The Cottonrose Vacation Resort is located at the mountain area north of Huadu District. Its original name for the place is Cottonrose Cliff. At the end of South Song Dynasty, Lai Buyi , Master of Geomantic Omen from Jiangxi Province followed the Dragon trail to come here, discovering that the Dragon Cave was here. It is a geomantic precious place in South Guangdong. He also predicted that “there would be a king bred out from Hua County ”Hong Song was buried here. His grand grand son six generations later Hong Xiuquan had become the “Heaven King” as expected. There are more than 50 hotels and inns, providing accommodation, food and drinks, shopping, entertainment and conference centers. Tourist attractions are scattered all over the resort.
Located at the northeast corner of the reservoir, the West Mountain Fall is falling 100 meters down from the cliff. The width of the water fall ranges to more than 30 meters and it is the biggest natural water fall in Guangzhou. Because of the Dragon Temple on top of the cliff, the water fall is also called Dragon's Liquid. Under the water fall, with the natural falling water, the pool is reformed into the largest natural swimming pool in Guangzhou.
The Dragon's Temple was rebuilt in 1988. There had been an ancient temple here and was burned later. Though small, there was a beautiful story behind the temple.
Standing in the Cotton Peak Square, you face the reservoir down to the southeast, and backed by the main ridge the mountain. Lower in front and higher from behind, this is the place where you have echos in front and support from behind according to geomantic master. The two ridges at both sides are said to be symbols to meet lucks and collect fortune from both sides. They also symbolized the two stretching welcoming arms to the guests. So here is the most respectable and noble position. On top of the peak, you will see cloud waving down at the mountain side and forest chiming in the wind. You can feel the wind from all directions. It is the best place for climbing during the Chongyang Festival.
Forest Park of Mountain Prince stands at the border between Huandu and Qingyuan in the north part of Huadu District. It covers 3,200 hectors. Peaks stand high and low in the forest park. There are abundant plant species and Chinese medicine raw materials, growing exuberantly in the park. The forest is in a natural status without artificial influence and is a Xanadu rarely seen in Guangzhou area. On Mountain Prince, the forest is dense and the scenery is beautiful. Acording to measurement, anion here is as high as 6,400 per cubic centimeter, 10-20 times higher than the urban area. The are quality is always A grade in the park. Mount Prince to the northeast is 572 meters above the sea, ranked the second highest peak in Huadu District and Mountain Yingya to the southwest is 586 meters above the sea and ranked the first in Huadu as well as in Guangzhou.
The Sunny Grass Ski Court is located in the west part of the Cottonrose Resort, occupying 430,000 square meters. It is constructed according to the international standards. The skiing equipment are imported from Italy. You may enjoy the pleasure of skiing on the snow while skiing on the grass here. |
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