10 Days in Meizhou

The migration story hall by hall, plus the Southern Han iron pagoda of 965. Salt-baked chicken and stuffed tofu for the first dinner.

1. meizhou china hakka museum
2. meizhou qianfo pagoda

The birthplace of Ye Jianying (1897-1986), his residence a national protected site, then tea terraces and teahouses on the Yannanfei slopes.

1. meizhou yejianying memorial park
2. meizhou yannanfei tea garden

The Tang temple of about 862 and its living-and-withered cypress pair sit below the 1,298-m summit of Yinna; ridge paths fill the afternoon.

1. meizhou lingguang temple
2. meizhou yinna mountain

Over 30 Ming-Qing weilongwu ring Qiaoxiang; Songkou's wharfs and arcades recall the emigrant ships of the late Ming onward.

1. meizhou qiaoxiang village
2. meizhou songkou old town

The round Huae tulou of 1608 and the stone Tairou of 1763; overnight in Huliao to split the eastern days.

1. meizhou huae tulou
2. meizhou taian tulou

A morning in Baibou's three dozen lanes and the decorated Zhaoqing Hall; return via Huliao or press on toward the river towns.

1. meizhou baibou old town

At Sanhe town, the 1927 Sanheba battle memorial park and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall of 1929 stand where three rivers meet; an honest, factual stop.

1. meizhou sanheba memorial

Pingyuan County's five finger-like Danling peaks carry cliff walkways; allow most of the day, with the border views of Guangdong and Jiangxi below.

1. meizhou wuzhi stone

Two hours south into neighboring Guangdong city Chaozhou — the Guangji Bridge first built in 1171, part pontoon and part beam, and the lantern-lined archways street. Evening bus or rail back toward Meizhou.

1. chaozhou guangji bridge
2. chaozhou paifang street

A last stroll through the Hakka-themed lanes and viewpoints of Kexiatian above town, then the HSR from Meizhou West.

1. meizhou kexiatian