Jiangmen
Jiangmen, alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China.
It consists of three urban districts, Heshan, and the more rural Siyi, which is the ancestral homeland of approximately 4 million overseas Chinese. As of the 2020 census, Jiangmen had a total population of about 4,798,090. Its urban region, consisting of Pengjiang, Jianghai, and Heshan, had 2,657,062 inhabitants.
Getting to Jiangmen
There are many bus stations. There are buses from the nearby towns Zhuhai and Zhongshan or provincial capital Guangzhou. CKS runs a daily ferry connection with Macau. To travel to Jiangmen from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, you can take the Intercity Bus. The first bus leaves at 08:50.
Worth seeing
Kaiping Watchtowers (开平碉楼), Kaiping. The construction of the Kaiping Watchtowers began in the early Qing Dynasty, and a lot of construction took place in the 1920s and 1930s. These towers were built as defense against bandits. There are many towers, they are mostly beyond Kaiping from the direction of Jiangmen so you are better off staying in Kaiping or it will be a very long day.
Where to eat
The new citrus. Half-fermented soft citrus peel is a local specialty. It tastes very sour/tart and is typically consumed in small quantities with tea. Tofu corners (豆腐角 Dòufǔjiǎo).
Getting around Jiangmen the local way
- Get inCKS [http://www.cksp.com.hk/eng/ship_schedule/main.html] runs a daily ferry connection with Macau.
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