Zhaoqing has jurisdiction over Duanzhou and Dinghu, Gaoyao and Sihui, Guangning, Deqing, Fengkai, Huaiji and Dawang comprehensive economic development zones. Area10.5 million square kilometers, with a population of 3.68 million. Among them, Zhaoqing has a permanent population of 380,000.

Zhaoqing City is located in the middle and west of Guangdong Province, the west of Pearl River Delta and the middle and lower reaches of Xijiang River. Zhaoqing is located between 22 degrees 45 minutes north latitude and 24 degrees 24 minutes east longitude1120 minutes-12 degrees 52 minutes; Zhaoqing, facing Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao and backed by the southwest, is the intersection of western Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta, and an important transportation hub for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to Guangxi and Yunnan. The urban area is more than 90 kilometers away from Guangzhou, more than 200 kilometers away from Shenzhen, 0/80 kilometers away from Macau/KLOC, and 0/40 nautical miles away from Hong Kong Waterway. Trains and clippers can go directly to Hong Kong in four hours.

Zhaoqing City is located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer and belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, with abundant rain, sunshine and mild climate. The annual average temperature is 22. 10℃, with no snow in winter and no cool in summer.

Zhaoqing is rich in natural resources. Up to now, there are more than 50 kinds of proven mineral resources, mainly including gold, granite, marble and limestone. Among them, gold production accounts for more than 80% of the province, and Hetai Gold Mine has an annual output of more than 20,000 yuan, which is known as "Yantai in the north and Hetai in the south".

Zhaoqing is a national historical and cultural city, the birthplace of Lingnan culture, the intersection of Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture, and has a splendid history and culture. There are more than 300 pagodas, including Mei 'an, Yuecheng Long Mu Temple, Chongxi Pagoda, Song City Wall, Yuejiang Tower, Li 'an Pagoda, Wenming Residence, etc., as well as Huangyan Cave, Taixinqiao, Gaoyao Gong Xue, Deqing Gong Xue, Wenta, Qixingyan Cliff Stone Carvings, etc., which are of great scientific research value. According to research, Zhaoqing is also the birthplace of Cantonese! Xinghu Scenic Area is one of the first national key scenic spots announced by the State Council. Recently, it was rated as one of the first ten demonstration sites of civilized scenic spots in China. Seven-star rock lake and mountains are beautiful. Seven rock peaks are arranged in rows, standing at 6. 5 square kilometers of lake. The whole scenic spot is surrounded by water, pavilions, sparkling stone shadows and excellent natural scenery, forming a wonderful landscape bonsai, enjoying the reputation of "the first wonder in Lingnan" and "fairyland on earth". In recent years, all kinds of neon lights have been newly decorated on the 8 km embankment and seven rock peaks in Qixingyan Scenic Area, creating a "night star lake". Dinghushan is the first of the four famous mountains in Guangdong, and is known as "Emerald on the Tropic of Cancer" and "Living Museum of Nature". UNESCO has set up a research station on "Man and Biosphere" here; It is a famous holy place integrating sightseeing, summer vacation, scientific research and religion.

In addition, Longshan in Fengkai County, Long Mu Temple in Yuecheng in Deqing County, Zhenshan in Sihui and Yanyan in Huaiji are also famous for a long time. With the opening of the tourist link consisting of Qixingyan, Dinghushan, Yuecheng Long Mu Temple, Longshan and Zhenshan, there are an endless stream of Chinese and foreign tourists coming to Zhaoqing, and about 4 million tourists come for sightseeing every year.

Zhaoqing city is rich in rice, high-quality fruits, edible fungi and other "three high" agricultural products that earn foreign exchange through export; There are rosin, cinnamon, cinnamon oil, camphor and other rosin deep-processed products; There are abundant bamboo and wood deep processing products. There are also delicious fruit steamed, lotus root, sword flower, Zhao Shi, purple-backed begonia, traditional practical handicrafts, and the first Guangdong inkstone among the four famous Chinese inkstones.

2. Zhaoqing Qixingyan

Qixingyan, also known as Xinghu Lake, is named after the arrangement of rock peaks resembling the Big Dipper, and is now a national key scenic spot. Located in the north of Zhaoqing, there are seven limestone peaks, named Lang Feng, Yuping, Shishi, Tianzhu, Toad, Zhangxian and Apo from east to west. These towering limestone peaks are surrounded by mountains on one side and water on three sides. The lake covers an area of more than 7,000 mu with a total length of more than 20 kilometers. Liu Di winds around Qixingyan, among which the stone chambers are the most poetic.

The stalactites hanging on the cave are magnificent and colorful, and there is a river in the cave. You can row a boat under the light, just like a fairy tale world. Stone chambers are also a treasure house of culture. For more than 1000 years, literati in history have carved countless poems on the rock wall, and there are more than 270 kinds of carvings on the rock wall alone, praising the beauty of mountains and rivers.

The main attractions of Xinghu Lake are:

Shuiyue Palace, located at the southern foot of Shishi Rock in the central area of Qixingyan, was built in the third year of Ming Wanli (1574). Shuiyue Palace covers an area of 6,000 square meters with a building area of 2,500 square meters. It consists of the main hall, the east wing, the west wing and the back hall.

The cave is located under the cave in the center of Qixingyan, and it is divided into four caves: Warm Cave, Dragon Cave, Lotus Cave and Bixia Cave. The cave is full of stone milk, stone pillars and stone curtains, which look like people and things, and there are many cultural relics. From the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China, only indoor poems and songs accounted for 64% of the whole cliff stone carvings in Qixingyan, reaching as much as 34 1. The Jade Emperor Hall is located on the top of the mountain to the east of Yan Yuping. It was built in the forty-sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 18). According to legend, the eighth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. On that day, there was an endless stream of prayers in the temple, which was the most prosperous day of the year.

Located at the west foot of Yan Yuping, Longgong Cave is an artificial cave with an area of 1000 square meters. There are two doors in the cave, north and south, and there are two dragons and twelve groups of fine arts, large and small, on the doorpost, which are combined into a charming dragon palace to explore the wonders.

3. Little Three Gorges

Little Three Gorges: Antelope Gorge is a famous canyon on the Xijiang River near Zhaoqing City. Together with Sanrong Gorge and Dading Gorge in the upper reaches, it is called "Little Three Gorges". When the boat reached the middle reaches of Jiangxia, the mountains on both sides of the river sank in, forming a "Pinghu" in the gorge, and the water potential was much smoother. On the hillside on the south bank, there is a big stone engraved with the words "beautiful mountains and rivers".

Antelope Gorge is thirteen miles long, and the peaks on both sides are as high as 800 meters. There are many historical sites here. There is a confrontation between Longhua Ancient Temple and Xiashan Ancient Temple in Xiakou, and there is a confrontation between Hanbi Garden and Guiyuan Erfeng. Say goodbye to Antelope Gorge and sail back to Dading and Sanrong Gorge against the current. When we sailed to the riverside of Zhaoqing City, we climbed four pagodas (Wenming Pagoda on the south bank, Xunfeng Pagoda, Chongxi Pagoda and Yuanmei Pagoda on the north bank), such as the floating jade on the peak and the bright candle in the sky. The vast river, where the smoke waves ripple, the tower shadow is very beautiful.

Not far to the west, the mountains on both sides of the river are getting closer and closer, the river is fast and the ship is slow. It turns out that the mountains in this area are very strange. Five mountains extend all the way to the river, as if five fine horses galloped down from the mountains and turned back sharply, with vivid images. This is the "Five Horses Returning to the Trough" scenic spot at the exit of Dadingxia. The boat went further and reached the "Guisuosuo River". When people saw it, they all shouted, "It's really similar, very similar."

4. Qingyun Temple

Qingyun Temple, located at the southern foot of Dinghu Mountain, was built in the Ming Dynasty and is a famous temple in Lingnan. There are cauldrons for thousands of people to eat in the temple. Temple, more than 340 years ago, is still dominated by vigorous Baishan tea trees.

5. Dinghushan

Dinghushan is in the east of Zhaoqing, 86 kilometers away from Zhaoqing. Zhaoqing is a rare oasis with the best natural landscape protection on the Tropic of Cancer around the world, and is known as "Emerald Returning to the Desert Belt". 1956 was listed as a national nature reserve; 1979 joined the World Nature Conservation Network, which is the United Nations research station for the positioning of the "Man and Biosphere" ecosystem. Dinghushan is about 1000 meters above sea level, with green mountains and green waters and lush trees. There are 1700 kinds of higher plants, including relict plant, such as Cycas spinulosa and Cycas, and rare plants such as Uncaria and Ilex.

Qingyun Temple is located halfway up Dinghu Mountain, covering an area of17500m2. It is one of the four famous temples in Lingnan. There are many cultural relics in the temple, including thousands of bells, big bronze bells, Buddhist cultural relics, the Dragon and Tibetan Scriptures, Yongmei poetry tablets, plum blossom figure stone carvings and so on.

Feishuitan, also known as Longtan Waterfall, is located halfway up Dinghushan, below the northeast corner of Qingyun Temple. The waterfall is about 40 meters high and falls straight to Longtan under the cliff. In the sixth year of the Republic of China (19 17), Sun Yat-sen and his wife Soong Ching Ling swam here. On the shore of the lake, Ms. Soong Ching Ling inscribed "The place where Sun Yat-sen swam".

Rong Rui Monument Pavilion is located on the platform next to Dinghushan Mid-level Pavilion, which was built in memory of Japanese monk Rong Rui. The monument was built in 1963, and the inscription was written by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. The shape of the memorial pavilion is in accordance with the daming temple in Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and the pattern of the caisson in the monument pavilion is the national flower of Japan-cherry blossoms.

Baiyun Temple, located in Dinghu Mountain Pit, was built in Yifeng, Tang Gaozong for three years (678). It is one of the famous temples in Lingnan. Dinghushan was founded by Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty. The temple was built on Yunfeng in the southwest of Dinghu Mountain, surrounded by white clouds all the year round, so it was called Baiyun Temple.

6. Xinghu Paradise

Xinghu Paradise is located on the lakeside of Xinghu Lake, covering an area of more than 200,000 square meters. It is a large amusement park integrating modern amusement facilities and Chinese garden architecture. There are more than 20 large and medium-sized amusement projects such as roller coasters, three-dimensional movies and crazy octopus.

7. Yunfu Panlong Cave

Yunfu Panlong Cave is known as the natural Dragon Palace. The cave is divided into three layers and is 482 meters long. There are halls and corridors in the cave. Stone flowers hang high, stalactites hang low, stalagmites are like forests, stone curtains are like dragons, and wonders overlap. There are 36 landscapes in the cave, including the Kowloon Promenade, among which "Dragon Palace Treasure" is a rare landscape in China.

8. Ruyuan hunting ground

Ruyuan Hunting Ground is located on an island in Nanshui Reservoir, south 13 km of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, with a mountainous area of 13000 mu and surrounded by water. On this small island with dense jungle, there are more than 30 kinds of birds and animals, such as wild boar, oriole, hare, pheasant and wild duck, which is an ideal place for hunting and tourism.

9. Sun Yat-sen is in Dinghu Lake.

According to the memory of the old monk in Dinghushan; 19 16 Summer, Sun Yat-sen went swimming in Feishui Beach. During the tour, he also personally wrote a couplet, which was later carved into a wooden plaque. It reads: "All sentient beings are equal, and all sentient beings have feelings", with the inscription "Sun Wen". 1979, Comrade Soong Ching Ling wrote here: "Sun Yat-sen Swimming Pool". Now it's embedded in the cliff of Feishuitan.

10, Tropic of Cancer sign

The Tropic of Cancer Sign Tower is located in Taiping Town, Conghua County. The tower is 23.50m high and covers an area of1024m 2. It consists of 230 kinds of 73 10 granite. The tower foundation is spliced into eight diagrams to guide the way, with the axis north and south, and the base is hemispherical, with alternating lines of reality and reality to indicate the direction, and the six golden characters of "Tropic of Cancer Sign" are inlaid on all sides, which is eye-catching and generous; Above 8.4m, it is welded with stainless steel plates, and its four sides float out of the wing. No matter which side it looks like "North", it means "Tropic of Cancer". At the top of the tower is a copper ball with a circle in the center, perpendicular to the ground, which is used for verification when the sun is in direct sunlight.

The rocket tower stands upright. Every year at noon from summer to Sunday, the sun shines vertically on the center of the tower from the round hole of the copper ball at the top of the tower. At this moment, it is right in front of us. A bright spot, very unique. A science park is being built in Conghua County, which has national representative scenery across the Tropic of Cancer, and is equipped with a planetarium and a natural museum, making it a science park and a tourist attraction.

1 1, Nanshan Cliff Stone Carvings

Nanshan Cliff Stone Carving is located at the foot of Nanshan, one kilometer away from Yingde County. The Beijiang River flows rapidly under the cliff, and the stone carvings stretch for more than 150 meters, with rich calligraphy and rich contents. There are more than 70 cliff stone carvings from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. The most famous stone carvings are the inscription of Nanshan by Shao Shengyuan (1094) Su Dongpo in the Northern Song Dynasty and the inscription by the famous painter Mi Fei. There are cold and hot rocks by the river, and these places have become tourist attractions.

Nankun tourist resort 12

Fiona Fang, a tourist and summer resort in Nankun, is 20 kilometers away from here, with a main peak height of1200m, and is located in Longmen County. There are strange rocks everywhere, flying springs and caves, birds and animals, mountains and mountains, and ancient trees towering. The waterfall hangs high, just like the milky way.

Grottoes: There are many grottoes. In Yang Keng, there are caves as long as a mile wide as villages, which can accommodate 100 people.

Longdong: unfathomable. It is said that Long Qian has come. The air here is fresh and the environment is quiet. When it is hot in summer, there is a cool breeze blowing gently, which is a natural resort for summer tourism in Guangzhou.

13, Ye Ting Independent Regiment Memorial Hall

Ye Ting Independent Regiment Memorial Hall is located in Yuejiang Building, Zhaoqing City, adjacent to Xijiang River, with four heavy buildings. 1959 was rebuilt as "Ye Ting Independent Regiment Memorial Hall". The name of the museum was inscribed by Zhu De.

Qingxin Hot Spring Resort 14

Qingxinwen Mineral Spring is located in Sankeng Town, Qingxin County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, with 5.5 square kilometers of Fiona Fang and only 70 minutes' drive from Guangzhou. She accommodates hot springs, grass skiing, football, sports, folk customs, ecological recreation and other tourism projects. , people will be harmoniously integrated into the beautiful nature, and the awareness of hot springs will be infiltrated into leisure resorts.

Modern people with busy life and overworked work pressure need a comfortable place where they can enjoy the natural scenery like a fresh and warm mineral spring to stretch their spiritual space and relieve their nervous mood. In this special and diverse leisure and entertainment form with the theme of hot springs, people can be liberated from the fast-paced and tense life, their hearts can be restored to freedom, and their nature can be pure, intelligent and indifferent in the fresh and warm mineral springs. ......

15, Zhaoqing Xinghu Scenic Area

Located in Duanzhou, Guangdong, the hometown of Duanyan, the first famous inkstone, it consists of two scenic spots, Qixingyan and Dinghushan, and is connected with Zhaoqing, a national historical and cultural city.

The lakes and mountains of Qixingyan, the "Millennium Poetry Gallery" cliff stone carvings, ancient caves and ancient temples, and stone drums have long been famous at home and abroad. Dinghu Mountain, known as the "Emerald on the Tropic of Cancer", is one of the first nature reserves and designated scientific research sites recognized by UNESCO in China, and it is also the earliest Buddhist holy land opened to the outside world. Xinghu Lake is rich in tourism resources, with a history of 1000 years.