5 Days in Foshan

The 1078 temple of Beidi with its 1658 Wanfutai stage and twice-daily lion dances, the 2001 Wong Fei-hung memorial and Ip Man Hall, then 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 with some 500 years of firing, a turn at the potter's wheel, and an afternoon in the Liang Garden, among Lingnan's four great gardens since its 1796 start.

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

South to Nanhai district: the volcanic hill of 346 metres, the seated Guanyin cast at 61.9 metres, and the Sanhu Academy where Kang Youwei read in the late 1870s; the lion-dance school of Huang Fei-hung's home village is on the lower slopes.

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

The Ming-founded Qinghui Garden and Huagai Road's snack lanes — double-skin milk, fried milk — in the district UNESCO named a gastronomy city in 2014.

1. foshan qinghui garden
2. foshan huagai road

About an hour southwest in Xingtan township: lanes over canals, two Song-era stone bridges, and boat rides under the banyans, then the evening rail out of Foshan or Guangzhou South.

1. foshan fengjian water town