Foshan has a long history, with a thousand-year-old town, famous mountains in southern Guangdong, famous gardens and some
tourist attractions suitable for holiday and sightseeing. Built in the Yuan Feng period of the Song Dynasty (AD 96), Zumu, Foshan, is a temple integrating ancient pottery and sculpture, wood carving, casting and architectural art in Foshan. It is a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit and attracts nearly 2 million tourists from home and abroad every year. Among the four famous gardens in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty, Foshan is the only one-urban Liang < P > Garden, Shunde Qinghui Garden, terraced waterside pavilions and rockery springs, which are very rich in the characteristics of southern gardens. Xiqiao Mountain in Nanhai is a national < P > level key protected scenic spot, with beautiful scenery, quiet and pleasant scenery, and has the reputation of "the famous mountain in South Guangdong has several firewood". Monuments
include Confucius Temple in the city, Ninjuji, Kang Youwei's former residence in Nanhai, Xishan Temple in Shunde, Lubao Ancestral Temple in Sanshui, Wenta,
Gaoming Wenchang Tower, Linggui Tower and so on. In addition, Foshan folk arts and crafts, such as Foshan Fine Arts and Ceramics Factory's strong folk customs
, the "Shiwan Doll" with folk characteristics, and the "Foshan Autumn Color" paper-cut handicrafts of Foshan Folk Art Research Institute
, are superb and famous outside the sea breeze. These temples and Taoist temples, famous gardens and strange mountains, and quaint playthings attract many tourists.
In recent years, the tourism industry in Foshan has flourished, and the development of tourism resources has maintained a good development trend. From the construction of scenic spots to the organization of tourism activities, great achievements have been made, which not only provide rich and colorful cultural entertainment and tourism activities for tourists from all over the world, but also enrich the cultural life of Foshan citizens and play a positive role in promoting
. Shunfengshan Tourism Center, Xiqiao Mountain Tourism Resort, Xiaotang Golden Beach and
Shiken Half Moon Island have been built successively in all parts of Foshan. Newly developed Gaoming Natural Hunting Ground, Sanshui Forest Park, South Hainan
National Taoyuan and other influential tourist attractions with the theme of "returning to nature"; Completed ten
restoration projects in the first phase of Liang's completion; Foshan Bowling Hall, Foshan Golf Club, Foshan Paradise Music Fountain, Golden Horse Theatre Cultural Activity Center and other places of entertainment and sightseeing have been set up.
Since 1988, Foshan City has organized five consecutive tourism and food festivals, and a number of tourism projects with local traditional characteristics, such as Foshan Autumn Festival, Shiwan Ceramic Art Festival, Sanshui Sparrow Festival, Gaoming Hunting Festival, Shunde Dragon Boat Race, Nanhai Lion Dance Competition and Kite Competition, have been held in various places, attracting many tourists. Foshan's water town
people's feelings and scenery are increasingly showing its unique charm.
Introduction to Foshan specialties