hkskyline's GUANGZHOU SUBURBS photo thread

hkskyline · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2024, 9:41 AM**

Guangzhou's suburbs are worth visiting for various different reasons. I took a long weekend to Shunde, which is south of the city, which is famous for its food. But I can't eat continuously all day, so spent some time looking for other attractions to see in between my feasts.

It wasn't very reassuring when the driver wondered why we were heading to Fengjian Water Town just west of Shunde's city centre. He thought there wasn't much worth seeing and we wouldn't want to come back again. I had not expected the spectacle in Shanghai's water towns, but this place would be a good place to relax for a few hours during a warm afternoon.
This town is made of a number of small sandy islands whose history dates back to the Western Han Dynasty, with a number of historic bridges across the waterways.

As usual with a lot of China's historic attractions, it is heavily commercialized with market streets selling all sorts of food items.

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hkskyline · #2 Posted **Mar 27, 2024, 4:35 PM**

I came across this family temple/residence-looking building that has been converted into a fancy coffee shop. They restored the interiors and it's a great place to sit down, enjoy the history, and sip on a drink.

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ColDayMan · #3 Posted **Mar 27, 2024, 5:45 PM**

That's a hell of a coffee shop!

hkskyline · #4 Posted **Mar 30, 2024, 3:33 AM**

Heading back to the city, Shunde's OCT Harbour Plus is a theme park mixed with a shopping mall centred around a lake that opened in 2021.

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geomorph · #5 Posted **Apr 7, 2024, 10:47 PM**

I am having great difficulty figuring out what the theme of the theme park is!

Cirrus · #6 Posted **Apr 8, 2024, 1:58 AM**

Interesting variety between the cute and brutally futuristic.

hkskyline · #7 Posted **Apr 12, 2024, 7:57 AM**

Foshan's Lingnan Tiandi is one of a series of "tiandi" retail zones set up around the country, with the most famous one being Shanghai's Xintiandi. Set amidst renovated historic buildings, it is a higher-end outdoor shopping mall with a gross floor area of 1.5 million sq m.

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RitaKelly · #8 Posted **Apr 12, 2024, 12:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by hkskyline

Guangzhou's suburbs are worth visiting for various different reasons. I took a long weekend to Shunde, which is south of the city, which is famous for its food. But I can't eat continuously all day, so spent some time looking for other attractions to see in between my feasts.

This town is made of a number of small sandy islands whose history dates back to the Western Han Dynasty, with a number of historic bridges across the waterways.

As usual with a lot of China's historic attractions, it is heavily commercialized with market streets selling all sorts of food items.

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Thanks for sharing those pictures.

hkskyline · #9 Posted **Apr 14, 2024, 9:18 PM**

One of the province's most famous gardens, Qinghui was once home to the Huang family, a scholar from the Ming Dynasty in the early 17th century. Restored by the next owner during the Qing Dynasty, it eventually came into the local government's hands and is now open to the public as a museum.

I arrived just as it opened to beat the crowds. The site has many buildings and a variety of different garden landscapes, patterned in the Lingnan style. Do come early especially on the weekend, because the crowds quickly grew and by the time I left just after 10:30am, it wasn't possible to enjoy the site anymore.

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hkskyline · #10 Posted **Apr 25, 2024, 6:10 AM**

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MolsonExport · #11 Posted **Apr 25, 2024, 12:44 PM**

I love those traditional Chinese gardens. Reminds me of Suzhou.

hkskyline · #12 Posted **May 9, 2024, 9:24 PM**

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gatt · #13 Posted **May 9, 2024, 11:08 PM**

very nice tour

hkskyline · #14 Posted **Jul 24, 2024, 1:29 AM**

Foshan is located just south of Guangzhou and has its own metro network that is connected to Guangzhou's system. It has 3 lines with this page featuring line 3, which runs through Shunde and opened in late 2022.

Service is not too frequent at 8 minute intervals during the off peak. Monitors on the platform show how crowded train cars are as well as the standard next arrival details.

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ColDayMan · #15 Posted **Jul 24, 2024, 2:10 AM**

Great, thanks!

homebucket · #16 Posted **Jul 24, 2024, 6:43 AM**

Awesome tour! Thanks for sharing!

hkskyline · #17 Posted **Aug 8, 2024, 5:52 PM**

Shunde is famous for its good food, thanks to an environment that provides abundant fresh ingredients. Its most notable dishes involve freshwater fish and milk, while the cooked foods are served in clayware to preserve heat and sealing in the flavours.

The most famous local dessert is double-skin milk, which uses water buffalo milk, egg whites, and sugar. One famous restaurant serving this dessert even has a museum above its store!

Traditionally eaten in a custard-like texture, a modern interpretation is to use it to make ice cream! That is in a separate shop a short walk away, and they splurged with the interior design.

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