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Yuexiu Park and Zhenhai Tower 越秀公园Yuèxiù Gōngyuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangzhou
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yuexiu Park and Zhenhai Tower
Yuexiu Park covers Yuexiu Hill, the low hill that formed the northern end of the walled city, and was made a public park on Sun Yat-sen's orders in the 1920s. Its landmark is Zhenhai Tower, a five-storey tower with red sandstone lower walls built in 1380 on the Ming city wall, a stretch of which survives along the hill; it holds the Guangzhou Museum's display on the city's history, with old cannon and steles outside. Around the park's lakes and hills are the Five Rams statue and the Sun Yat-sen memorial obelisk.
How to get to Yuexiu Park and Zhenhai Tower
On Jiefang North Road in Yuexiu District, central Guangzhou, beside Yuexiu Park station on Metro Line 2. Zhenhai Tower (Guangzhou Museum) is closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 under 10 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Nanyue King Museum (Mausoleum of the Nanyue King) 南越王博物院 (under 10 km), Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 中山纪念堂 (under 10 km), Xianxian Mosque and Tomb of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas 清真先贤古墓 (under 10 km), Temple of the Six Banyan Trees 六榕寺 (under 10 km), Guangxiao Temple 光孝寺 (under 10 km), Guangzhou Uprising Memorial Museum (Guangzhou Commune Site) 广州起义纪念馆 (under 10 km).
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