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Birds' Paradise and Liang Qichao's Former Residence 启超故里·小鸟天堂Qǐchāo Gùlǐ · Xiǎoniǎo Tiāntáng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiangmen, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiangmen
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Birds' Paradise and Liang Qichao's Former Residence
Birds' Paradise is a river islet in Tianma village covered by a banyan grove that has grown from a single tree over more than 380 years, home to colonies of egrets and night herons that fly out and return at dawn and dusk; boats circle the island, and Ba Jin's 1933 essay about it made it famous across China. About 2 km to the east in Chakeng village is the family home of the late-Qing reformer and writer Liang Qichao, a brick-and-timber house with his study and a covered walkway, with a memorial hall on his life beside it.
How to get to Birds' Paradise and Liang Qichao's Former Residence
Both are on the southern edge of Huicheng in Xinhui district, about 15 km south of central Jiangmen by road.
Nearby
- Kaiping Diaolou and Villages 开平碉楼 50 km
Fortified tower houses rising above rice paddies, built with emigrants' money
Also within 20 km: Guifeng Mountain 圭峰山 (10 km).
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