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Shaoguan
Prefecture-level city in Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Shaoguan

Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast.

Plan a trip to Shaoguan→From Guangzhou (Huadu)

It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Its built-up area made up of Zhenjiang, Wujiang and Qujiang urban districts was home to 1,028,460 inhabitants as of the 2020 census.

Get in

Getting to Shaoguan

Trains serve Shaoguan from many other cities in Guangdong (Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Maoming, Qingyuan, Shenzhen, Zhanjiang, Zhaoqing) and from other cities in China, as far afield as Beijing. A train ride from Guangzhou on the slow train takes more than two hours and should cost ¥39 on the hard seater.

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    Shaoguan Station
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    Shaoguan East Station

    High-speed trains serve Shaoguan Station; slow trains serve Shaoguan East Station, which is more centrally located and slightly closer to Danxiashan.

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    Shaoguan Danxia Airport
See

Worth seeing

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    Nanhua Temple
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    Danxiashan
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    Shaoguan Museum
Eat

Where to eat

Restaurants in Shaoguan are not set as densely as in Guangzhou. A good place to find many restaurants is Heping Road (和平路) at the northern end of the main shopping and pedestrian area. The choices include a McDonald's and various Chinese cuisines.

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    Kuàicān Miànshí

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