Yuexiu Park

Guangzhou Attractions

	Introduction to Yuexiu Park (越秀公园) Yuexiu Park is one of the oldest and also the largest cultural sightseeing park in Guangzhou. Named after the Yuexiu Mountain in the park, Yuexiu Park occupies an area of 860,000 square meters and is consisted of three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. Yuexiu Park is a popular tourist attractions to see for tourists traveling to Guangzhou. Yuexiu Park is one of the new Eight Attractions of Guangzhou. The park has beautiful natural scenery of verdant trees, plants and flowers. The many pavilions, platforms, towers, and corridors in the park are of great architectural and aesthetics values to appreciate. There are three artificial lakes inside Yuexiu Park, including Dongxiu Lake, Nanxiu Lake and Beixiu Lake, which are highlights to see and great places to have a leisure time of boating and fishing. Also Yuexiu Park has many historical and cultural relics and main places of interest include the Statue of the Five Goats, Zhenhai Tower, the Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins, Square Cannon Site, and Sun Yat-sen Monument. The Statue of Five Goats, also known as Five-Ram Sculpture is one of the most famous structures in Guangzhou and also a symbol of the city. The beautiful legend that the statue was constructed to commemorate the five goats gods who had turned Guangzhou from desolate to fertile. The statue is about 11 meters in height. Zhenhai Tower, home of the Guangzhou City Museum, is one of Guangzhou’s famous cultural attractions and also a landmarks of Guangzhou. The Sun Yat-sen Monument is dedicated to commemorate Sun Yat-sen, a Chinese revolutionary pioneer.

	Location Address: No.960 Jiefangbei Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

	Main Sights Five Ram Sculpture, Zhenhai Tower, Square Cannon Site, Sun Yat-sen Monument

	Travel Information Admission: Free Opening Hours: 6:00AM - 9:00PM

	Transportation 1. Take either Metro Line 2, getting off at Yuexiu Park Station. Leave the station via Exit B1.

	Travel Tips 1. Try to avoid visiting Yuexiu Park during Golden Week and summer holidays where the crowds and number of visitors will be substantially higher than usual.

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