Guangzhou Private Tours by Janvi

Hotel Pickup in Central Guangzhou

Meet your private guide at your hotel and travel west towards Xinhui. The drive normally takes approximately 1.5 hours, although the actual journey depends on your hotel location and road conditions.

1. Xinhui Confucian Temple and Xinhui Museum

Begin at the Xinhui Confucian Temple, also known as Xinhui Xuegong. The complex now houses Xinhui Museum and introduces the district's history, archaeology, educational traditions, local scholars and cultural identity.

Your guide will explain why Confucian temples were not simply religious buildings. They were closely connected with education, the imperial examination system and the social position of scholars in traditional China.

2. Mashan Park and the Historic Centre of Xinhui

Continue through Mashan Park and the surrounding historic urban area. This local walk helps you understand the location of the former county town, its public spaces and the relationship between its educational buildings and present-day Huicheng.

The guide will introduce how Xinhui developed from an old county town into part of modern Jiangmen while retaining a cultural identity distinct from central Jiangmen.

3. Xinhui Academy

Visit the restored Xinhui Academy, or Xinhui Shuyuan, a historic educational building with grey-brick walls, traditional courtyards and architectural decoration associated with Lingnan schools.

This stop adds another layer to the story of education in Xinhui. The Confucian Temple represented the traditional official system, while the academy reflects the later development of local schools and changing approaches to education.

Lunch in a Long-Established Xinhui Teahouse

Have lunch in a local teahouse located in a building dating from the 1980s. It was once one of the first places visited by some overseas Chinese returning to Xinhui and remains a useful place from which to observe the appearance of the old town.

This is a local dining stop rather than a formal banquet. The guide will help select suitable dishes. Guests pay for their own food and drinks and also cover the guide's meal.

4. Guifeng Mountain National Forest Park

In the afternoon, continue to Guifeng Mountain. It plays a role in Xinhui similar to Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou: a green public space where local residents walk, exercise, meet friends and escape the dense urban area.

The standard visit uses the sightseeing vehicle and includes relaxed walking through the wooded landscape. A long climb to the mountain summit is not required. The exact walking route can be adjusted according to the weather, fitness and interests of the group.

There is no general admission charge for the standard route. The sightseeing vehicle costs approximately RMB 15 per person. Guests pay for their own sightseeing vehicle tickets and one additional ticket for the guide.

Return to Your Guangzhou Hotel

Leave Xinhui in the late afternoon and normally arrive at your Guangzhou hotel between approximately 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM. The return time may be later during heavy traffic, weekends or public holidays.

Liang Qichao's Former Residence and Xinhui Chenpi Village

Visit the birthplace and former residence of Liang Qichao, one of the most influential Chinese thinkers, writers and political reformers of the late Qing and early Republican periods.

Continue to a Xinhui chenpi centre to learn why dried Xinhui mandarin peel became the district's best-known agricultural product. Tea tasting or purchases are optional and are not compulsory parts of the tour.

Xinhui Bird Paradise

Take a boat through the wetland surrounding the famous banyan-tree habitat associated with the Chinese essay Birds' Paradise. The number and activity of birds vary according to the season, weather, water level and time of day, so wildlife sightings cannot be guaranteed.

The estimated adult admission and boat package is approximately RMB 50 to RMB 65 per person, depending on the operating route and current ticket arrangement.

Guests are also responsible for the guide's adult admission and boat ticket. For one to six guests, the estimated total for all guest tickets plus one guide ticket is approximately RMB 100 to RMB 455. The exact ticket price should be reconfirmed before the tour.

Xinhui Ancestral Roots and Village Visit

This option is intended for Chinese, overseas Chinese and mixed-heritage families whose ancestors came from Xinhui, Sanwui or the wider Siyi region.

Depending on the available information, the afternoon may be used to locate an ancestral village, ancestral hall, family-name settlement, former home area or cemetery. Research and village arrangements must begin before the booking is confirmed.