4 Days Guangzhou Foshan Kungfu Experience Tour

Day 1

Arrival Guangzhou
Arrive in Guangzhou, you will be met at the airport & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Meals: No meal
Accommodation: In Guangzhou

Guangzhou is a civilized ancient city with a history of more than 2200 years, the same age as the ancient city of Rome in Italy. It was also the earliest trade port in China that opened to the world and was the starting port of the “silk road” on the sea since the Han and Tang Dynasties. The city is now the capital of Guangdong province, you can see there ultra-modern hotels and office blocks rub shoulders with traditional temples, wet markets and historic buildings.

Day 2

Guangzhou
Today, you will take a city tour to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall, Temple of Chen Family, Temple of the Six Banyan Trees and Shamian Street. After the tour, if you are interested, you can take a Pearl River Cruise as your optional night entertainment (at your own expense).
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guangzhou

Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall is one of the most important historic buildings in Canton. It is built to honor Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great architect of Chinese revolution. The hall was constructed between 1929 and 1931, on the site of the former Presidential Palace.

Temple of Chen Family is one of the most culturally unique complexes in Southern China. Built in the 1890s, the complex is comprised of 19 buildings which are known for great decorations, woodcarvings, and iron castings and so on.

With the famous Thousand-Buddha Pagoda standing in the temple, the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees (Liurong si) enshrines three Buddhist statuses in its Grand Hall, which were cast in the Qing Dynasty in 1663. In the Sixth Ancestor Hall, visitors can find a copper statue of Huineng, the sixth founder of a sect of Buddhism.

Shamian Island is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou city. The territory was divided into two concessions given to France and the United Kingdom by the Qing Dynasty government in the 19th century. The island is a historical area that serves as a tranquil reminder of the colonial European period, with quiet pedestrian avenues flanked by trees and lined by historical buildings in various states of upkeep. The island now is the location of several hotels, a youth hostel, restaurants and tourist shops selling curios and souvenirs.

The Pearl River is the third longest river in China and the night cruise out of Guangzhou is an excursion no to be missed. Originating from Bai'etan, the boat will take you east to Guangzhou Bridge and south to Baihe Cave. On this leisure and romantic two-hour trip, you will see millions of lights of the city and colorfully-decorated lanterns shining along the river.

Day 3

Guangzhou    Foshan
Get up early this morning, you will first take a tour to Mount Xiqiao in Foshan (1 hour driving). After lunch, have a visit to Huang Feihong Martial Arts Museum, which covers an area of 3,486 square meters and locates 3km away from Mount Xiqiao. In the late afternoon, be transferred back to Guangzhou your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guangzhou

Mount Xiqiao is actually a 40-50 million year old dormant volcano and designated as a national forest park and national geological park.

Situated in the south west of the Nanhai District, Foshan, Mount Xiqiao is one of the 4 great mountains in Guangdong Province, which famous for its unusual natural scenery and abundant cultural relics. It has strange rock formations and a profusion of fresh water springs as well as 42 natural caves. Besides, it is home to “Twin shoulder stone tool culture”, which created by human around 6000 to 8,000 years ago.

More over, Chinese martial artist Huang Feihong was born in the area, where he developed the Nanquan or “southern fist” fighting style. Huang Feihong Martial Arts Museum for memorizing is just located some 3km away in Luzhou Village, which is the very next destination you will have a visit.

Huang Feihong, or Wong Fei-hung in local language, (July 9, 1847 – May 24, 1924) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, acupuncturist and revolutionary. He was considered an expert in the Hung Gar style of Chinese martial arts.

Huang Feihong Martial Arts Museum is a late Qing Dynasty-style building complex, which consists of Former Residence of Huang Feihong, Po-chi-lam Chinese Medical Center, Memorial Hall and some other exhibition rooms.

Day 4

Departure Guangzhou
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your next destination.
Meals: Breakfast

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