Raoping is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea. It was known as "the best resort in Lingnan and the ancient Penglai in Yinghai" in ancient times.
There are national "AAAA" tourist attractions such as Green Island Tourist Villa, Qinglan Provincial Geopark, "Sea Dragon" world geological heritage wonder, China's leisure fishing base Zhelin Bay, the thousand-year-old Haishan Longfu Temple, Zhao Puchu's inscription "One of the First in Eastern Guangdong"
"Shibi Mountain Scenic Area", Sanrao Daoyun Building, a national key cultural relic protection unit, Tangxi Reservoir of "Raoping Qiandao Lake", Dr. Zhang Jingsheng's former residence park, the red old site of "Maozhi Conference" in Central Soviet District County, Ding Wei, the pioneer of Sun Yat-sen's Revolution of 1911
Revolutionary Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park, Yunfeng Orchid Garden, the Chinese Orchid Culture Base, Qixi Well on the sea, natural bathing beaches Dongshawan, Golden Lion Bay, Dacheng Bay, Yeshui Resort, and other scenic spots and wonders, as well as the Chinese Buma, a local cultural wonder
Dance, intangible cultural heritage, Sanrao Caiqing art, etc.
1. Natural landscape Raoping County has a land area of ??1,694.06 square kilometers. Mountains account for about 70% of the land area of ??Raoping County. There are 133 peaks over 500 meters, including 10 peaks over 1,000 meters, with the west peak in the north
Yanshan is the highest, with the main peak at an altitude of 1,256 meters.
The Huanggang River forms its own water system, flowing through Raoping County from north to south, with a total length of 87.2 kilometers.
From 1958 to 1959, the Tangxi Reservoir was built in the middle reaches of the Huanggang River with functions such as flood control, irrigation, power generation, and drinking water. The largest reservoir, Raoping Tulou Yuanzhai, has a building capacity of 378 million cubic meters. It is the largest water storage project in eastern Guangdong and is known as
North Lake, there are 72 large and small islands in the lake.
Raoping is a coastal county with a sea area of ??533 square kilometers, a coastline of 136 kilometers, 27 large and small islands, and a beach area of ??1,360 hectares. It is located in the "dragon" southwest of Haishan Huanglong - Beach Iwata, which is a rare marine geology in the world.
landscape.
The cycad fern, which is distributed over more than 100,000 acres in the mountainous areas in the central and northern parts of the county, is a relic plant from the Devonian period of the Paleozoic Era. It has a history of 4 billion years and is of great scientific value for studying the geology and paleoclimate changes in Guangdong.
The glacial mortars (Qinglan mortars) distributed in Qinglan, Zhangxi also have important scientific research value and have been developed into tourist attractions.
2. Humanistic Landscape Raoping has been inhabited by ancient Yue ancestors since more than 4,000 years ago.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Central Plains culture entered Raoping.
The county was established in the 13th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1477).
Raoping has a long history and contains rich cultural landscapes.
The more influential historical relics include: Dachengsuo City, Qitoushan Fort and other important battlefields where the national hero Qi Jiguang and others fought against the Japanese pirates; the Fenshui Pass historical site where Zheng Chenggong fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty; the "Huanggang Dingwei Revolution", the forerunner of the Revolution of 1911
"Historical relics; historical relics of the "Maozhi Military Decision-making Conference" where the Nanchang Uprising troops led by Zhu De entered Rao.
The most influential cultural relic is the Shang and Zhou cultural relics - "Floating Culture".
The Shang and Zhou tombs site located at Tazi Jinshan, north of Fubinwei, are human remains from the Neolithic Age discovered in the 1970s. They have a history of more than 3,000 years and are of extremely high historical value.
The most famous ancient pagoda is the Zhelin Town Wind Pagoda, a provincial key cultural relic protection unit.
The tower was built in the 13th year of Yuan Zhizheng (1353). It has a base circumference of 16 meters and seven floors and eight sides.
Longfu Temple Ancient Temple in Raoping County There are many ancient temples in Raoping, including Haishan Longfu Temple, which was built in the Jin Dynasty and is one of the largest and oldest temples in the Chaoshan area.
There are Linjiang Ancient Temple and Yongfu Temple built in the Song Dynasty, Baique Temple and Putuo Rock built in the Southern Song Dynasty, as well as Leiyin Temple, Xiyan Temple, Guanhai Temple and Jinguang Temple in the Ming Dynasty, etc.
There are more than 700 ancient buildings of various types in Raoping County, 5 of which are listed as provincial key cultural relics protection units. Among them, Daoyun Tower in Nanlian Village, Sanrao Town is the most famous. It was listed as a national
Level key cultural relics protection unit.
The building was built in the fifteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1587) and is famous at home and abroad for its antiquity, largeness, wonder and beauty.
It has been opened as a tourist attraction.
Daoyun Tower in Sanrao Town Daoyun Tower is located in Nanlian Village, Sanrao Town, Raoping County. It was built in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. It is the largest Hakka earth building in China and has a history of more than 400 years.
Daoyun Building, commonly known as the building, is octagonal in shape with "8"s everywhere in the building.
It is recognized that the shape of Daoyun Building is modeled after the Bagua shape of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. The whole building is in the shape of Bagua, with lanes separating the hexagrams.
The building is filled with multiples of 8 - 72 rooms, 32 wells, and 112 ladders.
In addition, there are two wells in the square inside the building, which symbolize the two yin and yang fish eyes in Tai Chi.
It faces south and faces north, with a circumference of 328 meters, a height of 11.5 meters, and a wall thickness of 1.6 meters, with a total area of ??about 10,000 square meters.
The house in the building is divided into three entrances, with a maximum depth of 29 meters. The front and middle entrances are flat, and a well is left behind each entrance. Although the house is deep, it is well-lit.
There are 3 floors at the back, with 56 main rooms and 16 corner rooms.
At its peak, more than 600 people lived in the building.
In addition to the gun holes and blastholes around the building, there is also a water-filled culvert on the top of the building door to prevent fire and burn the door. The whole building has eight defense functions to prevent military chaos, rural strife, fire, riots and earthquakes.
Raoping City God Temple Raoping City God Temple is located on Zhonghua Road, Sanrao Town. It is the largest city god temple in Fengchuiling Stone Carvings in Raoping County.
The scale of the Sanrao City God's Temple can be described by the saying "Raoping City God's Grand Pass".