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Rizhao 日照Rìzhào
A sunshine city of beaches, craggy peaks and a very old ginkgo
About Rizhao
Rizhao means 'sunshine', a name traced to the first light of dawn on the Yellow Sea, and the city is known for its beaches, such as Wanpingkou, and as a water-sports centre. Inland, the crags of Wulian Mountain drew praise from the poet Su Shi, and at Fulai Mountain a ginkgo beside the Dinglin Temple is said to be more than 3,000 years old. Longshan culture sites such as Yaowangcheng lie near the coast, and Rizhao is known for its green tea.
What to eat in Rizhao
- Rizhao green tea (日照绿茶)
Listed sites in Rizhao
14 sites in Rizhao are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Daqing Mountain, Wulian 大青山 4A scenic area · on the map
Daqing Mountain is a forested hill area of about 30 km² south-west of Wulian town, with gorges, caves, waterfalls and a pagoda, plus a hotel and play facilities on the upper slopes. - Dengshan Scenic Area 磴山 4A scenic area · on the map
Dengshan is a forested hill about 3 km from the coast in Hushan town, Lanshan District, with springs, bamboo groves and the Hongyun Temple. - Fulai Mountain 浮来山 4A scenic area · on the map
Fulai Mountain is a wooded hill about 300 m high west of Ju County town, with a temple complex around Dinglin Temple, traditionally the home of Liu Xie, author of the literary treatise The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. - Fulaiqing Tea Resort 浮来青旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
Fulaiqing is a tea-themed leisure resort in Xiazhuang town, Ju County, built around a large organic tea garden and a tea-culture hall, with a museum on the 'South Tea to the North' project that began in the 1950s. - Heihushan Hunting Ground 黑虎山狩猎旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Heihushan is a company-run hunting ground and holiday resort in the hills of Wulian County, on the west shore of Shimuzi Reservoir. - Liujiawan Tidal Flat Park 刘家湾赶海园 4A scenic area · on the map
Liujiawan is a beach park on the coast of Taoluo town, with about 5.4 km of shoreline backed by a coastal forest belt. - Longmengu Mountain Resort 龙门崮 4A scenic area · on the map
Longmengu is a 16 km² mountain-and-lake resort in Sanzhuang town, centred on a flat-topped crag, or gu, 416 m high. - Rizhao Ocean Park 日照海洋公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Rizhao Ocean Park is a modern marine park on Bihai Road in the Shanhaitian resort area, made up of an aquarium and a four-seasons flower-and-bird garden. - Rizhao Seaside National Forest Park 日照海滨国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
This is a coastal forest of black pine, metasequoia and locust trees planted on former salt flats from 1960, covering about 8 km² along some 7 km of sandy shoreline north of Rizhao. - Tiantai Mountain Sun Culture Area, Rizhao 天台山 4A scenic area · on the map
Tiantai Mountain is a wooded hill, 258 m high, in Taoluo town, built up as a sun-culture park around five low peaks. - Wanpingkou Seaside Scenic Area 万平口海滨风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
Wanpingkou is Rizhao's main seafront leisure area, built around a sandy beach of roughly 4 km, a lagoon, several plazas, a wedding park and an RV camp. - Wengweng Paradise 嗡嗡乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
Wengweng Paradise is a bee-themed leisure park in the hills of Longshan town, Ju County, which the Rizhao tourism bureau describes as Shandong's first bee-culture experience park. - Wulian Mountain 五莲山 4A scenic area · on the map
Wulian Mountain is a granite mountain area of about 73 km² in Wulian County, made up of Wulian Mountain itself, neighbouring Jiuxian Mountain and the Longtan gorge and lake. - Yaowangcheng Site 尧王城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Yaowangcheng is a settlement of the Longshan culture, among the largest known in Shandong, where excavations since 1934 have found triple city walls, house foundations, burials and sacrificial platforms, and more than 10,000 objects.
On the map
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