on earth" and "the first wonder of Lingnan".

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia One Zhaoqing Qixingyan