Yangjiang
Yangjiang, alternately romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China.
Yangjiang, alternately romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. The local dialect is the Gaoyang dialect, a branch of Yue Chinese. During the 2020 census, its population was 2,602,959 inhabitants of whom 1,292,987 lived in the built-up and largely urbanized area comprising Jiangcheng District and Yangdong District.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Maritime Silk Road Museum of Guangdong
- 02Hailing Island Mangrove Forest National Wetlands Park
- 03Jinjiling Forest Park
- 04Zhapo Windmill Tianlu Mountain and Sea Resort
Zhapo Windmill Tianlu Mountain and Sea Resort is a famous resort in Yangjiang.
- 05Ten-Mile Silver Beach
- 06Yangjiang Ocean Culture Museum
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Things to do
Fishermen's Fishing Festival on Hailing Island (海陵岛渔民开渔节). Held every August. Held in August every year, it is a traditional festival for fishermen of Yangjiang Hailing Island to celebrate the opening of the sea for fishing. During the event, fishermen will hold a grand ceremony to worship the god of the sea, pray for good harvest and peace, and accompany their fishing boats out to sea.
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Where to eat
Yangjiang tempeh is a local specialty of Yangjiang, which has a complex umami flavor, slightly sweet and salty, making it a popular condiment in a variety of dishes.
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Getting to Yangjiang
- Airports
- Zhuhai Jinwan (ZUH), 145 km · Zhanjiang Wuchuan (ZHA), 150 km · Macau (MFM), 169 km
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Yangjiang147 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ¥65–90
- Zhanjiang → Yangjiang177 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · ¥80–110
- Shenzhen → Yangjiang230 km · quickest by road, 4h · ¥105–140
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Yangjiang
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 Yangjiang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Yangjiang – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Yangjiang
- Jiangcheng Districtdistrict of Yangjiang, Guangdong, China3.6 km
- Yangdong Districtdistrict in Yangjiang, Guangdong, China2.4 km