The best time to visit Huangqi Mountain

The best time to visit Huangqishan: Dongguan City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, on the edge of the South China Sea, and in the northeast of the Pearl River Delta river network area. Both the ocean and the continent have a very obvious impact on Dongguan's climate. It belongs to the mild and rainy tropical and subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 22.1°C. The temperature in Dongguan City is relatively high in winter, with mostly sunny weather, sufficient light, and no cold winter; the spring is bright, warm and humid, but often cloudy and rainy; the summer is long and not hot, with the average temperature in July reaching the highest temperature reaching 28.5°C, and abundant rainfall during the period. , there are more heavy rains; autumn has more sunny weather, less precipitation, and crisp autumn air, which is very suitable for traveling. This is the best time to visit Dongguan.

Huangqi Mountain is famous for two aspects. One is that it is the first of the eight scenic spots in Dongguan. The first sentence of the Dongguan folk song reads "Lanterns hanging on Huangqi Mountain", so everyone now looks up to the top of the mountain to see where There is a giant lantern that can be seen from anywhere in Dongguan City at night.

You may ask, "How come there is such a scene with lanterns hanging on the top of the mountain?" That's because legend has it that in the past, there was a thousand-year-old banyan tree on the top of Huangqi Mountain, which was often used as a source of fireflies around it. The place where people live together looks like a lantern from a distance at night, and the wonder spreads far and wide, so it becomes the first of the eight scenic spots in Dongguan.

The second famous thing about Huangqi Mountain is its prosperous incense, which is difficult to rival far and near. On every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, many old people and women in Dongguan come in groups to burn incense. Festivals such as the Guanyin Festival are even more crowded. If it is the Chinese New Year, it will be a traffic jam, and the smoke from burning incense will cover half of the road. The whole mountain is covered.

Why is the incense here so good? It is said that Guanyin once appeared here. Later, purple glow often fell over the temple. It was also said that Dongguan had good weather and no major natural disasters or fierce wars, all because of this peaceful treasure land. Of course, these are all legends, but this is a good place to learn about Dongguan folk customs.

Huangqi Mountain had a very high historical status in ancient times. It was once known as the No. 1 mountain in Lingnan. This was mainly because land transportation was difficult in the past. Travel to Guangdong was mostly by water, entering at the mouth of the Pearl River. The first stop is of course Dongguan, and Huangqi Mountain is the highest mountain near Dongguan, so of course it has become a must-visit place for literati.

There is another famous scenic spot on Huangqi Mountain, which is Lianquan. It is said that just drinking a sip of the water from this spring can make a person incorruptible. Historically, this place has been a gathering place for poets and scholars, leaving many wonderful poems and adding rich content to Dongguan's cultural treasure house.