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Foshan, Guangdong, China

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About Foshan

Foshan is where Cantonese martial arts, lion dance and opera feel most at home. The city on the Pearl River Delta, right next to Guangzhou, is the hometown of the kung fu master Wong Fei-hung and closely linked with Ip Man, Bruce Lee's teacher, and both are honored inside its splendid Ancestral Temple. Today about nine and a half million people live across its districts.

For centuries Foshan was one of China's great craft towns, famous for iron casting, silk and ceramics. In Shiwan, the Nanfeng Ancient Kiln has been firing pottery since the Ming dynasty, and the city still makes much of the country's tiles and porcelain. Two of the four celebrated classical gardens of Guangdong, Liang's Garden and Qinghui Garden, are found here.

Shunde district, known across China for its cooking, is the place to try double-skin milk and fresh river fish. Foshan shares a metro network with Guangzhou, high-speed trains stop at Foshan West, and Guangzhou Baiyun airport is the nearest major gateway.

Best seasonOctober-December, when it is dry and mild

Ideal stay1-2 days

ArrivingGuangzhou Baiyun airport; metro from Guangzhou; high-speed rail to Foshan West

Top 10 Experiences in Foshan

Temples and Shrines 1

Foshan Ancestral Temple, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Foshan Ancestral Temple

First founded in the Song dynasty, this richly decorated temple honors the Northern Emperor and is famous for its ceramic roof fig...

Neighborhoods 1

Lingnan Tiandi

Next to the Ancestral Temple, this restored quarter of grey-brick Lingnan houses, ancestral halls and narrow lanes now holds resta...

History 4

Liang's Garden, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Liang's Garden

Laid out in the 19th century by a family of scholar-officials, Liang's Garden is counted among the four famous classical gardens o...

Qinghui Garden, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Qinghui Garden

In Daliang, the center of Shunde district, this garden began as the home of a Ming-dynasty scholar and grew over the centuries int...

Nanfeng Ancient Kiln, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Nanfeng Ancient Kiln

In the pottery district of Shiwan, this long dragon kiln climbing a slope was built in the Ming dynasty and has been fired almost...

Fengjian Ancient Village

This quiet village in Shunde is crisscrossed by canals and stone bridges, with ancestral halls, old houses and banyan trees along...

Nature 1

Xiqiao Mountain, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Xiqiao Mountain

Southwest of central Foshan in Nanhai district, this extinct volcanic massif is dotted with peaks, waterfalls, caves, old villages...

Parks 2

Chencun Flower World

Chencun in Shunde has been a flower-growing town for centuries, and this large park shows off its trade with gardens of flowering...

Qiandeng Lake, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Qiandeng Lake

At the center of the Guicheng area in Nanhai district, Qiandeng Lake, meaning Thousand Lamp Lake, is a large landscaped lake ringe...

Food and Drink 1

Minxin Double-Skin Milk Shop, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Minxin Double-Skin Milk Shop

Shunde is famous for buffalo-milk desserts, and this long-established shop in Daliang is one of the best-known places to try them....

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