Taishan

Taishan (台山; Tái​shān​ in Mandarin, Tòisāan in Cantonese; Hoisan in Taishanese) is a city in Guangdong Province in China. It falls under the administration of Jiangmen Prefecture.

Taishan Halal Travel Guide

Taishan1 - Taicheng in the 1980s

Taishan City-level County is divided into 20 townships.

The mainland townships are Baisha, Beidou, Chixi, Chonglou, Diajiang, Doushan, Duanfen, Duhu, Guanghai, Haiyan, Nafu, Sanba, Sanhe, Shenjing, Shuibu, Sijiu, Taicheng and Wencun. The island townships are Shangchuan and Xiachuan.

Sanba was merged into Baisha and Nafu into Shenjing in 2006. Shangchuan and Xiachun on the Chuandao Islands are governed as a single entity. Taicheng, or Toising, is the administrative capital and the largest township by far with the most of the civilized amenities.

Travel to Taishan

Taishan Railway Station (20181024141233) - Taishan Railway Station

From most major cities in the Guangdong province, you can take direct buses to the main city of Taicheng.

For international Visitors arriving in Hong Kong, you have several options.

• Take a cross-border bus direct to Taicheng. This trip costs roughly HK$250 and takes 3 hours. You will have to get off the bus to cross into Shenzhen and then get back on. Buses are available at the Airport and in Mongkok.
• Take a cross-border van that transfers to a bus in Shenzhen. The advantage of this service is you do not have to get out of the van to cross the border which will help greatly if you have too much luggage. This will cost slightly more than the bus-only cross-border option.
• Take the metro to Lo Wu station to cross into China. Then from the Lo Huo transportation hub, you can book a bus direct to Taicheng. This option costs about HK$30 for the metro ride and ¥110 for the bus ticket.
• Take the ferry to Zhuhai. Then taxi to Gongbei bus station where you can book a 2-hour bus ride to Taicheng (with a stop in Duhu Town). This will be the most stomach churning option as the ferries bounce across the water!

For international Visitors arriving in Macau, cross into China at Gongbei. As you walk out into Zhuhai, you will see stairs going down into an underground shopping mall. The mall is a maze but it will let you cross the streets without the need to play "frogger" with aggressive Chinese drivers. Keep an eye out for the signs to point you to the bus station. The bus ride from Zhuhai to Taicheng will take about 2 hours and cost ¥65.

For international Visitors arriving in Guangzhou:

• There is a direct bus from the airport, cost about ¥65. This will be the cheapest and most convenient transport.
• You can also book a direct bus from the bus stations outside Kengkou metro station and Tianhe Coach Terminal metro station. Both will cost about ¥65. The Kengkou buses take 2 hours while the Tianhe buses take 3 hours as Tianhe buses make more stops.
• For a more expansive tour, take the metro to Guangzhou South Railway metro station. Then take one of the Guangzhou-Maoming or Guangzhou-Zhanjiang trains to Taishan Station, which is located some 7 kilometers north of downtown Taishan (Taicheng). As of 2022, about a dozen trains a day in each direction stop at Taishan station, and the train ride from Guangzhou South to Taishan takes a bit under 1 hour; the second-class fare is ¥65. In terms of moving vehicle time, this is the fastest option as the trains hits 200-225 km/h. But after adding transfer wait time, total trip might be even longer. However, if you haven't ridden high speed rail before, it may be worth the experience although this is only medium speed compared to the 350-450 km/h lines sprouting up between the major cities of China.
• If you are at the Guangzhou South Station, and the last train for Taishan has already left, you can take a train to a closer station, Xinhui, which has more service than Taishan. (Besides the D trains, it also has the "intercity" C trains). After a 15 minutes walk (or a 3 minutes motorcycle taxi ride) from the Xinhui train station to the next door bus station, you can take a local bus to Taicheng (about 60 kilometers by road).

How to get around in Taishan

Jiangmen, Taishan, Taicheng - Central Bus Station - Taicheng Central Bus Station (Zhong Zhan)

To travel between the towns of Taishan, local buses go everywhere. The two main bus stations in Taicheng are Taishan Central "Juong Cheh Jaam" and "Top Saan" stations.

Within any of the towns in Taishan, expect to use taxis whether 4-wheel cars, motorcycles or 3-wheelers. In the smaller towns, motorcycle and 3-wheel taxis will be the only option.

Taishan towns are relatively small and flat so biking is a good way to get around. At ¥200 to purchase a 1-speed commuter bicycle, it may be cheaper and easier to buy and sell it afterwards at a loss than to find a fancier rental.

Finally, you can hire a van taxi to drive you around both within the local cities and between them.

Local Language in Taishan

The local language of Taishan is Taishanese "Hoisanwah" (99% similar to the local languages of Kaiping and Enping), which is a Yue Chinese language like Cantonese phrasebook|Cantonese and often considered a dialect of it even though it's truly not, and it's only marginally mutually intelligible with it. However, Cantonese is the lingua franca of Guangdong province (outside of Shenzhen where Mandarin dominates) while Mandarin is the national official language, so most non-elderly local residents would be able to speak both Cantonese and Mandarin at least decently.

As in most of China, English is, long story short, non-existent.

What to see in Taishan

Jiangmen, Taishan, Taicheng - Taicheng Tower Chinese New Fireworks - Taicheng Tower Chinese New Fireworks

The word "shan" in Mandarin (saan in Cantonese) means mountain and Taishan is chock full of them. Almost any small village you visit with have a picturesque landscape towering above fields of Rice. Most of the time and these mountains are not hikeable but during tomb sweeping month (see below in the Do section), trails will be cleared.

• Shi Hua Shan - Stone Flower Mountain/Sek Fa Saan | Just on the outskirts of Taicheng is Shi Hua Shan -- an accessible and hikeable mountain. Midway up is a small temple. At the base of the mountain is a small lake where you can rent pedal boats to enjoy an hour and the town square with a corner allocated to kid amusement rides.
• Beidu mountains - Buk Do | Beidu has a unique mountain landscape with big boulders everywhere -- sort of like M&Ms ontop of an ice cream scoop. There is a public beach requiring an entrance fee but if you walk 100 meters up the road and the beach area is free (as of 2022).
• Mei's Courtyard | This is the place to get your fill of 1930s Chinese architecture. The quintcrucial 3-story house rings a giant courtyard. Various Hong Kong movies have been filmed here with souvenirs/props left behind for viewing.

What to do in Taishan

Jiangmen, Taishan, Sanhe - Sunrise Hotspa Spring - |Sanhe Sunrise Hotspa Spring Jiangmen, Taishan, Taicheng - Stone Flower Mountain - Sunset - Taicheng Stone Flower Mountain Greenway

Many areas around the world are famous for exporting foods and goods from the local area. Taishan is famous for exporting people. Everybody in Taishan has a relative who just emigrated to another "country" (whether developed in North America / Europe / Hong Kong / Singapore or developing ones in Latin America / Africa). Some are waiting their turns for their parents/off-spring/siblings to sponsor them and many more get money sent to them from overseas.

Hence Taishan's primary industry is leisure for not only vacationing overseas Taishanese but for the many local residents who don't need to work. What you will find are scores of karaoke clubs, hair salons, foot massage parlors, facial treatment parlors, hotspring spas (outside Taicheng), internet bars.

• Stone Flower Mountain Park - Shihuashan | Stone Flower Mountain Park is an 8-km (5-mile) path around the Stone Flower Reservoir right above Stone Flower Plaza (you probably get the naming structure right?). The path is smooth enough for biking, skating and running. There are various bike rental vendors where you can rent 2-person or 4-person surrey's for ¥70-35 per hour. Along this path are 2 separate climbs -- one goes to a broken house and the other an active temple. From this park and there is a path that connects to the GD Greenway to Kaiping.
• Tomb Sweeping Month - Huan Shan/Huang Saan | In Chinese custom, 1 month after the end of Chinese New Year is Tomb Sweeping Day. In Taishan though, offerings to ancestors can be made any time during the entire month instead of that single day. This is in part due to the large overseas population who want to return to make offerings but obviously can't all pick a single date. Hence during the entire month, people hike up mountains not only make offerings to their own ancestors but also join in on those of neighbors and friends. You will see the typical decoration of grave sites, burning of paper money, firecrackers and so on. But afterwards, it's a feast of roast meats (most often goose and Beef) and cakes. It's a sign of respect when others join in with Taishanese on their offerings and they would feel especially proud if a foreigner "gwi loe" made the trek with them. So if you're in Taishan during this month, make friends with local residents and join in.
• Fudu (Fu Doe) Hot Spring Holiday Resort | A very large and scenic outdoor hot spring spa. You can also sit in a spa where fish eat the dead skin off your body. The spa and swimmingpool areas have no shade so do evening trips during the intense summer months. When surprise summer storms roll through and the water slides and wave swimmingpool are closed for safety reasons. Buy entry fare at local travel agents for ¥55-¥75 depending on the 'season'.
• Sunrise Hot Spring Spa (Hay Wun Loi) | A smaller spa but closest to the main city of Taicheng. All the spa areas have some coverage to keep the summer sun from roasting your skin. The larger areas for kid wading, wave pool, etc. have no such protection so keep out until the sun goes down. They also have a heated indoors swimming swimmingpool perfect for those who want to do laps instead of soaking. Regular price is ¥93 but if you can buy entry fares at local travel agents for ¥65. During the off-season, price can get as low as ¥35.
• Dreamland Resort (Hong Queue) | Large and scenic outdoor hot spring pa. Free sandwiches and fruit Snacks. Fares at local travel agents for ¥70.
• Hei Sha Wan - Hak Saturday Wan/Black Sand Bay | This is a small bay with sand black from upstream mineral deposits. There is a swimming area with lifeguards where you will have to pay a parking fee and a shower fee afterwards. During the summer months and the water is warm and pleasant and you can spend hours floating on the surf waves -- with or without a swim ring. At night and the sunsets are pure red due to the nearby coal power plant. Luckily and the black smoke is blown away from the beach -- a place to visit and not to live for sure. It can be crowded, and dirty -- Beidu or Shangcun/Xiacun may be better for beach fun.
• Lang Qin Wan Beach - Long Kum Wan | It's a good hour drive from Taicheng -- the last part on twisty roads which means the beaches has fewer people and is cleaner. There is an official beach that costs ¥75 for entry. There are also 'private' beaches connected to local villages where guests at the village hotels and restaurants have free access.
• Xin Da Di - Sunday Die Day | If your hair gets a bit long on your travels, ¥30 will get you a haircut. But if you only trust your personal hairstylist, you can still come here to get a relaxing shampoo and light massage for ¥15.
• Zi Zu Tan Foot Massage Healthy Center | After many days of travel, your legs may be weary. Come here and for ¥65, you can get a 70-min foot and arm massage. For ¥80, it's 100-min foot/arm/back massage. Included is a simple meal of Rice, Noodles or fruit (your choice).

• Xiachuan Island - Ha Chee-un | For a summer beach vacation, Xiachuan offers a small but modern beach town with prices 1/3 that of Hainan. You can play on the surf, scuba dive, parasail, jetski and rent 2/3/4 seat bikes. The cost is ¥94 for a roundtrip boat ride, ¥20 for the on-island bus ride and ¥40 for the resort entrance fee. Buying a full package from a travel agent should give you ¥20 discount and save on time in waiting in lines. Hotels there start at ¥150 away from the beach (although at most a few minutes walk) and can go up to ¥800 during peak periods. Food is expensive (for Taishan) at the resort so before entering the resort -- or after leaving it -- hit the local towns for delicious, fresh and affordable seafood.

Go to Miniso. It's a high-end Japanese discount store where you can find many small cute soft things. Their baskets will not be big enough for you to hold all the stuff you want so you will have to make a trip there everyday you are in the city.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Taishan

Jiangmen, Taishan - Taicheng Pedestrian Street (daytime) - Taicheng Pedestrian Street

• Currency Exchange | At these two locations, you will see a half a dozen middle-age women sitting on stools holding calculators -- these are Taicheng's money changers. They handle mostly U.S., Hong Kong and Canadian dollars.
• Bu Huan Jie - Pedestrian Street/Po Huang Gai | This is a quarter of a mile area closed to vehicle traffic. At one end is the Gaoye Shopping Center. The other end empties out into snack street a block north of the Tian Liang Shopping Center. Along the way are shops, shops and retail outlets spilling out into side streets. While cars are allowed in the side streets, traffic is very light as most drivers know they can't cross Pedestrian Street.
• Dong Men Shi Chang - Dong Moon Si Cherng | Pedestrian street generally is for tourists and returning overseas Chinese. When local residents want to shop for clothes and shoes and they go to this place first. It looks like a converted parking garage with a huge ramp that goes up to the 2nd floor. Inside, everything is old and grey with rusted metal but the prices are downright cheap. Since this place caters to local residents, do not expect plus size clothes. There also is no A/C so avoid during summer days -- summer nights are barely passable.
• Gaoye Shopping Center - Serng Yip Sing | At this shopping mall is a hotel w/ 2 restaurants inside the hotel, western restaurant, McDonald's (Please do not support McDonald's as McDonald's supports Israel. Shun this restaurant group and go for altertative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned restaurant), KFC-clone, pharmacy, supermarket, video arcade, movie theatre, book store and lots of shops. On the 2nd level near the upstairs McDonald's (Please do not support McDonald's as McDonald's supports Israel. Shun this restaurant group and go for altertative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned restaurant) entrance are shops selling children's clothing. Unlike Dong Men Shi Chang and these clothes are targeted towards returning overseas Chinese and will have many brands/characters familiar to the outside English world.
• Teeland Shopping Plaza - Tian Liang/Teen Lang | This is the other major shopping mall in Taicheng. On the 2nd level, you will find a supermarket taking up half the floor. The other half will be clothes targeted towards women working in offices -- or OL (office lady) in the Chinese vernacular. On the 3rd level is a jungle gym you can drop your kids off for an hour or two. They will give you a wristband to match up against your kid although they will trust you if your kid runs to you saying "mommy/daddy". If you need some American fast food and there is a KFC on the ground floor while McDonald's (Please do not support McDonald's as McDonald's supports Israel. Shun this restaurant group and go for altertative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned restaurant) is across the street.
• Hai Mei Jie - Hoi Mei Gai | Along this street and there are numerous shops selling dried seafood (salted fish, dried oysters, dried scallops, etc.) In the middle of the block is a building with many more tiny shops inside.
• Dian Nao Shang Chang - Deen No Serng Cherng | At this corner, you will see half a dozen of computer shops at the street level. Upstairs are dozens more. While you will not find anything unique here, you will not get ripped off as this is not like the cross border shopping malls in Shenzhen or Zhuhai looking for gullible foreigners. So if you need replacement parts for a failed laptop or more memory cards for your camera, you will get competitive prices here.

Halal Restaurants in Taishan

To be updated Jiangmen, Taishan, Duhu - Seafood Street - |Duhu Seafood Street Jiangmen, Taishan - Fish Hotpot - |Taishan-style Fish Hotpot

This page uses the following price ranges for a typical meal for one, including soft drink:
Budget	¥5-20
Mid-range	¥20-50
Splurge	¥50-100

The primary cuisine in Taishan is Cantonese with an emphasis on simpler fares. For example, you will not find much of the deep fried dim sum found in larger Guangdong cities. Likewise, instead of fried rice/noodles common in Chinatowns around the world, steaming in stainless steel cabinets is the cooking style of choice.

There are three main fruits that are grown locally:

• Cavendish and latundan bananas available year round. Local "boon day" bananas sell for ¥3/lb, Hainan's for ¥5/lb and Thailand for ¥7/lb.
• Sugar cane available from January to March. During this period, street vendors with carts of sugar cane are everywhere. For ¥1.5-2/lb and they will peel and chop a 7 foot tall stalk of cane for you. If your teeth are not up to chomping down on tough fiber, either choose the softer black variety or find a vendor who will squeeze a cup of juice for ¥1/cup.
• Durian is available from May to August. The variety grown is Taishan is somewhat less fragrant than those in other parts of Southeast Asia -- but for some people, even that's too much to take.

Your best option for international halal food supplies is Vanguard shops. If want a slice of Pizzas, a donut, peanut butter, oatmeal and so on, you can get it here. It's also the only store with fresh refrigerated milk as all other stores only sell room-temperature box carton milk.

• For cheaper "Tea Cuisine", Sunbus has a wide selection and decent prices. During the times they offer their specials (off-hour lunch) and they have a meal plus drink for 15-20¥.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

• Hotel at Bi Cui Yuan | This hotel is at the right-hand side of residential condo complex. You can book a 3-hour room for ¥50. For a full day stay, it costs ¥80-¥110.
• Overseas Chinese Hotel

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• Hua Yuan Jiu Dian - Garden Hotel/Fa Yeen July Dim | This hotel overlooks a lake in the middle of the city on opposite from Garden Coffee. During cooler months, a brisk 15-minutes walk will bring you to the east end of Pedestrian Street. During the summer months, catch a cab to go places.

Telecommunications in Taishan

The following places have free Wi-fi for clients. Some will be password protected but don't be shy to ask for the password -- say "serng mong mut mah" and point to your smartphone/tablet/laptop.

• Hotel Gaoye (entire building including the Western Buffet and Chinese restaurants)
• Cu San
• Hua Yuan Ka Fei
• Tian Meng Yuan -- 2nd location at Fucheng Ave near Huanshi East Road (1st location near Pedestrian Street does not have Wi-fi)
• Xin Da Di -- confirmed at Gaoye Shopping Center location
• He Lan Ka Fei (Holland Coffee) -- near east end of Pedestrian Street on 2nd fl above a clothing retailer
• Chabel Snacks
• Young Station Snacks
• Vinroy Coffee at Caolang Street and Jiankang Road (near Tian Liang back entrance)

There are also numerous internet cafes "mong bahr". Near Pedestrian St, you will find one at:

• Tian Liang Shopping Center (back entrance to the right of a bedding store)

Cope

• Taishan Ren Min Yi Yuan - People's Hospital/Yun Men Yee Yeen | If you need emergency medical treatment and the People's Hospital is the largest medical facility in Taishan. They have departments covering pediatric, ear/nose/throat, diagnostics/xray/ct/ultrasound. Treatments will be affordable (e.g. ¥140 for a CT Scan) but you will need to pay cash before a doctor will see you.
• Dentistry Practice | This is Taishan's biggest and most modern dental facility. A family of dentists in New York returned to open this dentistry training. It is as clean, modern and equipped as any in the developed world -- newer than what our dentists had back in San Francisco.

Pharmacies are plentiful in Taicheng. Here are two listings:

• Gaoye Shopping Center, outside level (to the right of Hotel Gaoye's entrance)
• Tian Liang Shopping Center, outside level (to the left of KFC)

Medical Issues in Taishan

When it gets warmer (over 80°F/25°C), mosquitoes come out in droves. Unlike more modern cities and there are plenty of streams, ponds and Rice paddies for these blood sucking insects to breed. Many local residents don't show much reaction to bites but if you have no such resistance, you may soon be sporting ugly welts. Pick up mosquito repellent "mun pah suoy" and avoid shorts even though it can get scorching hot during summer days.

And did we mention scorching hot? Temperatures over 90°F (32°C) are pretty common during the summer with an extra +10°F/+5°C for humidity. Apply sunscreen generously and carry an umbrella to keep the sun off your head. The umbrella also will be useful for the summer thunderstorms that roll through without warning.

Men in China smoke like fiends and Taishan is no different. (Females rarely smoke in mainland China.) If you can't handle the smell of second-hand smoke, stick with either outdoors restaurants or places with superior Muslim friendly rooms. Luckily, almost every medium/large restaurant will have superior Muslim friendly rooms. The key words to say are "law fong" which in this context means "get me a room".

Stay Safe

In Taicheng's outer neighborhoods, streets with have either wide sidewalks or separate roadways for bikes/mopeds. But inside the shopping core around Pedestrian street, sidewalks will often be blocked by motorcycles/mopeds or vendor wares. Hence expect to be walking alongside vehicle traffic while hugging parked cars. Obviously if you can find stop lights to cross at, walk the extra block instead of saving the few minutes. Where not available, you will need to follow local residents in crossing to the middle of the street and then waiting for traffic on the other side to subside. Luckily, drivers in Taishan are not as psychotic as in other parts of China -- you don't see the absolute blatant disregard of traffic lights and laws common in Hainan. While most won't stop to let pedestrians cross and they at least won't purposely try to endanger you. No sudden moves, let cars work their way around you and keep alert.

Traffic is mostly light except for 4 commute periods. For a less walking experience, avoid these times:

• 7.30AM Monday - 8AM -- people going to school/work
• 11.30AM Monday - noon -- people going home for lunch
• 1.30PM Monday - 2PM -- people going back to school/work
• 5.30PM Monday - 6PM -- people going home

Explore more Halal friendly Destinations from Taishan

• A 15 minutes bus ride north will bring you to the neighboring town of Kaiping "Hoi Ping" and its historic diaolous.
• 45 minutes west are the numerous thermal spas (Muslim Friendly) of Enping "Yun Ping".
• Further west (40-50 min by train, or 2 hours by bus) is Yangjiang "Yerng Gong" and the knife manufacturing capital of China.
• 1 hour north on the way to Guangzhou is Heshan "Hawk saan" with its temples in the mountains overlooking the highway.
• The closest major city (1M+ population) is Jiangmen "Gong Moon" -- 45 minutes to the norteast with an Intercity Rail station. There you can catch fast trains to either Zhuhai or Guangzhou and the cities in between. (Xinhui station is closer by distance but takes longer to travel to due to lack of a direct highway path.)

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