Zhuhai’s tourist attractions
3 min readCATCHING MUDFISH FROM QIANWU TOWN
In the Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty(1644-1912),people living in the village in Qianwu Town made two ends meet by catching sea mudfish on the tidal flat for trading in other places across Guangdong Province.The slippery fish had been a primary source of income for most of the residents in Hushan Village till the 1950s.
FOJIA KUNG FU
Falling into the”Nanquan”(also known as”Southern Fist”)category,”Fojia Kung Fu”is believed to have been brought far afield to present-day Doumen District in Zhuhai by warrior monks of the Shaolin Temple at some point in the war-torn,late Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
ARTSY ZHUHAI
COAST GALLERY
Opened in 2018 in the Gree Coast area in Tangjiawan as the city’s first coastal artspace,Coastal Park is a truly artsy and lively”Utopia’where”free souls”belong.The gentle flow of air preps every visitor for entering into a brand new dimension where art and life is as indivisible as flesh and blood.
WUYONG(Zhuhai Studio)
Zhuhai headquarters WUYONG,an haute couture line founded by famous fashion designer,Ma Ke,in 2006.In 2008,WUYONG was appointed as a Guest Member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in France.In 2009,her work found its way into the National Art Museum of China.
Beishan Theater / GOODONE
The”warehouse of old things’,set in the chic Beishan neighborhood,is more than just a chance to buy unique gifts;it is a sanctuary for people to get together in,hang out,listen to music,dress up and express themselves.It acts as a kind of headquarters for the city’s fashionable and creative minds.
A winking giraffe cocking its head to make eye contact with you. The city’s Beishan neighborhood is the perfect place to marvel at the latest and trendiest Zhuhai street fashion. It is here that the city’s playful chameleon character and its heart of a child is brought into full play.
JOIE DE VIVRE
MOST ADVANCED YET ACCEPTABLE
Opened in 2016 as the first”design hotel”in Zhuhai, Bei Shan Ju is simple and plain, so much so that it blends beautifully into the surroundings and aplomb of the villagers who carry on, wholeheartedly as usual, in the life of the street. The design is “non-design”, displaying the subtle beauty of art and timeless, comforting pace of the urban haven. It feels like the hotel has been there forever, like a tree grown from the Beishan soil.
Tingyun Bookstore@Beishan
Already a renowned cultural powerhouse in its own right,Tingyun Bookstore is a calm at the heart of the bustling village of Beishan,adding yet another feather to the city’s artsy hat in the shape of Beishan’s first ever elite book outlet.
The broad windows let in a flood of natural light,allowing the mesmerizing view of the vast sea to cascade in.The lovely facility is completed by an inviting terrace where the wind from the wide-open spaces of the sea blows all those urban distractions away.
READZONE Bookstore @ Huitong Village
Beautifully adapted to the old-fashioned atmosphere of a hundred-year-old ancestral hall,READZONE’s Huitong location lends a surprising final touch to the overall cultural magnificence of the village.
Zhuhai Campus of Sun Yat-sen University
The nondescript, sci-fi aesthetic charm of the campus culminates in its main teaching building, the longest structure of its kind in Asia.
The library building of the Zhuhai Campus of Sun Yat-sen University looks like two wings fully spread.An imposing stairway of 263 steps set in between the two wings seems to be able to reach the sky.
The culinary splendor of Zhuhai is like a gift that keeps on giving-it rewards the most hypercritical gourmets amongst us with unrivalled seafood from the South China.