Huizhou, Half City, Half Lake — editorial illustration
惠州

Huizhou

Half City, Half Lake

Editorial illustration · not a site photograph
  • 2 dayslake morning, mountain or beach afternoon
  • Year-roundsubtropical and mild; lychees in June
  • BetweenGuangzhou and Shenzhen by fast rail
  • Tastesalt-baked chicken, preserved-greens pork

Huizhou, on the Dongjiang River between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, is one of Guangdong's quieter old cities — "half city, half lake," as the saying goes, after the West Lake that Su Dongpo famously helped adorn during his 1090s exile. Around it gather a Taoist holy mountain, a bamboo-sea highland, hot springs, Hakka kitchens and clean beaches on Daya Bay. It makes an easy two-day escape from the delta megacities, and a worthy detour in its own right.

Huizhou, Half City, Half Lake editorial travel scene
Huizhou, Half City, Half Lake · editorial illustration

The full handbook is part of the paid series

You have read the free preview — the introduction and the route map. The complete handbook adds the day-by-day plan, tickets and transport, culture and etiquette, food, useful Chinese, and the dated source list.