Qingyuan
Qingyuan, formerly romanized as Tsingyun, is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, China, on the banks of the Bei or North River.
Qingyuan, formerly romanized as Tsingyun, is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, China, on the banks of the Bei or North River. During the 2020 census, its total population was 3,969,473, out of whom 1,738,424 lived in the built-up area made of urbanized Qingcheng and Qingxin districts. The primary spoken language is Cantonese. Covering 19,015 km2 (7,342 sq mi), Qingyuan is Guangdong's largest prefecture-level division by land area, and it borders Guangzhou and Foshan to the south, Shaoguan to the east and northeast, Zhaoqing to the south and southwest, and Hunan province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the north. The urban core is surrounded by mountainous areas but is directly connected with Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta by Highway 107.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Qingyuan's main attractions are spread across several districts and counties. The city is known for its mountains, caves, rivers, hot springs and cultural sites. The attractions below are listed with practical visitor information where reliable sources are available.
- 01Feilai Temple
- 02Feixia Scenic Area
- 03Nangang Millennium Yao Village
- 04Gulong Gorge
- 05Huangteng Gorge
- 06Shikengkong
From Wikivoyage: Qingyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Qingyuan is known for Qingyuan chicken (清远鸡), a local chicken breed commonly served as poached chicken. Other local specialties include Beijiang River seafood, Zhouxin roasted pork (洲心烧肉), Zhouxin roasted chicken (洲心烧鸡), and Zhouxin porridge (洲心大粥). The Qingcheng District government identifies these as local specialties of the Zhouxin area.
From Wikivoyage: Qingyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Qingyuan
- Airports
- Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN), 41 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 139 km · Hong Kong (HKG), 176 km
- Stations
- Qingyuan railway station, 7.6 km · Qingcheng Railway Station, 2.9 km · Feixia Railway Station, 7.3 km · Yanhu Railway Station, 3 km · Zhouxin Railway Station, 7.4 km
- Guangzhou (Huadu) → Qingyuan32 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · ¥18–24
- Shenzhen → Qingyuan166 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · ¥80–105
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Qingyuan179 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ¥85–110
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No local-transport research exists yet for Qingyuan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Qingyuan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Qingyuan
- Qingcheng Districtdistrict in Qingyuan, Guangdong, China4.8 km
- Qingxin Districtdistrict in Guangdong, People's Republic of China8 km
- Taihetown in Qingxin District, China8.2 km