The Dinghu Hill Nature Reserve includes subtropics monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest, subtropics broadleaf forest, valley rain forest, coniferous forest, mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest and shrubs. The monsoon broadleaf forest has a history of more than 400 years and has kept intact in the South Asian forest. Rich in fauna and flora resources, Dinghu Hill has 1,700 high-grade plant species including ford erythropheum and wild Litchi, rare trees listed for the state top protection, relic species including cyathea spinulosa and cycas, and rare plants such Dinghu Chinese ilex, as well as a large amount of birds and animals. The forests in the Dinghu Hill are unique in the world and still preserve their primitive features. They are the most valuable natural forests in the study and recognition of the inter pattern and other aspects of the ecological balance of the nature. The Dinghu Hill Nature Reserve has become an international research base with the approval of the State Council, which has aroused the interest of the international science circle.
The Dinghu Hill is also a well-known Chinese sacred place of Buddhism. It has the White Cloud Temple built in the Tang dynasty (618 AD) and the Qing Yun Temple in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) amidst the natural subtropics evergreen broadleaf forest.
Name:Guangzhou Dinghu Hill (Dinghu Shan)
City:Guangzhou
Address:Zhaoqing, 70 km away from Guangzhou
Admission:CNY30
Hours: 06:30 am-07:00 pm