Rising Sun Park·Amber of Time
by Kopi Chaser
Apr 27, 2025
Don't want to be in crowded places this May Day? 🙅
Yongmo Village in Zhongshan is definitely your top choice!
Only 40min from downtown
Hiking, visiting historic residences, enjoying delicious food, soaking in hot springs...
Plus markets and concerts during May Day 🎶
A whole day isn't enough to experience everything
Travel guide right here 👇
Save it now~
Yongmo Village 🏞 has a thousand-year history. The village features stone-paved streets, oyster shell walls, ancient post roads, as well as guesthouses, cafes, and handicraft workshops - a perfect blend of tradition and modernity 😘
🤗 Recommended Attractions
✅ Zheng Guanying's Former Residence
Originally his ancestral home, featuring elegant Lingnan architecture with exquisite wood and brick carvings inside
✅ Zhihe Garden
Located next to the residence, this Lingnan-style garden features water courtyards, flower courtyards, bamboo courtyards, and koi ponds. It also houses an exhibition on Zheng Guanying's life. Stroll through while enjoying the beautiful scenery 😌
✅ Yongmo Upper Street
Originally part of the ancient Qi'ao Road, it was once the essential route from Zhongshan to Macau. Now many old houses along the street have been converted into cafes, workshops, and guesthouses, creating a charming, antique atmosphere
♥ Recommended spots
👉 Zhiluo Research Workshop: Experience tie-dye, weaving and other handicrafts
👉 Liang's Winter Melon Pastry: A reputable old brand famous for winter melon pastries, wife cakes, and chicken biscuits 🤩
👉 Meixin Flavor Sanxiang Rice Noodle Shop: Authentic handmade rice noodles with many returning customers
👉 Meishu·Yongmo Guesthouse: New Chinese style, enjoy tea 🍵, flowers 🌸 and sunset in the courtyard - it's beautiful
✅ Luosanmei Mountain
Follow the same hiking route as the great man, with a monument inscribed "Never Walk Back" along the mountain path. The mountain isn't tall, making it an easy climb 👣 From the summit, you can overlook the entire village
✅ Zhongshan Hot Spring Resort
Features 48 hot spring pools with different therapeutic effects, a water park, plus gym, sauna, tea rooms and more - perfect for family relaxation 👨👩👧👦
Other attractions include Zheng's Ancestral Hall, Konghou Cultural Theme Museum, and Yongyi Hall Lion Dance Martial Arts Center
‼ On May 1st, there will be a special cultural tourism market and Golden Land Concert at Yongmo Village Cultural Square!
🌈 Special Cultural Tourism Market
Featuring specialty foods, intangible cultural heritage experiences, parent-child interactions, traditional Chinese medicine wellness and more - shop and eat happily all day
⏰: 15:00—21:30
🌈 "May Day" Golden Land Concert
Folk orchestra performances, live bands, clapper talks, dance performances and more - a feast for your eyes and ears!
⏰: 19:30—20:30
🚦 Transportation
🚙 Driving: Navigate to Yongmo Village Visitor parking lot, Yongmo Village temporary parking lot, or Yongmo West Wharf parking lot
🚌 Public transit: Take bus routes 211, 605, 609, 688, 998, 999, etc., and walk to the village after getting off at Zheng Guanying's Former Residence bus stop
📌 Additionally, during the May Day holiday, there are also events at Xiangshan Theater and Xingzhong Square
"Enjoy May Day" Concert
📍 Xiangshan Theater on Sun Wen West Road Pedestrian Street
⏰: May 1st-2nd 20:00-21:30
Intangible Cultural Heritage Parade Performance
📍 Xingzhong Square
⏰: May 1st-2nd 19:00-20:00
"Qijiang Night·Music with Xiangshan" Concert
📍 Waterfront Stage at Xingzhong Square
⏰: May 1st-3rd 20:00-21:30
Post by Barton McDermott | Apr 27, 2025























