Scenic Area Introduction

Gulongxia Scenic Area is located in Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, in the mysterious Tropic of Cancer and the vast mountains of northern Guangdong, at the junction of Guangdong, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces (regions). The scenic area is 68 kilometers from downtown Guangzhou, 73 kilometers from Baiyun Airport, and more than 200 kilometers from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions. Its location and transportation are convenient. In particular, the opening of the first Qingyuan Maglev Tourist Line has better integrated the scenic area into the integrated rail "one-hour traffic circle" network of the Greater Bay Area. The south subtropical monsoon climate gives the scenic area no severe cold in winter and no extreme heat in summer, with an average annual temperature of 20°C–22°C and 95% forest coverage. The complex diversity of landforms, climate, and soil has formed a forest-dominated ecosystem in which flora and fauna coexist and grow competitively, constituting a species gene bank of rare flora and fauna in southern China. "Myriad mountains surge like waves; springs murmur and streams rush. Floating clouds are trodden beneath the feet; the surging pines present extraordinary scenery." This excellently interprets the poetic and picturesque scene of the Hunan-Guangdong fold belt on the Cathaysian reactivated platform. Combining its own unique natural canyons, rivers, forests, Lingnan culture, ethnic cultures such as Yao and Zhuang, intangible cultural heritage culture, rafting culture, and dragon culture, the scenic area ingeniously designs tourism projects such as canyon rafting, mountain sports, ecological science popularization, forest wellness, and study-based education. The scenic area officially opened in May 2007 and was awarded National AAAA-level Tourist Attraction in 2015. It is currently a National Sports Tourism Demonstration Base, a designated rafting course by the General Administration of Sport of China, and the only scenic area in Guangdong Province for the Beijing Olympic torch relay. Gulongxia Scenic Area is committed to cultivating new quality productive forces in culture, tourism, health, and wellness, and creating distinctive tourism projects with high technological content, low resource consumption, and zero environmental pollution. In 2025, it received 2.0399 million visitors. The scenic area has become a health, sports, tourism, and leisure destination for the people of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Scenic Area Introduction

Gulongxia Scenic Area is located in Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, in the mysterious Tropic of Cancer and the vast mountains of northern Guangdong, at the junction of Guangdong, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces (regions). The scenic area is 68 kilometers from downtown Guangzhou, 73 kilometers from Baiyun Airport, and more than 200 kilometers from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions. Its location and transportation are convenient. In particular, the opening of the first Qingyuan Maglev Tourist Line has better integrated the scenic area into the integrated rail "one-hour traffic circle" network of the Greater Bay Area. The south subtropical monsoon climate gives the scenic area no severe cold in winter and no extreme heat in summer, with an average annual temperature of 20°C–22°C and 95% forest coverage. The complex diversity of landforms, climate, and soil has formed a forest-dominated ecosystem in which flora and fauna coexist and grow competitively, constituting a species gene bank of rare flora and fauna in southern China. "Myriad mountains surge like waves; springs murmur and streams rush. Floating clouds are trodden beneath the feet; the surging pines present extraordinary scenery." This excellently interprets the poetic and picturesque scene of the Hunan-Guangdong fold belt on the Cathaysian reactivated platform. Combining its own unique natural canyons, rivers, forests, Lingnan culture, ethnic cultures such as Yao and Zhuang, intangible cultural heritage culture, rafting culture, and dragon culture, the scenic area ingeniously designs tourism projects such as canyon rafting, mountain sports, ecological science popularization, forest wellness, and study-based education. The scenic area officially opened in May 2007 and was awarded National AAAA-level Tourist Attraction in 2015. It is currently a National Sports Tourism Demonstration Base, a designated rafting course by the General Administration of Sport of China, and the only scenic area in Guangdong Province for the Beijing Olympic torch relay. Gulongxia Scenic Area is committed to cultivating new quality productive forces in culture, tourism, health, and wellness, and creating distinctive tourism projects with high technological content, low resource consumption, and zero environmental pollution. In 2025, it received 2.0399 million visitors. The scenic area has become a health, sports, tourism, and leisure destination for the people of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.