The most worthwhile attractions in Yunfu

The most worth visiting attractions in Yunfu are as follows:

1. The Sixth Patriarch’s Hometown Tourist Resort in Yunfu City

The Sixth Patriarch’s Hometown Tourist Resort is a collection of tourism, It is a comprehensive tourist resort integrating sightseeing, conferences, and leisure vacations. The Guoen Temple in the resort is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province and is known as the first sacred site in Lingnan. It was built in the first year of Hongdao by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (706 AD).

In the third year of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, the name "Enguo Temple" was given. It is the birthplace and death place of Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China, and the place where the "Sixth Patriarch Dharma Treasure Altar Sutra" was compiled. It is the place where the three great ancestors of Zen Buddhism are One of the courts. In the temple, there are: the thousand-year-old lychee tree planted by the Sixth Patriarch, the plaque of "Edict to Enguo Temple" by Wu Zetian, the graves of the Sixth Grandparents, Zhuoxi Spring, Bathing Pool and other cultural relics and historic sites.

2. Guangdong Tianlu Mountain Tourist Resort

On January 8, 2015, Guangdong Tianlu Mountain Tourist Resort was successfully established as a national 4A-level scenic spot. The person in charge of Tianlu Mountain Tourist Resort said that the scenic spot is further improving related work, improving the quality of tourism services, and striving to become a national 5A-level scenic spot within three to five years.

Tianlu Mountain Tourist Resort is located in Xinxing County, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province, the Zen capital of China. Tianlu Mountain is the highest peak in central and southern Guangdong, with an altitude of 1,251 meters. The mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and is covered with strange rocks and blooming mountain flowers. Rhododendrons, plum blossoms, sparrow flowers, pomegranate flowers, camellias, philodendrons and various rare flowers and trees form a green treasure house.

3. Tianlu Mountain Chanlong Gorge

Tianlu Mountain Chanlong Gorge Tourist Resort is located in Xinxing County, Guangdong Province, at the northern foot of Tianlu Mountain, the highest peak in central and southern Guangdong. It is adjacent to Siyi in the south. The total length of Chanlong Gorge rafting is 3.8 kilometers, with a drop of 188 meters and a maximum drop of 20 meters. The rafting canyon is full of strange rocks and rare alpinia plants and plum groves are scattered around the valley.

The scenic spot aims to create the first Zen drifting in China and takes Zen as its theme. There are creative beauties such as Turning Back to Worship the Holy Ancestor Peak, Pinghu Autumn Colors, Forgetting Worry Valley, Buddha in My Heart, etc., allowing people to enjoy the beautiful scenery. While enjoying the thrilling dragon rafting, you can also deeply feel the profoundness of Zen culture. A clear spring comes from a rock in the middle of the mountain. It is born from the dew from the sky. It is known as the "Xianyuan". The mountain water merges into the sky dew and merges with the Luxi water, the former residence of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, and flows into the Xinxing River.

4. Longwan Ecological Tourism Zone, Luoding, Yunfu City

Longwan Ecological Tourism Zone is located in Nanchong Village, Longwan Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province (renamed in 2005, formerly Fuhe Town) It is a maze of natural landscapes that combines majesty, wonder, beauty, elegance, danger and secludedness. The scenery changes throughout the year. “In spring, the mountains are as beautiful as a smile, in the summer they are green as drops, in autumn they are green as a wash, and in winter they are cold.” "Snow is like jade", it is a fairyland resort where people can appreciate the famous mountains, rivers and natural scenery.

It is said that this is the place where dragons lived in ancient times, hence the name Longwan. The area is characterized by a small plateau climate, red maple forests, waterfalls, the highest waterfall in the province, and rare wild animals and plants.

5. Yunan Dawan Nanjiang Ancient Residential Cultural Scenic Area in Yunfu City

Dawan Ancient Residential Village, Dawanzhai, Wuxing Village, Dawan Town, Yunan County, is a village mainly with the surname Li. Ancient village. The Li family ancestral hall group here is composed of ancestral halls arranged in parallel, with strong local artistic characteristics and national style of western Guangdong. Within 2 square kilometers of Dawanzhai (today's Wuxing Village), there are more than 50 residential buildings built in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, of which 14 are provincial-level cultural relics protection units and 5 are provincial-level cultural relics protection units.

In addition to the ancient buildings, ancient wells and ancient trees with western Guangdong characteristics, there is also the nearby pastoral scenery, including numerous orchards, fish ponds and the good natural ecological scenery of "Two Banks of the River" (Nanjiang) .