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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · Prefecture-level

Qingyuan

Qingyuan offers Liannan's millennium-old Yao village, Yingde black tea and Ying stones, the Feilai Gorge on the Bei River and its famous chicken.

Guangdong
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Regional story

A place shaped through time

Within the regional setting of Guangdong, the spatial identity of Qingyuan is first captured by this local fact: “Qingyuan offers Liannan's millennium-old Yao village, Yingde black tea and Ying stones, the Feilai Gorge on the Bei River and its famous chicken.” It points to an observable local combination in which the setting of Qingyuan 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 Qingyuan rests in specific places and continuing life, not only in its name or formal classification.

Qingyuan

Affiliated Regions

8 counties
Qing Cheng DistrictCounty-level

Qing Cheng District

Ancient riverside pavilions of Feilai Temple overlook the North River Gorges in Qingcheng, famed for whitewater rafting at Huangteng Gorge 4A.

Qing New AreaCounty-level

Qing New Area

Clear waterfalls tumble through ravines at Xuanzhen Cave in Qingxin, gateway to Taoist woodland retreats in Taihe Ancient Cave Forest Park.

Fu Gang CountyCounty-level

Fu Gang County

Natural reclining mountain Buddha silhouettes overlook mist-covered peaks at Mount Guanyinshan in Fogang, blessed with thermal mineral spas.

Yang Shan CountyCounty-level

Yang Shan County

Mount Shikengkong soars 1,902 meters as the highest peak in Guangdong in Yangshan, where Tang scholar Han Yu left memorable cliff inscriptions.

Ying De CityCounty-level

Ying De City

Prized Yinghong No. 9 black tea ripens amid thousands of dramatic limestone monoliths along the Yingxi Forest of Peaks corridor in Yingde.

Lian Zhou CityCounty-level

Lian Zhou City

Boats glide through multi-colored illuminated stalactite galleries at Lianzhou Underground River 5A in Lianzhou, host of international photography festivals.

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