Introduction to tourist attractions in Fenggang Town, Dongguan

Introduction to tourist attractions in Fenggang Town, Dongguan

In recent years, Fenggang has been committed to developing tourism. Currently, it has Longfeng Villa, Yuanlongshan Park, Yang Guanlin Xiangqi Plaza, Huilong Temple, Attractions such as Guanhe Tower and Hong Quanfu's Former Residence cover historical, modern and ecological leisure tourism. Let’s take a look at what fun places Fenggang has to offer!

Huilong Nunnery

Fenggang Hakka historical living fossil

Huilong Nunnery is located in Anxialing Village, Huangdong Village. It was built in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. It was founded by Cantonese-speaking locals such as Fenggang and Qingxi, with a total construction area of ??199.2 square meters. It was rebuilt in the 28th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1902) and has a history of more than 600 years.

According to reports, Huilong Nunnery is a three-bay brick building with green bricks and green tiles. It is decorated with ceramic sculptures, wood carvings, reliefs and other techniques. The interior is decorated with carved beams and paintings. The statue of Guanyin Niang is enshrined in the nunnery. Embedded on the inner wall of the nunnery are 23 historical inscriptions recording the expansion, reconstruction and major local activities of Huilong nunnery, which are still well preserved. According to the inscription, Huilong'an "Xingxian Literary Society" has a history of more than 200 years and has become a place for cultural exchange and inheritance in Fenggang and surrounding areas.

It is reported that there are 17 Qing Dynasty inscriptions with 23 inscriptions of more than 50,000 words in the nunnery, which clearly record the surnames, origins, family migration and population changes of Fenggang Town over hundreds of years. , personal anecdotes, customs and habits and other precious historical materials, it can be called "the living fossil of Fenggang Hakka history". In 2014, Fenggang Town invested more than 2 million yuan in repairing Huilong Nunnery, which has been listed as an immovable cultural relic protection unit in Dongguan City.

Terraced houses

Still towering after a hundred years

In addition to Huilong nunnery, the modern historical buildings of Fenggang are also very distinctive. Among them, Guanhe Building is the most representative.

Guanhe House is located in Rongshuxia Village, Huangdong. It was built in 1927 and is the most representative row house in Fenggang Town. Guanhe Building is eight stories high, about 24 meters, covering an area of ??43.5 square meters. The building is tall and majestic. There are murals and reliefs on the roof, which are beautiful. The ground floor is connected with other row houses to form a whole. The building stands among the houses, like a giant, standing proudly in all directions, guarding its home.

At present, there are 120 well-preserved row houses in Fenggang Town. Like Guanhe Building, most of these row houses were built with funds from overseas Chinese. Most of them were built in the 1920s, and most of them were arranged in rows. The row houses are usually one to two stories tall, and the watchtowers are up to eight or nine stories high. The building is made of three-layer earth and is up to one meter thick.

According to reports, these buildings have different styles and are vividly called "suits on the upper body and Tang suit on the lower body". They are witnesses of local overseas Chinese who have traveled across the ocean, worked hard to start a business, and are patriotic and patriotic. It is the product of the fusion of overseas culture and local culture. Fenggang townhouses are included in the scope of immovable cultural relics protection in Dongguan City.

Yuanlongshan Park

Feel the local customs and customs in leisure

In the central area of ??Fenggang Town, there is an area of ??32 hectares with a total investment of more than 4,000 The 10,000-yuan Yuanlongshan Park is a semi-natural and original ecological leisure park that integrates leisure, entertainment, landscape and humanities.

It is understood that Yuanlongshan Park has a number of mountain avenues and leisure trails around the mountain; there are Tingfeng Pavilion, Guanfeng Pavilion, Laiyi Pavilion, Kuixing Pavilion, Diecui Pavilion, Yibiting Pavilion and Taoran Pavilion. There are nine leisure pavilions including the Pavilion, Spring Garden Pavilion and Panlong Pavilion; the Round Dragon Pavilion on the top of the mountain is climbed up the steps, and there is the Round Dragon Pagoda on it. The ascending tower is 52 meters long. You can see far into the distance, with wind blowing from all directions, and feel relaxed and happy; the park is located halfway up the mountain. There is a Hakka folk song inheritance base; there is a children's amusement park and swimming pool at the east gate of the park; and there is a happy children's playground, badminton hall, Laogan activity center, etc. at the west gate, equipped with a variety of fitness equipment.

In addition, the Fenggang History Museum and City Exhibition Hall at the summit square of Yuanlong Mountain have detailed information and rich collections, allowing visitors to enjoy the precious literature and history while hiking and enjoying the flowers at Yuanlong Mountain. Among the materials and real pictures, you can relive the turbulent years that Fenggang people have gone through and understand the customs and customs of Fenggang people.

In addition to Yuanlongshan Park, Nanmenshan Forest Park is also a good place to go. It is reported that most of the park consists of natural ecological landscapes, artificial forests, reservoirs and farmland, with beautiful scenery. There are two small reservoirs built within the planning scope, namely Huangdong Reservoir and Guanjingtou Reservoir.

Longfeng Villa

The first wedding-themed scenic spot in the country

In addition to historical and cultural buildings and natural beauty, Fenggang Town also has a modern commercial scenic spot, Longfeng Villa. , very suitable for young people to take artistic photos or wedding photos. Chinese, European, Japanese, nature... photos of various styles can be taken here at once.

According to reports, Longfeng Villa Film and Television Resort is located on Jiahui Road, Guanjingtou Village, covering an area of ??380,000 square meters. In 2012, Longfeng Villa became the first wedding-themed national AAAA tourist attraction in the country. In recent years, it has also won many honors such as Dongguan City Wedding Cultural Industry Base and Dongguan City Characteristic Scenic Area.

Walking into Longfeng Villa, blue sky, white clouds, green mountains and clear water are integrated into one. Royal castles, Sicilian castles, European-style Roman churches, Japanese-style gardens, Dutch windmills, European-style promenades of different styles, etc. The exotic architectural features, beautiful Swan Lake, fragrant rose garden and lavender garden attract many tourists to stop and take photos.

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Introduction to Fenggang Town

Fenggang was called Tanglidong in ancient times. In the early years of the Republic of China, the place name Fenggang was established due to the construction of Fenggang Xinwei.

Fenggang Town is located in the southeast of Dongguan City, with 22°40′35″ north latitude and 114°6′42″ east longitude. To the southeast and west, it used to border Huiyang and Bao'an (now Longgang and Bao'an Districts of Shenzhen City), and to the north it was connected to Tangxia and Qingxi in this city. It is more than 50 kilometers away from Dongguan city.

Fenggang is a hilly mountainous area with continuous mountains. The terrain is higher in the northeast and lower in the southwest. There are seven mountains with an altitude of more than 200 meters. Among them, Songtuowo Mountain in Huangdong Village has an altitude of 265.6 meters, is the highest mountain in Fenggang.

The main river flowing through Fenggang was called Jiujiang River in ancient times and Shima River in modern times. It originates from Yantian Changbiao, then flows through the eight administrative villages of the town, exits from Zhuweitian, and enters Tangxia Town.

The vegetation is subtropical seasonal evergreen forest, with abundant plant resources and many species.

The geology is composed of marine carbonate rock structure and various limestones such as gray black, red and white. The thickness of the rock formation is about 400 meters, and the thickness of the topsoil is more than 10 meters. It is a red soil area.

Fenggang faces the South China Sea and is located south of the Tropic of Cancer. It has a subtropical oceanic monsoon climate with long summers and short winters. It has the characteristics of abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, small climate temperature difference amplitude and obvious monsoon. The annual temperature is 25-28oC, the highest temperature is 34-35oC, and the lowest temperature is around 3-4oC. The annual rainfall is 1500-2000 mm.

The town has more than 59,000 acres of mountain forest area and more than 23,000 acres of arable land.

Fenggang Town has a population of two languages. According to historical data, the ancestors of the Cantonese-speaking population (also known as locals) came from Nanxiong in northern Guangdong to the Guangzhou area, and then moved to Fenggang. The local people who came to Fenggang to establish a village in the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty have a history of more than 600 years; as for the Hakka people, their ancestors were originally in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and later moved south to eastern Guangdong. From the inscriptions established in Huangdong Zhuanlong Temple in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that the ancestors of the first batch of Hakkas who settled in Fenggang Village were "Thirteenth Duke". They responded to the call and moved south from eastern Guangdong to Fenggang for reclamation. It has a history of more than 300 years.

During the Republic of China, Fenggang had an area of ??103 square kilometers. In the early days of liberation, some villages were included in Pinghu Town, Guanlan Town, and the adjacent Tangxia and Qingxi towns in Baoan County. The current area under Fenggang's jurisdiction is 82.5 square kilometers. There are 12 village (neighborhood) committees and 62 large and small natural villages (squares).

According to random inspection statistics in 11 management areas (now villages) in 1986: there are 25 surnames in the town with more than 100 people, and 28 surnames with less than 100 people. Among them, Zhang and Deng have the largest population, with more than 2,000 people. .

According to the 1948-1949 census, Fenggang had a population of more than 18,300 people, compared with more than 17,300 people in 1954.

In October 2021, Fenggang Town was included in the list of the top 1,000 towns in the country in 2021, ranking 34th.

In October 2021, the Spatial Planning Research Center of Nanjing University and the Ali Research Institute jointly released the list of Taobao Towns in 2021, and Fenggang Town was on the list.

In September 2021, Fenggang Town was listed among the top 100 towns for high-quality development in China in 2021, ranking 24th.

In May 2021, according to the results of the seventh national census, the population of Fenggang Town was 417,400, ranking 10th in the population ranking of towns (streets) in Dongguan City.

In September 2020, Alibaba Research Institute announced the 2020 Taobao Towns, and Fenggang Town was on the list.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee re-confirmed Fenggang Town as a national health town (county) in 2020.

In November 2019, Fenggang Town was recognized as a forest town in Guangdong Province in 2019.

In July 2014, Fenggang Town was designated as a national key town by seven ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

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