Winter in Guangdong is one of the most suitable southern resorts for tourism in the reporter's opinion. Especially sightseeing in the lukewarm weather makes tourists from the north feel extremely comfortable. The reporter once had such a wonderful experience, so he had a deep feeling. I remember that it was January 18, 2007. The reporter followed the Beijing-Tianjin-South China tour special train on a winter tour. After finishing the tour to Hong Kong and Macao, he returned to the mainland from Macau through Gongbei Port in Zhuhai, Guangdong, early in the morning, and began his winter tour to Guangdong.

Zhuhai Gongbei Port (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Gongbei Port in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province is the port with the closest connection between the mainland of the motherland and Macao. According to relevant data, on average, more than 70,000 passengers enter and exit the country from Gongbei Port every day, and the peak number during holidays reaches more than 140,000, ranking second in the country. Customs clearance at Gongbei Port is efficient. It only took more than half an hour for more than 800 tourists to pass through.

Zhuhai Yuanming New Garden (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Tourist buses who came to pick up the station were waiting outside Gongbei Port, and tourists began to take buses to sightseeing in Zhuhai. As an emerging garden-style seaside tourist resort city, Zhuhai is a shining pearl on the coast of the South China Sea. It is located at the mouth of the Pearl River, connecting Macau on the ground and Hong Kong on the water. It is one of China's five special economic zones. Zhuhai has a beautiful natural environment, beautiful mountains and waters, vast sea areas, and more than 100 islands. It is known as the "City of Hundred Islands". Urban planning and construction are unique, highlighting tourism awareness, natural harmony, elegance and uniqueness, and full of seaside garden flavor and modern atmosphere. In 1991, Zhuhai was rated as one of the "Top 40 Tourist Attractions in China" by the National Tourism Administration with its overall urban image as its landscape.

Statue of a Fisherman in Zhuhai (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The tour group first came to Zhuhai Yuanming New Garden Square for a temporary rest. Due to limited time, everyone did not enter this large-scale historical and cultural landscape Yuanming New Garden. Just taking pictures outside the park. The reporter browsed the publicity materials in front of the park and found that Zhuhai, a cultural garden, is still very distinctive. It was built and opened in February 1997 with Beijing Yuanmingyuan as a blueprint, integrating classical royal buildings, Jiangnan classical garden buildings and Western buildings, and investing 600 million yuan. The park attracts visitors from all over the world with its strong Qing culture, elegant and unique pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions and majestic large-scale dance performances.

Photo taken by the bank of Zhuhai (Photo: Huang Zhiguo)

After restarting, the coach drove towards Zhuhai's famous Lovers Road. Lovers Road is located along the coast of Zhuhai. It consists of two sections, Lovers South Road in Gongbei and Lovers North Road in Jida and Xiangzhou. Lovers Road starts from Gongbei Yuehua Garden and passes through famous scenic tourist spots such as Bay Hotel, Jiuzhou Port, Jinyi Hotel, Beach, Zhuhai Fisherman Girl, Xianglu Bay. Because of its beautiful scenery, waves and fresh air, it is Zhuhai citizens, especially couples. It is a good place for leisure and walking, so Zhuhai people call it Lovers Road.

Binhai Park (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

On Lovers Road, tourists came to Zhuhai's famous statue of Zhuhai Fisherman Girl. This stone carving of a fisherman standing on the sea is 8.7 meters tall and weighs 10 tons. It is made of 70 pieces of granite stone. It is a masterpiece of the famous Chinese sculptor Pan He. Today, this statue has become a symbol of Zhuhai City, and the beautiful legend of the fisherman girl has become more and more popular with the popularity of Zhuhai City in China.

Corner of Zhuhai Street View (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

After bidding farewell to Zhuhai, the bus headed for Guangzhou. The scenery along the way makes tourists dizzying. After about three hours 'drive, the tour group arrived in Guangzhou City, the capital city of Guangdong. After all, it was a big city. As soon as the motorcade entered the edge of the city, it encountered a long traffic of slowly moving traffic. Reporters have been to this city many times, but the scene of a flood of passengers in front of Guangzhou Railway Station has not changed at all.

Guangzhou Railway Station (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Guangzhou is the political, scientific and technological and cultural center of Guangdong Province. It is a regional central city, transportation and communication hub in South China, and China's "southern gate". Guangzhou has beautiful mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources. Due to limited time, tourists only visit the famous Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou. Yuexiu Park is located on Jiefang North Road, Guangzhou. It is named after Yuexiu Mountain. It was built in 1952 and is the largest comprehensive cultural viewing park in Guangzhou. The total area is 860,000 square meters, including three artificial lakes and seven hills. It is the last hill in the remaining five ridges.

"Good Guangzhou" stone carving (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Yuexiu Park is famous for its beautiful mountains and rivers, numerous cultural relics and historic sites, and beautiful scenery. The main scenic spots and historic sites include the Seamen's Pavilion, the Restoration Memorial Pavilion, the Tomb of the Five Monarchs and Ministers of Shao in the Nanming Dynasty, the Tomb of General Wang Xing and his wife and concubine in the Nanming Dynasty, the Zhenhai Tower, the Ming Dynasty City Wall Site, the Sifang Fort, the Shipai Square, the Sun Yat-sen Monument, the Monument of the Sun Yat-sen Reading Administration Office (Yuexiu Tower Site), and the Statue of the Five Sheep. Among the "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng" in the past dynasties, the famous beautiful scenery such as "Yue-Taiwan Autumn Moon","Yue-Xiu Lianfeng", and "Yue-Xiu Songtao" add incomparable charm to the park.

Corner of Yuexiu Park (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

One of the most famous landscapes in Yuexiu Park is the Five Sheep Statue. It is said that there is a moving story surrounding the "Five Rams". Legend has it that in ancient times, five immortals dressed in colorful clothes flew to Guangzhou on five sheep with six bunches of ears of grain in their mouths, leaving the ears of grain to the people of Guangzhou, wishing that there would never be famine here. From then on, Guangzhou has been known as "Yangcheng" and "Suicheng", and the "Five Rams" have also become the symbol of Guangzhou. According to historical records, as early as 214 BC, a city wall was built here. It has a history of 2210 years since its establishment, leaving behind many cultural monuments, vividly reflecting the development of Guangzhou in various historical stages.

Statue of "Five Sheep"(Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The "Five Rams Stone Statue" built in Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou in 1959 is carved from 130 pieces of granite and is more than ten meters high even the base. In 1989, Yuexiu Park created two groups of embossed under the Five Sheep Statue, and added archways, pavilions, platforms, corridors, steles and other buildings to expand the scenic area to nearly 10,000 square meters. The scenic spots are collectively called the Five Sheep Fairy Court.

Go to the southernmost tip of Hai 'an (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

From Guangzhou Railway Station, tourists once again boarded the special tourist train and headed south. It feels so good to be back on the train, it feels like going home. But who knew that just as tourists were happily enjoying a four-day wonderful journey in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong, the Y415 crew of the Tianjin Passenger Transport Section of the Beijing Railway Bureau, who served as the special train, was at a remote station in Guangdong-Ankou, waiting for four days and four nights like years.

Going to Hainan (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Yang Yanqi and Wang Wenbin, the train conductors of the Y415 tourist train, told reporters that at Ankou, a small station that does not touch the village in the front and the back of the store, it cannot generate electricity due to the suspension of the train, coupled with problems such as being far away from the urban area and difficulties in food supply, everyone is here. We have really spent an extremely difficult time in history. In the face of difficulties such as running out of mobile phones, unable to take a bath, lack of food and drink, and unbearable cold, all the charter team united and carried forward the spirit of selfless and fearless dedication. Moreover, he also enjoyed himself in pain and actively carried out party activities on the train to inspire all flight attendants to tide over the difficulties with collective cohesion. When some tourists learned about these situations, they couldn't help but be moved and deeply moved.

Ankou Station is happy in pain (Photo: Wu Qiong)

The Beijing-Tianjin tourism special train's South China tour and winter tour of Guangdong are conducted in two time periods. Before returning to the mainland from Hong Kong and Macao, we will first arrange tours to Zhuhai and Guangzhou, and then go to Hainan. After returning from Hainan, we will continue our trip to Zhanjiang, Guangdong. On January 22, the Beijing-Tianjin special train South China tour group returned from Hainan to Zhanjiang, Guangdong. Zhanjiang City, formerly known as Guangzhou Bay, is located at the southernmost tip of the mainland of China. It is a beautiful seaport city rich in subtropical scenery. Zhanjiang City is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a coastline of 1556 kilometers long. It originates from the South China Sea in the east, borders the Beibu Gulf in the west, faces Hainan Island in the south, and borders the southwest in the north. It is located at the intersection of the three provinces of Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi. It is the only way for Hainan Island to reach the mainland.

Zhanjiang Seaside, Guangdong (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Wandering around the city of Zhanjiang, the remaining French buildings complement each other with modern buildings. It is the first major city in the country to meet the standards for greening. It has a seaside park for leisure and walking, Times Square that depicts Zhanjiang's historical changes, and Cunjin Bridge Park that commemorates the people of Zhanjiang in fighting foreign aggression and protecting their country.

Zhanjiang Seaside Trail (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Tourists come to the seaside park by the sea. If it is sunny, you can see the majestic appearance of the South China Sea Fleet warship group, one of my country's four major fleets. Unfortunately, when we arrived in Zhanjiang that day, it was still drizzling, causing heavy fog on the sea. Since the reporter went to the Paracel Islands in August 1992 with the strong assistance of the Navy's South China Sea Fleet to film interviews, he established a deep relationship with some officers and soldiers of the fleet. At this time, although the outline of the warships of the South China Sea Fleet could not be clearly seen, when looking in the direction of the South China Sea Fleet, thoughts were floating in my mind. The scenes with the fleet officers and soldiers in Xisha flashed like movies... Farewell to Zhanjiang, Guangdong, and the tourist train continued its journey to South China. (Photo and text: Feng Ganyong)