It's finally been hard to wait until the May Day holiday, and the people who have been wronged for several months urgently need to relax. For five consecutive days of leisure, of course, we have to go out to the suburbs to see the beautiful scenery, breathe the fresh air, and taste local food. So where to travel? This place is the right place to come to the east of Guangzhou:

Zengcheng is located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta Corridor. Within the one-hour economic circle of the Pearl River Delta, Zengcheng has obvious regional advantages. It is far away from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis and does not have to travel long distances. It is the first choice for urban office workers/elderly people/parent-child families. Speaking of Zengcheng, it is quite rich in tourism resources. No matter where you go or which route you take, it is the first choice to relax. Let's see if there are any special attractions.

1978 film town

1978 Film Town creatively developed and renovated Zengcheng's original sugar and paper factory and surrounding old factories, old warehouses, scattered houses and old villages, thus forming a new cultural and creative area with memory elements. The current 1978 Film Town has many check-in holy places such as Windsor Castle, Whitechapel, Reform and Open Street, art galleries, museums, yacht marina, film city, and B4 Theater. It is a collection of specialty food, culture and art, cultural festivals, theaters, A cultural and creative town integrating leisure B & B, creative incubation and carrying "Zengcheng Memory" is also the best landmark for Zengcheng people to enjoy diverse cultural experiences.

For example, high chimneys are a memory of an era. Although we did not live in cities when we were young, we can also see high chimneys on TV and feel that the world outside is very big. If we want to go outside and have a look, we just want to take the pictures on TV. Move to reality. Nowadays, only a few places can see such chimneys from childhood memories.

There are many forest parks in Zengcheng, including Dafengmen Forest Park, Taizi Forest Park, Jiaoshiling Forest Park, Nanxiangshan Forest Park, Xiancun Wudieling Forest Park, Zhengguo Jiufengshan Forest Park, Zengjiang Hezhizhou, Paitan Stone Malone, Lihu Wetland Park, etc., with tall and dense forests, clear and rolling streams, blue and white clearance, and quiet and cool climate, it has become a veritable "forest oxygen bar".

baishuizhai scenic spot

Baishuizhai has high mountains and dense forests and abundant rainfall. The annual rainfall of 2200 milliliters creates a natural wonder with thousands of springs and hundreds of waterfalls in the scenic area. There are not only the large waterfalls in Dadongkeng, which look lifelike and magnificent; there are also the waterfalls from the Lidi River that flow from the cliffs like a wild dragon falling from the sky, and the river blocking crocodile that swims towards the deep pool. It is majestic and magnificent.

Even more amazing is that on Baishuizhai Mountain at an altitude of 828 meters, there is a majestic waterfall that flies straight down from the top of the mountain. It dominates the world with its drop and shape. The drop reaches 428.5 meters. It is the waterfall with the largest drop in mainland my country. It looks like an ancient lady from Xiurui Village, with clear ice and jade, holding a white lotus in her hand, standing in the wind, with elegant clothes, calm demeanor, graceful and magnanimous. It is said that she is the embodiment of He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals, who turned her form into a waterfall when she became an immortal. Therefore, it is called White Narcissus Waterfall.

Zhengguo Lake Center Island

The island in the heart of Zhengguo Lake is located in the upper reaches of the Zengjiang River section of Zhengguo Town. Since this barrage was erected, a beautiful lake has been formed. From Heba to the junction of Yonghan Town in Longmen, there is a total of 18 kilometers of waterway, with a water surface area of 5,000 acres. The green lake water, the green weeping willows, and the century-old black olive trees, the magical craftsmanship of nature make people feel in a giant landscape painting.

To the west of the park is the bamboo sea in Tingtang Lanyuan: focusing on nearly 100 acres of wulan forest, which has grown for more than hundreds of years, the green bamboos in the forest and the surrounding pastoral scenery, the land garden has a flat terrain, and the wulan trees have grown for more than a hundred years., the trees are strong and tall, have various shapes, and have their own landscape, which is very rare. The gaps between the olive trees are covered with green bamboos, close to the river. The air is fresh and green, making people feel extremely comfortable.

Xiaolourenjia

Xiaolou Renjia Scenic Area is an organic combination of Lingnan culture, Guangfu culture, natural landscape culture, and farming culture. It is a true reflection of the original ecology, original residential houses, original folk customs, and original property rights. It is a farming fun experience, farm delicious taste, farm leisure experience, and unique cultural charm. Baode Temple is the only building in Lingnan that integrates three religions, representing Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism respectively. The entire ancient temple is divided into three parts: Baode Temple, Cangju Holy Temple and Jingxing Tower. The roof of the temple is supported by wooden beams, but the entire ancient temple is not used with a single iron nail. A kapok tree next to it is called Zengcheng's "Xianhua, Xiantao, and Xianguo" along with He Xiangu Peach and Gualv.

zengjiang gallery

Zengjiang Gallery consists of the east and west banks, carefully creating more than ten tourist attractions and nodes along the route, including Chuxi Sports Park, Natural Beach Swimming Pool, Hezhizhou, Guangzhou Asian Games Dragon Boat Race, Lijiang Park, Qiaotou Greenway Comprehensive Service Area, Liantang 0 Rural Greenway and Farmland, Baihu Water Town, Hexiangu Family Temple, Xiaolou Family and Huxin Island.

By renovating and beautifying the river banks, we will improve the water environment along the route, and plant a large number of flowers and trees that bloom all year round along the two sides of the strait. With the addition of river water, we will create a beautiful scenery of "one river intoxicates tourists, and flowers on both sides of the strait look at Li Township" Beautiful scenery.

Erlong Mountain Garden

Erlong Mountain has superior natural conditions and a good forest ecological environment. It is overgrown with shrubs in the mountains, shaded by ancient trees, and gurgling water in the mountains. It has a strong original atmosphere. Natural scenery such as ancient terraces, waterfalls, mountain streams, and ancient forests are the most beautiful tourist ecological land in South China.

The tung oil flowers germinate in early spring. When they bloom, the trees are covered with clusters of white flowers. In early summer, the flowers are white like snow. They are known as the "May Snow." At present, there are more than 1000 tung trees in the Erlong Mountain Scenic Area. From April 20 to May 10 every year, the tung tree is in full bloom, and its white petals are either hanging on the tree or falling with the wind, like flowers flying on the snow, giving a unique scenery.

menghuabu village

With the quiet and beautiful natural ecological environment and a 2-kilometer-long beach in Menghuabu Village as the highlights, we will build a quiet and romantic rural park, passing through the mud brick houses and old ancestral halls next to the crops, walking on the clear fragrance of flowers and scattered chickens and dogs. Sound, talk under the lush banyan trees, fish in the lotus pond, stroll on the beach, lean in front of ancient olives, and experience the simple, quiet and natural farm life.

Life in the city is under great pressure. Sometimes I want to visit the countryside or the countryside. I yearn for the kind of life where I work in the sun and rest in the day, and live freely. That is a kind of realm of life that people from rural areas to cities miss very much. Only by staying at a local B & B and communicating with local life can you better experience and integrate into local life and culture.

Forest Sea Hot Spring Resort Hotel

Go to the forest to enjoy the Haixiang Hot Spring Resort. Everyone has a paradise in their hearts. Love "water","food", and "life". Let's start with the Forest Sea Hot Spring Resort Hotel!

Forest Sea Hot Spring Resort Hotel inherits the elegant blood of international hot spring resorts and is built in Southeast Asian style. It is positioned as a 5-star hot spring leisure resort hotel. It is committed to creating a 360° all-season hydrophilic vacation experience in the forest park for guests. The luxurious rooms are equipped with indoor hot spring pools and interconnected with outdoor garden swimming pools. The Venice swimming lanes surrounded by a unique water system allow for all-day and zero-distance hydrophilic swimming tours.

Muji·Yunxi Shanju

Let you have time that truly belongs to you

Muji Yunxi is surrounded by bamboo forests, and the design elements of bamboo and wood are everywhere. The fence in the courtyard is a bamboo wall made of bamboo branches, which ensures privacy and makes people feel like living in a natural jungle.

Muji Yunxi has a total of 10 rooms, which are simple and full of life aesthetics. The tree-like desk lamp, the exquisite and elegant green plants, and the outdoor shower room that I fell in love with at first glance, have excellent views and privacy.

The night view of Muji, sitting in a teahouse in a small Japanese-style courtyard, with three or five friends, makes people constantly lose their thoughts.

Bi 'an·Yunshuijian

A Zen hotel

Located on the Zengjiang River, next to Jiufeng Mountain, it can be said to be a feng shui treasure place. Entering from the gate, you will find lush bamboo forests. A stone path leads to the main building. Every grass and tree here are carefully designed. After the rain, the courtyard is particularly clean and fresh, with pennisetum frangipani flowers and old houses with cement exterior walls.

Maike·Heke Boutique Homestay

Experience the customs of Hakka houses in Lingnan

Maike·Heke B & B is only 5 kilometers away from Baishuizhai Scenic Area. It is the only B & B in Zengcheng and even Guangzhou with a suspended infinity swimming pool.

Maike·Heke has a three-story building. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is designed in Bubugao's Nanyue style and interprets the traditional Hakka Wailong House in a modern style of black, white and gray.

Dujuan Bay Side Homestay

Bamboo Sea Small Building on the Zengjiang River

Dujuan Bay Bed and Breakfast is located in Zhengguo Town. It is a high-end riverside B & B. It stands on the green Zengjiang River. You can see a large green bamboo sea inside the room. The surrounding air is so fresh that people can't help but take a deep breath.

Jinyezi Hot Spring Hotel

Potala Palace in Zengcheng

The hot spring pool area of Jinyezi Hot Spring Resort Hotel is located above the high mountain, hence the name Gaoshan Hot Spring. It is currently the highest hot spring in Guangdong Province. The water source comes from the deep geothermal hot spring. The water temperature is as high as 40 ° C and the color is transparent. It is an extremely soft and weak alkaline hot spring. The hot spring is rich in metasilicate, sodium, fluorine, sulfur, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, etc., which are beneficial to human health. It is the best spring water for hot spring mineral water for health care, treatment and beauty.

Located among the mountains and standing halfway up the mountain, it looks like the Potala Palace in Xizang from a distance.

In addition, there are--

Sanying Hot Spring Hotel

heungkong wellness Valley

Baishuizhai Jiahua Hot Spring Hotel

Zengcheng's delicious food and beautiful scenery are far more than that. There are also countless online celebrity check-in spots waiting for you to discover.

May Day has not yet arrived, and many celebrities in the city, many tourist celebrities and media reporters cannot help but have come to Zengcheng in advance to experience a trip to rejuvenate the youth and cleanse the lungs.

Zengcheng is delicious

In May, Zengcheng has a variety of delicacies, each with its own characteristics, and even Guangzhou people are full of praise for their picky tastes.

Paitan Roast Chicken

Paitan Roast Chicken is made of ground chicken that is raised in traditional methods to ensure that the meat is tender and smooth. The secret method for roasting chicken is original and authentic. Use firewood to burn a red coal stove, put in the original local raw chicken, and simmer it at high temperature for 15 minutes. Since charcoal fire is basically not used, the chicken body is not easy to scorch, and there is no charcoal smell, so the chicken aroma is naturally strong.

Zhucun chicken rice

The core of chicken rice lies in the good chicken and good rice, so that the chicken rice made will be delicious. Zhucun chicken rice is made of Zengcheng Silk Miao rice known as the "Jasper in Rice", and the chicken is made of local local chicken. The water used to steam the rice is steamed with chicken bone soup. The rice made is golden. After eating it in one bite, it will leave a fragrance on your teeth and cheeks, and it will be tasteless.

The rice wrapped in the chicken oil bar, chew carefully, and the sweet aroma will automatically disperse in your mouth. Only by experiencing it yourself can you understand the beauty.

Shitan Beef Banquet

The "Whole Cattle Banquet" in Shitan Town is a unique event in Zengcheng. The standard dishes of the whole beef banquet are eight dishes, one soup and one rice. They are the signature beef whip soup, beef rice, soaked beef display beef white leaves, raw and stir-fried beef meat, secret beef hoof, beef meatballs, beef heart top, beef Sanbao, beef offal pot and vegetables served in the soup. The cooking methods include frying, frying, boiling, braising, etc., with simple seasonings such as ginger, onions, garlic, soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar, it becomes a mouth-watering delicacy. Eating a complete cow feast will improve your time management ~

Xiaolou Winter Melon Banquet

Zengcheng Xiaolou Winter Melon is one of the "Ten Treasures of Zengcheng". Xiaolou wax gourd meat is sweet and refreshing, and can be preserved for a long time. You can make many specialty delicacies with wax gourd. For example, when steaming fish heads with dry winter melon, the fish meat has the fragrance of winter melon and is very sweet; winter melon cups are common practices. Digging the winter melon gourd inside and filling various soups, which can be frugal. You can put them in the pork bone soup. If you want to eat high-quality food, you can just put some shark fins in it.

Zengjiang River Fresh

Zengjiangliang River Fresh Food includes dozens of varieties such as stir-fried yellow sand clams in black bean sauce, boiled river shrimps in white sauce, steamed fish with black bean sauce, and steamed rice with black bean sauce. The more famous fish are carp, crucian carp, Shankeng fish and miscellaneous fish in the Zengjiang River. Zengjiang Shrimp is only the size of a pinkie, but it feels extremely sweet when put in your mouth. The fish is crisp and delicious, and the meat is crisp and sweet. They are all the best in river fresh food.

Stuffed tofu from mountains and rivers

Paitan's tofu is particularly tender and smooth. Due to the good mountains and rivers, the effect of making Hakka style fried tofu is first-class. Paitan Shanshui Stuffed tofu can be eaten everywhere in Paitan, and the price is very cheap. You can ask the waiter for a plate of Paitan Shanshui Stuffed tofu delicious food for as little as more than ten yuan.

Hakka roasted goose

Zengcheng has half locals and half Hakka people, so the Hakka flavor here is also very authentic. The Hakka roast goose is first rolled in a pot until it is ripe in sixty-seven, and then added in various ingredients such as mushrooms to roast it with the goose until cooked. The goose made in this method has the spices that penetrate into the goose's meat, which is more delicious, and the goose meat is fat but not greasy.

Zhengguo wonton

There are several wonton shops around Zhengguo Temple, one of which is even hundreds of years old. Three generations of owners of Wonton Store have focused on one thing, turning delicious food into famous local snacks. This persistence is admirable.

Two bowls of wonton came up and were hot. It was really good to try. The skin was thin and filled, and it seemed to have a special spice added. The thin and white dough is wrapped with a little red minced meat filling. After cooking, it is sprinkled with a spoonful of meat bone soup and sprinkled with some green chopped green onion. It has a full color, aroma and flavor. Put the dough to your mouth, inhale it gently, and slide it into your mouth. With a gentle bite of his teeth, the aroma of the soup came out. It is slippery and fragrant, making people dream about it.

Aici

Aici is a Hakka delicacy. It is usually eaten during the Qingming Festival, or it can be made during the Dragon Boat Festival. In May, the mugwort leaves are fragrant, which is when the mugwort leaves are at their most fragrant. Zengcheng people pick mugwort leaves, steam glutinous rice at home, mix with mugwort leaves, and pound it into rice paste. Wrap some peanuts or sesame stuffing in the middle, and form small green cakes and put them into a pot to steam. This becomes the famous Hakka delicacy "Aici". Different from other places, Zengcheng Aici has a lighter astringent taste, a fresher color, and a softer, waxy and delicious taste.

Baishuizhai tofu flower

When you first arrived in Zengcheng, don't forget to get off the bus and taste a bowl of landscape tofu flowers at a food stall. Zengcheng Mountain has good water. Perhaps this is the reason why the tofu here is particularly tender and smooth, and the effect is first-class when made into Hakka style fried tofu.

other delicacies

Lanxi rice flour

In order to allow tourists to eat satisfactorily, have fun, and breathe comfortably on May Day, the people of Zengcheng have specially prepared 9 different tourist routes to meet the travel needs of different groups of people to "recuperate and wash their lungs and visit Zengcheng, which is delicious, fun and easy to breathe".

Tips：

Route 1:"Qingxin and Lung Cleansing" Green Tour

Route: Dafengmen Scenic Area--White Shuixian Waterfall Scenic Area--Shimalong Wetland Park--Baishuizhai Rural Ecological Park--Xiangjiang Health Valley

Food recommendations: Ancient Baishuizhai roast chicken, steamed reservoir fish head in Lanjiao, steamed meatballs with bamboo tube, steamed pit snails with river shrimp, heart of cabbage in salt water, steamed kudzu slices

Route 2: Xanadu Town Tour

Route: Shangjiupi Village--Deng Village--Menghuabu Beautiful Village--She Ethnic Folk Style Village

Food recommendations: Paitan Shanshui Tofu, Paitan Powder Pueraria, Paitan White Tea, Zhengguo Preserved Meat, Zhengguo Huangtangtou Vegetable, Zhengguo Wonton, Rice flour

Route 3: Spiritual tour surrounded by immortal energy

Route: He Xiangu Scenic Area (Home Temple, Xiangu Well, Temple Top Fairy Peach, Millennium Fairy Vine, Xiangu Pagoda, Bell Tower)--Xiaolou Renjia Scenic Area (Rafting Lotus Picking Eight Immortals Lake, Ancestral Fairy Mountain Litchi Garden, Baode Temple)

Food recommendations: Xiaolou Winter Melon Banquet, Zengcheng Vegetable Feast

Route 4: Self-cultivation Hot Spring Tour

Route: Baishuixian Waterfall Scenic Area-Dafengmen Scenic Area-Kangyang Hot Spring Tour (Forest Sea Hot Spring Resort Hotel, Sanying Hot Spring Resort Hotel, Xiangjiang Health Valley, Gaotan Hot Spring Resort Hotel, etc.)

Food recommendations: Paitan Roast Chicken, Baishuizhai Sweet Potato

Route 5: Natural Oxygen Bar Ecological Tour

Menghuabu Village--Jiaoshiling Forest Park--Li Lake--Zengjiang Gallery--Fengtai Range Rover--Shitan Dragon Boat View

Food recommendations: Licheng Litchi Banquet, Shitan Clam Soup, Shitan Whole Beef Banquet

Route 6: Lingnan Style Leisure Tour

Route: Erlong Mountain Scenic Area--Zhongxin Cui Taishi Temple--Kengbei Village Ancient Building Complex--Cui Yuzhi Memorial Hall

Food recommendations: Zhucun chicken rice, China-Singapore Hakka roast goose

Route 7: Greenway Cycling and Escape

Route: Licheng Street Section (South Section)-Paitan Town Section (North Section)-Zengjiang Street Section (East Section)

Food recommendations: Licheng Litchi Banquet, Paitan Roast Chicken, Licheng Litchi Banquet

Route 8: Charming Zengcheng Cultural Tour

Route: She Ethnic Folk Culture Village--1978 Film Town--Zengjiang Gallery--Lihu

Food recommendations: She nationality loquat wine, lychee, Shankeng snail

Route 9: Rural charm tour

Route: Baishuixian Waterfall Scenic Area--Shangjiupi Village, Paitan Town--Deng Village, Paitan Town--Xiaolou Renjia Scenic Area

Food recommendations: Xiaolou Winter Melon Banquet, Zengcheng Vegetable Feast

Good mountains, good water and good breathing, delicious and fun! Zengcheng, a suburb of Guangzhou, meets all the needs of a family of young and old to enjoy mountain waterfalls, forest pastoral areas, farming and cross-country, and climbing high and playing in the water at one time! Come on May Day for a trip to nourish your lungs!

Finally, let me remind everyone:

1. Three types of people are not suitable for traveling. Some three groups of people, including the elderly, chronically ill patients, pregnant women and high-risk groups, are not recommended to travel;

2. It is recommended to travel nearby off-peak times, try to avoid popular attractions or peak hours of attractions, and avoid carrying out entertainment projects in confined spaces.

3. Take good protection on the way. Wear a mask throughout the entire process, do good hand hygiene, and keep the bills properly for inquiry;

4. Take good protection during travel. Line up in an orderly manner in the scenic spot and maintain a personal distance. You should choose a hotel with good sanitary conditions. If you have symptoms such as fever, dry cough, and fatigue, you should seek medical treatment nearby immediately.