7 Days in Meizhou

The Hakka migration story hall by hall, plus the Southern Han iron pagoda of 965 on the town's eastern hill. Salt-baked chicken for dinner.

1. meizhou china hakka museum
2. meizhou qianfo pagoda

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

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

The Tang temple of about 862 with its living-and-withered cypress pair, then a lakeside afternoon at Yaminghu under Yinna Mountain, whose summit reads 1,298 m.

1. meizhou lingguang temple
2. meizhou yaminghu

Over 30 Ming-Qing weilongwu ring Qiaoxiang; downstream at Songkou, the wharfs and arcades from which Hakka emigrants sailed for Southeast Asia from the late Ming on.

1. meizhou qiaoxiang village
2. meizhou songkou old town

The round Huae tulou of 1608 and the stone Tairou of 1763 bracket Dabu's day; overnight in the county town of Huliao.

1. meizhou huae tulou
2. meizhou taian tulou

Baibou's lane maze and the decorated Fangzhi Hall open the day; at Sanhe town, the 1927 Sanheba battle memorial park and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall of 1929 stand by the river confluence.

1. meizhou baibou old town
2. meizhou sanheba memorial

In Pingyuan County, five Danling peaks shaped like fingers carry cliff walkways with long views over the Guangdong-Jiangxi border; evening return to Meizhou.

1. meizhou wuzhi stone