Guangdong
Qingyuan
County-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.
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.
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.
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Qingyuan
8 counties
Affiliated Regions
Qingyuan
County-level
Qingyuan
County-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.
Qingyuan
County-level
Fu Gang County
Natural reclining mountain Buddha silhouettes overlook mist-covered peaks at Mount Guanyinshan in Fogang, blessed with thermal mineral spas.
Qingyuan
County-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.
Qingyuan
County-level
Lian Shan Zhuang Zu Yao Zu Autonomous County
Terraced rice fields climb steep slopes at Heishan Terraces in Lianshan, celebrating vibrant Zhuang Water-Splashing cultural festivities.
Qingyuan
County-level
Lian Nan Yao Zu Autonomous County
Centuries-old wooden stilt houses cling to mountain ridges at Nangang Thousand-Year Yao Village 4A in Liannan, home to Pai Yao Long Drum dances.
Qingyuan
County-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.
Qingyuan
County-level
Lian Zhou City
Boats glide through multi-colored illuminated stalactite galleries at Lianzhou Underground River 5A in Lianzhou, host of international photography festivals.