[2025 Jiangmen Attraction] Travel Guide for Bird Paradise (Updated Jun)

Day 1: Watchtowers & Water Villages – Time Travel to Republican Era Morning: Kaiping Zili Village Watchtower Cluster - **Highlights**: 15 century-old watchtowers dotting rice fields blend Roman columns with glazed tiles and Baroque carvings against gray walls – a stunning East-meets-West aesthetic! Climb Mingshi Tower (featured in "Let the Bullets Fly"), touch the Italian stained glass, and relive the passionate era of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. - **Tip**: Arrive before 8am! Capture misty morning reflections of watchtowers. Entry ¥78 (worth every penny). Noon: Chikan Ancient Town Claypot Rice - **Eat**: Firewood-cured meat claypot rice🍛 – crispy crust meets juicy sausages (~¥30/person). Snap photos of 600 arcade buildings and the breathtaking stained glass at Szeto Clan Library. - **New Trend**: The viral Nanyang floral installation is perfect for cheongsam-clad retro photos! Afternoon: Gulou Water Village Boat Ride - **Highlights**: Glide through "Lingnan's Venice" under banyan roots, watch egrets skim water, with folk songs and lotus ponds as backdrop – ultimate serenity. - **Secret Spot**: Head to "Shuilong Bridge" at dusk for golden sunset ripples – a living ink painting! Stay: "Liyuan·Rice Fragrance Watchtower" homestay (~¥200+/person) with paddy field views under starry skies. Day 2: Overseas Chinese Heritage & Old Town Flavors Morning: "The Knockout" Filming Locations Walk - **Route**: Changdi Square → **Thirty-Three Steps Street** (Qiangge's pork trotter noodles!) → Qimingli (century-old arcades + craft shops) → Overseas Chinese Museum. - **Must-dos**: ✅ Recreate the drama's iconic backshot on the 33-step alley; ✅ Sip "Qiaodu Coffee"☕ with tangerine peel latte at Qimingli; ✅ Collect stamps at the museum's new "Republic Memories" exhibit. Noon: Gujing Roast Goose Feast - **Eat**: Hit **Gujing Roast Goose Street** (try "Pingxiang Roast Goose") – crispy skin, succulent meat with plum sauce (~¥98/serves 3). Afternoon: Bird Paradise & Tangerine Peel Village - **Highlights**: **Bird Paradise**: Cruise through Ba Jin's "Bird Island" with herons flying close (bring telephoto lens!); **Tangerine Peel Village**: Devour tangerine peel ice cream🍦 (¥9.9), try peel-infused milk tea, and buy aged peel for cooking/tea. ⚠️ Pro Tips: 1. **Transport**: 2hr drive from Guangzhou/Shenzhen; charter cars recommended (~¥300/day); 2. **Avoid**: Lvmei Eco Park's flowers are off-season (no blooms in June❗) – opt for Guifeng Mountain; 3. **Outfits**: Cheongsams for arcades, straw hats/baskets at watchtowers – guaranteed photogenic! "Wake to watchtowers, turn corners into arcades – a roast goose meal tells half of Jiangmen's overseas Chinese history. This city's romance is wanderers' deepest love letter to home."

#Dragon Boat Festival good places Xinhui Bird Paradise, a tourist destination, is shaded by green trees and a great place to watch birds. You can admire the four-hundred-year-old banyan trees. Banyan trees are everywhere. You can also go on a boat trip. You can watch the beauty of the birds up close. The birds spread their wings and fly, and they return to their nests in the water. It is worth a visit. The transportation is also convenient.

Jiangmen Travel Guide: A hidden gem in Guangdong ✨ Jiangmen, a treasure of a city hidden in Guangdong, boasts unique overseas Chinese customs and breathtaking scenery, making it perfect for a weekend getaway! Quickly save this guide 👇 🏞 Recommended Attractions: 📍Chikan: Guangdong Overseas Chinese International Tourism Resort: An original ecological ancient town of overseas Chinese with rows of arcade buildings, full of retro charm, perfect for taking photos. 📍Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area: The filming location of "Let the Bullets Fly," full of historical charm, where you can feel the rich overseas Chinese culture. 📍Guifeng Mountain National Forest Park: Jiangmen's natural oxygen bar, with a quiet environment, perfect for a leisurely stroll, and you can also go for blessings. 📍Bird Paradise: The "Bird Paradise" described by Ba Jin, where a single tree forms a forest, and hundreds of birds inhabit, making bird watching by boat super fun. 🍱 Foodie Hotspots: 🥘Hongqi Mountain Villa (Guifeng Mountain Branch): The signature winter melon soup is a must-order, with a fresh and delicious taste, a super authentic old-fashioned flavor. 🍜Shanding Shahe Noodles - Cantonese Restaurant (Donghua Branch): The stir-fried rice noodles are amazing, full of wok hei, every bite is super satisfying. 🦢Gujing Roasted Goose: Crispy skin and tender meat, bursting with juice when you bite into it, a must-eat delicacy in Jiangmen. 🦐Taishan Seafood: A variety of fresh seafood, original flavor, a paradise for seafood lovers. 🏠 Accommodation Options: 🏨Chikan Ancient Town Meitang Hotel: Republican Western style, the rooms are super stylish, staying here is like traveling back in time. 🏨Jiangmen Wanda Realm Hotel: Excellent location, the rooms have huge floor-to-ceiling windows, offering a view of the dazzling night scene. 🏨Chikan Ancient Town Nest Parent-Child Hotel: The first choice for traveling with kids, the rooms are full of childlike fun, kids love it. 🚗 Transportation Guide: Departing from Guangzhou, a half-hour high-speed train ride will take you to Jiangmen, and it is very convenient to take a taxi or bus in the city. Come to Jiangmen for a weekend and experience this unique beauty 💕

📍Itinerary Introduction Although our trip was not very long, we had a lot of fun and learned a lot about Jiangmen’s humanities and geography. 🚩Travel route Qimingli - Sanshisanxu - Liang Qichao's Former Residence - Chenpi Village - Bird Paradise 🏖️Check-in attractions Qimingli: Architectural complex of overseas Chinese hometown Sanshisanxu: The filming location of "The Storm" Liang Qichao's Former Residence: The Great Man's Former Residence Chenpi Village: Xinhui Chenpi Bird Paradise: Bird Paradise written by Mr. Ba Jin in the primary school textbook 🚇Transportation Take a taxi 🚗, bus 🚌 📷Shadow Phase Every attraction is worth a visit! 🍜Special Food The restaurants in Jiangmen are very authentic, they are truly Cantonese style! There are also many snacks in Sanshisanxu 🏠Accommodation recommendations 1. Yijia Apartment (Jiangmen East Station Jianghai Wanda Plaza Branch) 💡Notes: ⚠️You can't take a boat tour in Bird Paradise at night, and it's quite large inside, so if you want to visit, you should pay attention to arrange your time. The small museum inside will also close at 6 o'clock, so pay attention to the time I hope I can visit more places next time I go to Jiangmen! I also hope everyone has a good time in Jiangmen🥳

📖 The attractions in the textbook are finally seen with your own eyes Mr. Ba Jin's "Bird's Paradise" is truly well-deserved🌳 🌿 The wonder of a single tree forming a forest The whole island is a world held up by a big banyan tree The intertwined roots and lush branches are really the miraculous work of nature✂️ 🕊️ There are groups of herons perched in the trees An elegant white crane stands in the pool The whole ecosystem coexists harmoniously, the scene is spectacular👀 💦 Take a boat through the water town Enjoy this bird paradise up close The breeze blows and the birdsong feels really healing☺️ 🌟 Understand it after experiencing it firsthand Why did Ba Jin write the famous article for this? It's a really meaningful trip🧳 📍Tips: The best time for birdwatching is early morning or dusk Remember to bring a binoculars 🔭 Stay quiet and don't scare the birds #MainlandTravel #Jiangmen

Jiangmen, why don’t you promote this place more? Mr. Ba Jin's "Bird's Paradise" is so beautiful~~ Small bridges and flowing water, green everywhere [FourLeafClover][Clover][Tree][CoconutTree] [Sun] It's quite hot in summer, it's recommended to come in the evening, the light is soft and cool The cruise time is about 15-20 minutes If you want to see the stunning scenery, you must choose a good time to go on a cruise! [Sunrise] Birds leave their nests around 7:00 a.m. [Sunset] Birds return to their nests around 5:30 p.m. But it also depends on the weather. The return time will be relatively delayed in summer [RollerCoaster] Parking [TaxiFront]: There are many parking spaces in the park Opening hours [Compass]: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

I thought the Bird Paradise was a very old tourist attraction, but I found that it was very well built. On weekdays when there are not many people, you can quietly watch the birds in the woods, or just stare blankly for a while. It is recommended to take a boat and then walk for an hour and a half, which is well worth it. I didn’t expect that old attractions could be well maintained and renovated, great!

Revisiting Xinhui, a special visit to Silver Lake Wetland Scenery, Bird Paradise Revisiting Xinhui, our destination is the Bird Paradise, a place described as picturesque in Ba Jin's writings. Silver Lake Wetland, a magical place known as a bird paradise, is quietly waiting for our arrival. As we enter the wetland, the view opens up before us. The water is clear and sparkling, and egrets leisurely search for food on the water surface, as if telling the story of the tranquility and harmony of this wetland. In the sky, hundreds of birds circle and dance, their wings beating the air, leaving a series of crisp chirps. They fly in pairs or soar alone, free and unrestrained. Walking along the bird-watching corridor, the scenes described by Ba Jin seem to come alive before our eyes. The birds perch on branches or soar in the sky, each movement full of vitality and energy. They fly freely over the wetland, becoming the most beautiful scenery here. In addition to bird-watching, the ancient pavilions and winding paths in the wetland are also worth a visit. They provide a good place for visitors to rest and take photos, while also making people feel as if they are in a paradise far away from the hustle and bustle of the world. The trip to Xinhui made me deeply appreciate the unique charm of the wetland scenery and bird paradise. It is not only a good place to watch birds, but also a sanctuary for purifying and relaxing the mind. Ba Jin's description makes this wetland more vivid and interesting, and makes us cherish this beauty even more.

Xiaoniao Paradise is a wetland park themed around bird ecology. It is known to the world because of Ba Jin's essay "Bird Paradise" and his handwritten inscription of the four characters "Xiaoniao Paradise." In the park, there is a water banyan tree that has been growing since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Over time, the water banyan tree has grown into a forest, where thousands of birds build their nests and live, making it a paradise for birds. Take a small boat through the river, admire the lush branches and leaves of the century-old banyan tree, and marvel at the wonderful sight of birds and trees coexisting, feeling the harmony and beauty of nature. ~~ It is said that morning and evening 🌆 are the best times to watch birds𓅛~ Buy tickets on-site, because during the National Day holiday, tickets with boat tickets are not available online, only 6 tickets are available, so buy tickets on-site. ￣ 🌿 Birdwatching experience: At eight o'clock 🕗 the birds are full!!! Except for a few egrets, I didn't see anything else. Travel tips: You should watch the birds return to their nests in the evening 🌆 hahaha If you don't watch birds, the scenery in the morning is still quite good, with few people and good air. The wetland park itself is very suitable for walking, and it is not too sunny in the morning. If the weather is good, you can take really good photos! Tickets: 50 yuan for a boat ticket and ten tickets. It is not very meaningful to just walk without taking a boat. But if you take a boat to watch birds, you can only watch for a few minutes.

🦜 Check out Xinhui Bird Paradise 🌳 A must-visit scenic area! A peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle 🏞️ 🎫 Ticket info: Adult tickets are about ¥46, child tickets are ¥32 (for reference only, please refer to the actual price on site 😉) 📍 Navigation address: [Gurong Road, Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong] ⏰ Best time to visit: 9:00 am–4:00 pm; avoid weekend and holiday crowds 🔥 ✅ Travel tips 👀 Save these tips: 1️⃣ Boat tour of Tianma Island 🌊 Enjoy the scenery along the way and experience the poetic scene of "birds flying in the water, people swimming on the water" 😘 - The whole journey takes about 20 minutes, and the boat stops at intervals for visitors to enjoy and take photos 😍 Remember to get ready to capture the most beautiful moments 🔝! 2️⃣ Find the beautiful banyan tree described by Ba Jin 💪 Imagine the breathtaking scene of thousands of birds flying over your head!! 🤩 Here, you can not only take spectacular photos but also learn about the legendary stories and rich historical and cultural heritage 💕~ 3️⃣ Climb the bird-watching platform 🛶 Observe these lovely little creatures singing and playing on the branches through a telescope 🐦 It's like being in a fairy tale world, making you forget to leave ✨... If you're lucky, you might even spot rare bird species like egrets 🥇 4️⃣ Stroll through the ecological wetland park and feel the gift of nature 💚 Here, you can experience what it means to be in close contact with nature 🌼 Every inch of land is full of vitality, making you feel relaxed and comfortable ☀️... By the way, the fresh and humid air here is great for relieving travel fatigue 🍃

Leave the city on the weekend and go straight to a quiet tourist spot The Bird Paradise in the Chinese language book, I finally went to see the Bird Paradise written by Ba Jin. I purposely went there after 5 o'clock, and it was almost closing time. It takes about half an hour by boat. Tickets: 25 for adults, 50 for boat tickets. Buy the boat ticket and get the ticket included. Children and senior citizens over 65 are 10 yuan cheaper. What’s amazing is that you don’t have to look at your mainland China ID card to explain it to the person buying the ticket. It was really because of Ba Jin’s article in the Chinese language book that I was attracted to it. On the first section of the boat ride, there are indeed long banyan trees and big banyan trees on the water. The first 15 minutes will be quite boring. In the last 5 minutes or so, there will be many egrets deep in the banyan trees. There will be more inside the tree. But I don’t feel that I am very afraid of people, and I don’t even fly much when I take photos of them. If you like to watch birds🐦 or enjoy parent-child activities and experience textbooks, you can go.

[Star] Bird Paradise, where the writer Ba Jin wrote "Bird Paradise" and flocks of birds fly up in the early morning. This is the bird world described by Ba Jin in his "Bird's Paradise" where "a single tree forms a forest". It is also a secret place with few people and beautiful scenery. [Star] The Bird Paradise consists of several small islands and banyan trees, surrounded by waterways. Visitors can walk around the three main island areas. After entering the scenic area, walk to the waterside boardwalk to start the tour. You can see the criss-crossing branches of the banyan trees extending all the way along the water. [Star] When walking across the Luying Bridge, you may occasionally see a cruise ship passing under the bridge. This small island is surrounded by green trees and is even quieter and more elegant. [Star] Walk inside and you will reach the Bird Watching Building, which was converted from an old teaching building that was originally a middle school. Walk up to the rooftop, where there are free telescopes, and you can see the core scenery of the bird paradise - the "single tree forest" banyan tree. [Star]【Take a cruise】Enter the core area of ​​Bird Paradise. There is a boat every half an hour and the journey takes about 30 minutes. It is recommended to ride near sunset when the light is soft and the birds are returning home, making the scenery even better.

When I was young, I only read a few love books by Mr. Ba Jin. I didn't expect that when traveling, I could follow his essays to find the prototypes of the scenery, just like the ancient people looking for Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" and the recent "My Altay" exploration craze. "Bird's Paradise" is an essay written by the modern writer Ba Jin in 1933. It tells the story of the author and his friends visiting the "Bird Paradise", where they saw countless birds and were reluctant to leave. This is not fiction. There really is such a "Bird Paradise" in real life, in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. This garden actually has a water banyan tree that grew in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The branches of the water banyan tree hang down to the ground and penetrate into the soil to become new trunks. As time goes by, the big banyan tree has grown into a forest, with thousands of birds living in the forest, and the birds and trees depend on each other. In 1933, Ba Jin, who was already a famous writer when he was less than 30 years old, went south to Guangdong. After visiting here, he was inspired and wrote the famous essay "Bird's Paradise". In 1984, Mr. Ba Jin personally wrote the four characters "Bird Paradise", and the Bird Paradise got its name from then on. In 2019, the famous article was included in the 23rd lesson of the People's Education Press Chinese textbook for fifth graders. From then on, this magical oasis was preserved forever in memory and the real world. The small village of that year has gradually developed into a bustling market town, and the birds that appeared in Ba Jin's essays may no longer exist, but the water is still the same clear water, and the forest is still the same banyan forest. Walking into this banyan forest and looking across the water, this huge green castle appears unusually quiet. Behind this lush banyan tree forest, there are many large birds - egrets, gray herons, thrushes, and of course sparrows. "There are bird sounds and bird shadows everywhere. Being there feels like listening to a concert by nature." Then this idyllic scene in Ba Jin's article was put into the painting "Bird Paradise" by the great painter Wu Guanzhong, and Xinhui continued another wonderful story. In 1992, the British Museum broke the convention of only exhibiting ancient artifacts and held the "Wu Guanzhong - Chinese Painter of the 20th Century" exhibition for the first time for a living painter, and solemnly collected Wu Guanzhong's huge new color ink painting "Bird Paradise". "I looked out over the river and saw a forest of trees covered with dense leaves... I returned and painted "Bird Paradise", focusing on the vertical and horizontal lines, the sparse and dense interweaving, the order in the chaos, attracting colorful birds, I don't know what kind of birds they are, as long as they can hide among the branches, appearing and disappearing, and then paint them casually, it will be paradise. I have painted several large, medium and small paintings of paradise in my mind, the largest one is in the British Museum." This is the inscription that Mr. Wu Guanzhong wrote for his own painting, and it may also be the best description of "Bird Paradise". The "Bird Watching Corridor" built in the scenic area is now about one kilometer long, allowing tourists to watch wild egrets from different angles. Now the promenade has been widened to 45 meters, and a new yacht pier has been built, so tourists can go boating and observe the bird ecology on the bird island up close. It is true: A unique tree that can form a forest of trees alone - the ancient banyan tree; A group of divine birds born and raised by nature - egrets; A popular and beautiful article - "Bird's Paradise"; A city where people and birds live in harmony - Jiangmen Xinhui. Tips: Early morning and late evening are the best times of day for bird watching; All the bird photos were taken on the cruise ship.

Jiangmen Xinhui "Bird Paradise" is not as rumored Bird Paradise, the place where the author Ba Jin wrote "Bird Paradise" was written. It is not far from Kuangbiao Land, so I thought of taking my children to explore it. Fortunately I went, and fortunately I was lucky enough to see a flock of birds flying in the morning. The water doesn't smell bad, and the entire wetland park looks new, as if it has been carefully renovated. There are bridges and scenery. There are also two ecological experience halls, and you can also climb the mountain and use a telescope to watch birds on the fourth floor of the bird-watching platform, which is very clear. At first, I was almost persuaded to turn away from this attraction because I heard from someone the day before that there were no birds in the Bird Paradise and the water smelled bad. I was planning not to go, but my child said that other people's feelings are their own and may not be the most real. We have to go and see it ourselves to know what it is like! Fortunately, the child's words prompted us to go and see it ourselves, and then we realized that the Bird Paradise is not a garbage scenic spot as some people say on the Internet, and it is not without birds. But we also concluded that it is best to see flocks of birds in the morning or evening (the scenic spot closes at five o'clock), and it is also best to take a boat, because flocks of birds live on the top of the banyan trees in the middle of the water! The chance of seeing them on the road will be smaller! The scenic spot boat ride is 50 for adults and 40 for children. Recently, the scenic spot has a discount until the 17th. The ticket is included in the purchase of the boat ticket. The ordinary ticket during the discount period seems to be 20. Children are 12 (I glanced at the discount when I bought the ticket). It’s nice to sit on the boat and feel the "Bird Paradise" written by the author Ba Jin. The children are also very excited. In fact, it is easy to see birds in other places, not just in bird paradise, but it is also good to let children experience the scene when the great writer was writing, and feel it in person!

📍 Detailed address: 22 Yinhulu Avenue Middle, Xinhui District, Jiangmen City 🕙 Business hours: 8:00-17:00 ❤ Recommended reason: 🏞️ Want to escape the hustle and bustle and embrace nature? Want to witness the spectacular sight of 'hundreds of birds flying together'? Then come to Xinhui Little Bird Paradise for a romantic date with thousands of creatures! 💕 🏞️ Little Bird Paradise, this mysterious fairyland hidden deep in the Lingnan water town, is the 'bird's paradise' described by Mr. Ba Jin in his writings, as well as a real-life paradise for birds. Take a leisurely ride on a small boat rippling on the clear waves, with ancient banyans towering on both sides, branches lush and leaves thick, like a natural green dome. 🌿

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Jiangmen has a bird's paradise. The "Bird's Paradise" written by Mr. Ba Jin makes it famous. This is a model of harmony between humans and birds. It is beautiful.