Four tourist attractions in Shantou are recommended: Chenghai Tashan Scenic Area, Lingshan Temple, Chaoyang Heping Dafeng Scenic Area and Lianhua Rural Tourist Area.

1. Chenghai Tashan Scenic Area

Chenghai Tashan Scenic Area is attractive because of its beautiful mountains, clear water and beautiful lakes, and there are many landscapes on the mountain, the most representative of which is an ancient Tashan temple with a history of more than 9 years. The scenic spot is centered on Tashan Temple, and tourists can go boating, horseback riding, entertainment, picnics and other activities around it.

2. Lingshan Temple

Lingshan Temple, also known as Lingshan Temple for Protecting the Country, has always had the reputation of "Eight Poems in Kowloon, Lions and Elephants Facing each other", which has a great influence on overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Up to now, there are still famous scenery in the temple, such as the clothes-keeping pavilion, the wooden dock, the sacred tablet, the dried fruits, the platform for writing scriptures, the tongue mirror tower and the white stone trough, which are also known as the "Eight Scenes of Lingshan".

3. Chaoyang Heping Dafeng Scenic Area

Chaoyang Heping Dafeng Scenic Area is a well-known Chaoshan scenic area where folks at home and abroad admire and look for their roots. It has beautiful scenery and four seasons like spring. It was originally created to commemorate the founder of the Song Dynasty monk Dafeng. The scenic spot includes Dafeng Tomb and Dafeng Memorial Hall, in addition to hospitals and other charitable medical institutions, and the facilities inside are also readily available.

4. Lianhua rural tourist area

Lianhua rural tourist area includes not only the whole Lianhua town, but also the adjacent scenic spots. It is also the only tourist scenic spot in Shantou that integrates the tourism resources of the whole town and develops in a contiguous way. Lianhua rural tourist area has beautiful scenery, beautiful scenery, green ecology and simple folk customs, which are its biggest highlights, and this is also a special feature that other scenic spots do not have.

Shantou food recommendation:

1. Nao Juice

is a popular traditional folk snack in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province. In the street, you can see snack stalls selling steamed bread juice everywhere. Call a bowl of hot steamed bread slices, pour light brown marinade on them, and order some braised pork intestines, braised pork, braised eggs, fried ghosts, vermicelli, dried pork beans or vegetable tails. This is the steamed bread juice, which should be hot.

2. Chaoshan Shrimp Jujube

is a delicacy in Chaoshan area, which is mainly made of shrimp; It is similar to fried shrimp balls, but there are eight kinds of auxiliary materials, which are not as good as ordinary shrimp balls, and it is named because it looks like jujube. The appearance is golden, the taste is delicious, and the entrance is crisp. This dish looks simple, but it is relatively complicated to cook. Generally, it is only cooked during the Chinese New Year or some major festivals.