Lianhua Mountain Scenic Area is located in Panyu City, Guangdong Province.

Lianhua Mountain Scenic Area is located in the eastern suburbs of Panyu City, 20 kilometers away from Guangzhou City. Lianhua Mountain, formerly known as "Stone Lion Head", is an ancient quarry. It got its name because the stones left after quarrying resemble water and are shaped like lotus flowers. Since the Western Han Dynasty, ancestors have mined stones on a large scale here, forming cliffs, strange rocks and caves.

On the mountain there are historic sites such as the Lotus Tower built in the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612) and known as the "Huabiao of the Provincial Capital" and the Lotus City built in the 3rd year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1664), which are listed as provincial, Municipal key cultural relics protection unit. Built in 1994, the 40.88-meter-high Golden Statue of Guanyin is made of 120 tons of bronze and 180 taels of gold. It is currently the tallest open-air Guanyin statue in the world and is an artistic treasure renowned both at home and abroad.

Introduction to Guangdong Food

Dongjiang’s salt-baked chicken is a traditional and unique dish in Dongjiang cuisine. It is characterized by delicious taste, crispy skin and refreshing texture. Smooth, taking a bite is like being in heaven, it makes people feel relaxed and happy. Meicai is a traditional specialty of Huizhou. It is sweet and refreshing, tender and fragrant, neither cold nor dry nor wet nor hot. It is called one of the famous dishes in the world because the characteristics of this dish are: taste The rotten meat is delicious, fat but not greasy, and you want to eat it again.

Babaowo whole duck is stuffed with mushrooms, lotus seeds, dried shrimps, squid, meat cubes, salted eggs, glutinous rice and other ingredients, which are put into the duck to remove the fishy taste and put the ingredients in. Put it in the duck's mouth, then put the soup and boil it, the aroma will be wafting, soft and refreshing. White-cut chicken is the most common type of Guangzhou cuisine. There is no need to add any ingredients. White-cut chicken can still maintain its original flavor because the white-cut chicken is white with oil and yellow in it. It tastes light and delicious, with crispy skin and sprinkles. Add chopped green onions to make it more fragrant.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Guangdong Province