The Xianhu Botanical Garden is bustling with visitors during the Qingming Festival
Located in Luohu District of Shenzhen, the Xianhu Botanical Garden is nestled against Wutong Mountain, the city's highest peak to the east, and Shenzhen Reservoir to the west. Covering an area of 546 hectares, it was established in 1983 and officially opened to the public in 1988. It is a botanical garden that integrates species conservation, scientific research, education, and tourism.
The Xianhu Botanical Garden preserves over 8,000 plant species and has established various specialized gardens such as the Cycad Conservation Center, Magnolia Garden, Rare Trees Garden, Palm Garden, Bamboo Area, Shade Plant Area, Desert Plant Area, Fruit Garden, Aquatic Plant Garden, Peach Blossom Garden, Gymnosperm Area, and Bonsai Garden.
The garden is divided into six major scenic areas: the Heavenly Scenery Area, Lake Area, Temple Area, Desert Plant Area, Fossil Forest Scenic Area, and Pine and Rhododendron Scenic Area. It features unique garden attractions such as the Cave of Wonders, Liangyi Pavilion, Jade Belt Bridge, Dragon Honor Tower, Listening Waves Pavilion, and Lansheng Pavilion, as well as a distinctive Paleontology Museum. The beautiful natural scenery, unique garden architecture, and mysterious plant kingdom are endlessly praised.
The Palm Area is lush with green grass and interspersed with coconut and screwpine trees, presenting a rich tropical landscape; in the Shade Plant Area, carnivorous plants lie in wait to capture their prey; the vibrant flowers of the Dancing Orchid resemble court ladies stepping gracefully in dance; in the Fossil Forest, agate fossils stand proudly, their tree rings undiminished by eons, as if recounting Earth's ancient and dramatic history; the Desert Greenhouse is filled with colorful xerophytic plants; at dawn, the bell of Hongfa Temple echoes, and the chanting is solemn and moving;
at sunset, the lake shimmers, and the reflections of green trees and pavilions paint a picturesque scene that makes one linger and forget to return.
🕘Opening hours: 6:00-21:30 (free from 6:00-8:00 and 18:00-21:30)
🎈No reservation required, scan on-site for tickets, 💰15r, students 💰5r
🚌Upon entering, there is a sightseeing bus on the road to the right, where staff will scan a QR code, 💰3r, and it takes 10 minutes to reach the 'Heavenly Scenery Station'. Get off and walk 400m up the small path in the top left corner to reach Hongfa Temple
🌿Next to the bus stop is Shaluo Lake, where you can walk around the lake, take deep breaths, and relax as the vegetation coverage is extremely high
It's stunningly beautiful‼️In a second, you're transported back to Kanas, and there's a blooming rhododendron🌺, giving you the feeling of being in Yunnan
There's a wide variety of plants💐including amaryllis, orchids, pansies, rhododendrons, and many air pineapples, with superb design that perfectly blends the wild with the man-made
👣The weather wasn't great on the way down the mountain, and it was peak time, so we had to queue for the bus. We chose to walk down the mountain🚶which took 33min, with a gentle slope, making it relatively easy
Traveling on holidays is really tough, and we even encountered thunderstorms halfway through, making it even tougher.
Let's go again on a sunny day.
🚇Transportation: Metro Line 2/8 - Xianhu Road Station Exit C; Bus Xianhu Botanical Garden Terminal
Xianhu Botanical Garden is a representative park in Shenzhen. There is a Suifa Temple, a cactus botanical garden, and a hand planting tree by Grandpa Deng Xiaoping. It is a good place for children to play. There is a large oversized lawn. It is recommended
The Botanical Garden is divided into six major scenic spots, including the sky and earth scenic spots, lake area, temple area, desert botanical area, fossil forest scenic spot and pine and cypress cuckoo scenic spot. There are more than a dozen garden attractions such as Dongtian, Liangyi Pavilion, Yudai Bridge, Longzun Pagoda, Tingtao Pavilion, Range Rover Pavilion, Die Valley Youlan. And a unique museum of paleontology, unique garden architecture, mysterious plant kingdom, is full of praise. The Suifa Temple is here, known as the most spiritual temple, the incense is very strong, locals often come here to burn incense.
Xianhu Botanical Garden is located on Xianhu Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen (close to Xianhu Road Metro Station). It is a national-level tourist attraction. It was built in 1983 and officially opened to the public on May 1, 1988. It is a collection of plant scientific research and popularization, species relocation and preservation and display. Plants culture leisure and production application functions in one of the multi-functional landscape garden botanical garden.
The cypress trees with red leaves are stunning in early January. While many people get into the Botanical Garden, you do not feel very crowded as it is very large.
The Xianhu Botanical Garden has a rich variety of plants and beautiful lakes and mountains, suitable for walking around when you want to relax. Shenzhen's famous temple, the Fa Temple, is here. The incense is very strong, and locals often come here to burn incense. Xianhu Botanical Garden is located in the northeast suburb of Shenzhen, the first peak of Shenzhen in the east, the mountain, and the reservoir in the west. The whole garden is divided into the heavens and earth scenic spots, lake area, temple area, desert plant area, fossil forest scenic spot and pine and cypress rhododendron scenic spot. Among the six major scenic spots, there are various kinds of plant flowers, as well as interesting plant gossip maze and other scenic spots. The Suifa Temple is located in the temple area and the incense is very good. The lake area is mainly composed of Xianhu and its surrounding attractions. The other three areas, as their name suggests, can see the relevant plants separately. You can take a bus at the gate of the scenic spot. The bus goes directly to the Suifa Temple, of course if you want to walk and climb the mountain yourself. If you choose to walk, firstly through a road full of woods, you will see many different kinds of trees, and then through an artificial lake (sometimes you can see people reading the release spell by the lake, maybe due to the relationship of the Suifa Temple, often people come here to release), after the lake to the Suifa Temple. Suifa Temple can be transferred to the scenic battery car here. The electric car is a circular line. The order is: Suifa Temple-Lake District-Bonsai Garden-Desert Botanical Zone-Paleobiological Museum-Fossil Forest Zone-Medicinal Botanical Zone-Tingtao Pavilion-Liangyi Pavilion-Suifa Temple. If you have good physical strength, you can still choose to walk. It is also in the order of battery cars, of which in the lake area is Xianhu, there are pedal boats and electric boats to sit, you can choose to take a boat tour of the lake.
The natural beauty of the year can be seen here