10 Days in Foshan

The 1078 Beidi temple, the 1658 Wanfutai stage and twice-daily lion dances, the 2001 memorial halls, and the restored lanes of Lingnan Tiandi.

1. foshan zumiao
2. foshan wong fei hung memorial
3. foshan ip man hall
4. foshan lingnan tiandi

The 1506 dragon kiln, a potter's-wheel session, ceramics history, and the courtyards of the garden begun in 1796.

1. foshan nanfeng ancient kiln
2. foshan shiwan ceramics museum
3. foshan liang garden

The 346-metre hill, the 61.9-metre Guanyin and Kang Youwei's 1870s academy, with the lion-dance school at the foot.

1. foshan xiqiao mountain
2. foshan nanhai guanyin
3. foshan sanhu academy

The mulberry-dike fish-pond country at Xiqiao's southern foot — a farming system on the World Irrigation Heritage list since 2020, walked between ponds and the fishing-and-silk culture park.

1. foshan sangyuanwei

Qinghui Garden and Huagai Road's snack lanes in the UNESCO gastronomy district of 2014 — pace yourself for fish later.

1. foshan qinghui garden
2. foshan huagai road

Canal lanes, two Song-era bridges and slow boats an hour southwest in Xingtan; steam milk pudding before the bus back.

1. foshan fengjian water town

The district museum's food-and-silk galleries, a cooking-school morning if booked, and a long-table lunch that justifies Shunde's 2014 title.

1. foshan shunde museum

A declared neighbour day on the 2010 metro — first intercity line on the mainland — to the 1888-1894 Chen Clan Academy and the Yongqingfang lanes.

1. foshan chenjiaci
2. foshan yongqing fang

Another declared day, about an hour south by rail to Nanlang: the house Sun Yat-sen designed himself in 1892 at Cuiheng village and its exhibition halls, back for a late dinner.

1. foshan sun yat sen residence

The plane-tree island of Shamian in the morning and the 600-metre Canton Tower at dusk, then the night rail or flight from Guangzhou South or Baiyun.

1. foshan shamian island
2. foshan canton tower