The top five scenic spots in Shanwei are Red Bay, Fengshan Temple Tourist Area, Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area, Shuidishan Hot Spring Manor, and Lianhua Mountain Resort.
1. Red Bay Red Bay, formerly known as Shanwei Bay, is a semi-enclosed bay and is known as "the first bay for watching waves in China".
Lakes, islands, and harbors are criss-crossed, the beaches are winding, the coastal reefs are colorful, the coastline is 57 kilometers long, the coast is beautiful, there are many cultural relics and historic sites, and the unique subtropical coastal scenery makes Red Bay the most interesting attraction in Shanwei.
2. Fengshan Temple Tourist Area Fengshan Temple Tourist Area integrates religious tourism, coastal scenery tourism, and city parks, integrating religious culture, folk culture, and marine cultural landscapes.
It is a fun place in Shanwei.
In addition to the stone statues of Fengshan Park, Fengshan Temple, and Fengyitai Mazu (Notre Dame Cathedral), there is also a Shanwei Fishermen Customs Museum in the tourist area, which displays the folk customs of Shanwei fishermen.
There is the Hailufeng Opera Mask Garden, which displays the masks of rare Chinese operas Baizi Opera and Western Qin Opera; there is the Mazu Museum, which displays the touching stories and beautiful legends of Mazu's life.
3. Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area integrates Yuanshan Temple religious and cultural tourism and Tianwei Mountain Underwater Park seaside tourism.
There are 99 buildings in Yuanshan Temple, including the main entrance, front hall, middle hall, main hall, auxiliary hall, monk's room and verandah (that is, the corridor around the hall), with sunshade winding paths extending in all directions.
This is a group of ancient buildings with various structures and carving techniques.
The Tianwei Mountain seaside tourist landscape has a unique coastal landform and is famous for its cape scenery, beautiful sea rocks and long sandy beaches.
The beach is mainly made of quartz sand, which is soft and not sinking.
The entire beach has the characteristics of fine sand, clear water, small waves and gentle slope. It is a natural swimming place for solving problems.
4. Shuixiashan Hot Spring Manor Shuishanshan Hot Spring Manor has 68 unique hot spring pools in 1 million acres of virgin forest. The water temperature is as high as 74°C and the daily water inflow reaches 5,000 cubic meters.
The Chinese Five Elements Culture Health Pool Area, Fragrant Flower Pool Area, Ladies Area, Sister Swan Royal Garden, Nursing Fish Pool Area, Lazy River, Beach Wave Pool, etc. constitute a unique hot spring physical and mental rest place.
5. Lianhua Mountain Resort Lianhua Mountain Resort provides a variety of services such as tourism, catering, conferences, business, sports, leisure, entertainment, sightseeing, health care, etc., and is known as a shining pearl on the tourism line in eastern Guangdong.
The scenic area is divided into two parts: Lianhua Mountain Forest Park and Hot Spring Hotel.
There are 18 waterfalls such as Jade Dragon Spray, Seven-Star Cascade Falls, Shuanglong Falls, and Echo Falls, as well as natural and cultural landscapes such as Xianren Cave, Iron Chain Bridge, and Tianchi.
Shanwei City is located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province and the east coast of the Pearl River Delta. It is the bridgehead connecting the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
It reaches Jieyang in the east, Huizhou in the west, Meizhou and Heyuan in the north, and South China Sea in the south, with a total area of ??4865.05 square kilometers.
As of June 2020, it has jurisdiction over 1 municipal district, 2 counties, and 1 county-level city.
As of the end of 2019, there were more than 1.4 million compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese.