County-level
Duan Zhou District
Precious purple Duan Inkstones have been crafted for over 1,300 years in Duanzhou, home to Seven Star Crags 5A and Song Dynasty stone city walls.
Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · Prefecture-level
Zhaoqing
Zhaoqing's local story begins with canyon terrain and rural settlements.
Regional story
A place shaped through time
Within the regional setting of Guangdong, the spatial identity of Zhaoqing is first captured by this local fact: “Zhaoqing's local story begins with canyon terrain and rural settlements.” It points to an observable local combination in which the setting of Zhaoqing is shaped by both environment and lived practice. Historical development brought natural conditions and human activity into repeated negotiation, leaving traces in settlement, routes, and memory. Specific places and continuing lives turn a broad regional relationship into experience that can be observed and checked. The meaning of Zhaoqing rests in specific places and continuing life, not only in its name or formal classification.
Zhaoqing
8 counties
Affiliated Regions
County-level
County-level
Ding Hu District
Designated the pioneering nature reserve in the region, Mount Dinghushan 5A protects a lush emerald rainforest oasis on the Tropic of Cancer in Dinghu.
County-level
Gao Yao District
Rhythmic dragon boat drums echo across rivers in Jinli Town in Gaoyao, dynamic hardware production hub along the southern banks of the West River.
County-level
Guang Ning County
Over one million mu of dense bamboo forests carpet Guangning Bamboo Sea in Guangning, famous martial arts cradle along the flowing Suijiang.
County-level
Huai Ji County
Thousands of swiftlets nest within massive subterranean limestone caverns at Yanyan Cave in Huaiji, peaceful Longevity County along the upper Sui River.
County-level
Feng Kai County
The colossal standalone monolith Mount Dabanshi rises above primeval tropical rainforests at Mount Heishiding in Fengkai, ancient Guangxin capital.
County-level
De Qing County
Song-dynasty timber framing of Deqing Confucian Temple stands preserved in Deqing, famous for canyon waterfalls at Panlong Ravine and Gonggan mandarins.
County-level
Si Hui City
Master jade carvers shape intricate jadeite masterpieces in Sihui, Jade Capital of Lingnan, where Sixth Patriarch Huineng meditated at Mount Zhenshan.