Furongzhang Waterfall, the most famous in all of Guangdong Province. The waterfall is the centrepiece of the Furong Holiday Resort, whose 6,000 hectares encompass hills, waterfalls and forests. It has already become one of the most popular weekend destinations for Guangzhou residents.

Furongzhong is 16 kilometres north of Huadu City or 38 kilometres north of Guangzhou's city district. To reach Furongzhong by bus or car from Huadu, one can take State Highway 107 and then turn onto the special highway for the Furong Holiday Resort, which altogether takes 30 minutes. This brings you to the foot of a hill where one can see a huge, magnificent waterfall cascading down from a sheer cliffside. Interestingly, when the waterfall reaches the ground, the water turns into a placid forming a natural swimming pool large enough to accommodate some 10,000 swimmers. The area at the foot of the hill is complete with recreational services such as restaurants, hotels, karaoke bars, saunas, a foreign businessmen's club, a barbecue picnic area, tennis courts, a shooting range, and climbing.

The Gao Jianfu Memorial Hall was established in commemoration of Gao Jianfu (1879-1951), co-founder of the Lingnan school of painting. It's an important facility for research on Gao Jianfu and the artistic development of the Lingnan school of painting. The memorial hall originally sat on the premises of the former Chunshui Painting Academy, where Gao lectured and fostered a significant number of artistic talents during the 1920s, which helped stimulated the development of the Lingnan school of painting art.

In 1989, Gao's family donated the premises of the Chunshui Painting Academy to the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government. The Government subsequently demolished buildings on the premises and built the Gao Jianfu Memorial Hall. The hall displays historical materials relating to Gao's artistic career and some of his works and poem and prose manuscripts, introduces Gao's artistic evolution and accomplishments, and illustrates his participation in the Revolution of 1911 spearheaded by Dr. Sun Yet-sen.

The Gao Jianfu Memorial Hall is affiliated with the Guangzhou Museum of Art.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 3 per person
Address: No.87 Zhuzij Street, Panfu Road, Guangzhou City
Traffic: Take Bus No.7, 24, 58, 182, 185, 284, 528, 529, 543 or 549 and get off at the Panfu Road station.

Situated in the northeast of the park are two Lingnan-style (South China-style) gardens: Huifang Garden and Lingnan Garden. In terms of layout, their buildings, ancestral temples and gardens are all integrated, while the Lingnan-style gardens have various spaces and elegant styles. The gardens are not just limited to one pattern. There is a whole series of natural, picturesque rural scenes on show.

The climate is also taken into account. Pavilions and kiosks in the gardens provide visitors with shade to protect against the sizzling heat in summer while air passages help cool air fan visitors. In the winter, the garden is protected from northerly winds by walls.

Traditional Chinese artwork like wood engravings, porcelain and embroidery are also incorporated. The structures are a blend of the traditional and the modern, with concrete underpinning the tiled roofs and fiber-optic lighting under the eaves. Wood is used where appropriate, to add warmth and a traditional feel.

The Furong Holiday Resort is located at the mountain area north of Huadu District. The place was originally named Furong Cliff. Nowadays, there are more than 50 hotels and holiday inns, providing accommodations, food, drinks, shopping malls, entertainments and conference centres. Tourist attractions are scattered all over the resort.

The famous West Mountain Fall is also situated at the northeast corner of the reservoir, inside the holiday resort. The waterfall falls 100 metres down from the cliff, 30 metres more in width which is the biggest natural waterfall inside Guangzhou. It is also called the Dragon's Liquid since it is under the Dragon Temple on the cliff top. With the natural splash under the fall, the natural pool is thus reformed into a watering place which is the largest in Guangzhou district.

Fangcun District lies in the southwest of Guangzhou, with beautiful natural scene, superior locations and convenient traffic, which is surrounded by Pearl River except for west section with a river line of 31 kilos. Huadi River runs across the district from south to north, to form a double surrounding situation. River surrounding at 3 sides with dense river networks as well as the humid climate provide superior conditions to develop ecological agriculture.

Fangcun was named “Flower Place” and “Thousand Year Flower Home”, which has a flower growing history of 1,700 years and is the cradle of Lingnan bonsai. Numerous scholars and poets have left a great number of poems to praise Fangcun. Kang Youwei wrote “The flowers are still in bloom in thousand year flower home, the former Liu Lang may return now” in Visit to Flower Place.

Fangcun is the major flower production export base in Guangzhou, which is praised as the cradle of flower and bonsai. There are 40,000 mus of cultivated field, among which the plantation of flowers accounts for over 12,000 mus. There are 250 flower plants, with 2,000 kinds, 480 categories and 170 faculties. The flower and bonsai produced are exported to Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, West Europe Hong Kong, Macao and North America besides domestic sale, with an annual sales amount of 1 billion yuan and foreign currency profit of 10 billion US dollars. The export accounts for 70% in Guangdong, which is a real production base for flower and bonsai.

Fangcun are most famous for jasmine, carambola and olive. Recently, flowers are imported from overseas, like Dutch tulip, Belgium azalea, African violet and Brazilian sago. The flowers are divided into different functions such as industrial flower, environmental improvement flower, home decoration flower, gift flower, seasonal flower and fresh cut flower, to meet the need home and abroad. The plantation of flowers has also developed from soil plantation towards modern scientific plantation, which facilitated the emergence of the first natural flavor enterprise—Guangzhou Baihua Flavor Factory.

The poet Chen Hua in Qing Dynasty once wrote, “Out of the large population, most people you meet are flower farmers”. which describes the features of Fangcun vividly. Now, Fangcun is invited to attend the international flower expo every year, returning with awards each time.

Fangcun is the cradle of Lingnan bonsai arts, which combines the arts and theories of Lingnan School of Painting. Consistent research and creation, as well as the rich natural resources create the unique Lingnan bonsai. The bonsai plants include common jasminorange, elm, Fujian Tea, Sparrow plum, sago, open herding, azalea, pine, guava and red almond. The style is featured by rich layers, natural characteristics and elegance. The bonsai arts in Decha, Haibei and Longxi are unique with exquisite handicrafts. The specifications cover a great range from human-size bonsai to palm-like miniature bonsai. There are also medium bonsai planted in pot of 30-40 m long.

The spectacular fish in Fangcun is named “flower in water”, with 100 categories. The breeding area covers more than 40 hectares, with an annual income of 10 million yuan. Flower, bonsai and spectacular fish are three treasures of Fangcun.

The tourist resources are rich in Fangcun. “Datong Smoky Drizzle” was listed one of Eight Sceneries of Guangzhou since Song Dynasty. “Night Moon on White Goose Pool” is listed one of Eight Sceneries of Guangzhou in Qing Dynasty. The more attractive are the historical garden sites. Since Song Dynasty, the garden arts have been developing quickly. There are more than 30 gardens in the later Qing Dynasty, among which the most famous 8 gardens are Liufang Garden, Zuiguan Garden, Renxiang Garden, Qunfang Garden, Neo-Changchun Garden, Yuxiang Garden, Cuilin Garden and Pinhong Garden with their unique characteristics. Recently, Fangcun speeds up the development of tourism, including the construction of tourist zones and business tourism zones like Wong Tai Sin Temple, Fangcun Sports Center, Superior Golf Village Club and South Tea Market. Zuiguan Garden is under expansion with Little Pengxian House moving in. In near future, the elegance of Lingnan garden in Qing Dynasty can be restored.

Guangzhou Flower Fair Garden lies in the southwest side of Fangcun District, covering 3915 mu, which is the leader in industrialization of agriculture. The Guangdong ecological model garden is also one of three images in Fagncun. The total investment of Guangzhou Flower Fair Garden reached 0.889 billion yuan. There are three functional zones including model zones of flower exhibit for sale, scientific researches on flower and Dashahe River ecological tourism. Model zone of flower exhibit for sale has been constructed and opened, which is the part we can see now.

Model zone of flower exhibit for sale lies to the east of Dashahe River, covering 1,500 mu, which is an all-around and multi-functional comprehensive Flower Fair. Since July 1998, there are 226 flower companies introduced into the market, including Taiwan Qiqiao Gardening Co. Ltd, Maoyuan Gardening, Longyan Gardening, Yinghao Scientific Teaching, Hi-tech Huali Gardening, Professor Company, Zhongda Dantian Biotech Stock Co. Ltd, attracting a investment of 0.67 billion yuan. The exhibit zone was opened Jan 12th, 2001, which successfully held “1st Fangcun Flower Fair Expo”, and received 1.15 million tourists that same year with an annual turnover of 1.4 billion yuan.

The major domestic flowers include spectacular tree, bonsai, root carving, liana, bulbar flower and flowers with permanent roots.

The splendid, colorful and delicate flowers in Flower Fair Garden will leave you limitless aftertaste and unwilling to return.