Zhongshan

Zhongshan (中山; Zhōng​shān​) is a city in Guangdong Province in China, located just north of Zhuhai.

Zhongshan Halal Travel Guide

Zhongshan is in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province, on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary. It is connected by road and rail to Guangzhou (capital of Guangdong Province) to the north and Zhuhai to the south. Macao can be visited via Zhuhai and Hong Kong by ferry.

Zhongshan covers an area of 1,800 sq kilometers and has a permanent population of some 1.4 million. The city is located in a subtropical humid zone with an annual average temperature around 23.0°C.

Zhongshan has nurtured numerous prominent historical figures throughout its history. On November 12, 1866, Dr. Sunday Yat-Sen (also Sunday Zhongshan) the great leader of China's republican revolution, was born at Cuiheng village of Zhongshan. In memory of him and the county of Xiangshan, which was set up in 1152, was renamed after Dr. Sunday as Zhongshan in 1925.

Zhongshan was also the location of a strong guerrilla force during WWII, and the villages that hid the guerrillas are a short drive away through wooded lanes.

Zhongshan has a vibrant downtown river area, some beautiful Buddhist temples. It is a affordable place to live and work with housing being about 1/3rd that of its bigger sister cities nearby.

Many expats have come to visit and now call Zhongshan home.

Travel as a Muslim to Zhongshan

Buy a Flight ticket to and from Zhongshan

If you are a newcomer to Zhongshan you may wish to arrive at Hong Kong International Airport .

Hong Kong allows travelers from many nations to enter visa-free, and Chinese entrance visas are easy to obtain at many locations. This will generally involve one or two nights' stay in Hong Kong.

The closest airport to Zhongshan City is the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN).

(Please note: You will have to have your Chinese visa organised before departure from your country of origin. This can be done at any consulate.)

Travelers have easy access to airport shuttle busses.

The schedule for buses between CAN and Zhongshan is as follows:(Price:CNY68/per, 150 minutes)

CAN→Zhongshan

Departure location: A and B airport lounge of CAN

Departure times: Once an hour from 8:50 am to 7:50 pm at the A lounge; Once an hour from 9AM to 8PM at the B lounges.

Zhongshan→CAN

Departure location: Zhongshan Seasons View Executive Hotel, No.93, Dongyu Road, Eastern District. (Take bus 1, 6, 9, or 12 to get to the hotel)

Departure times: Once an hour from 6AM to 10AM as well as from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm Tip: leave at least two and a half hours before your plane is scheduled to depart.

By ferry

Zhongshan has a ferry between Zhongshan and Hong Kong. Zhongshan Port is just 93km from Hong Kong.

Five high-speed ferries sail between Zhongshan and Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport, and the Macau ferry terminal.

The trip from Zhongshan to the Hong Kong International Airport takes about an hour and ten minutes, while the other journeys take about an hour and a half.

Hong Kong→Zhongshan

Hong Kong→Zhongshan: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00

Hong Kong International Airport→Zhongshan: 15:40

Macau ferry terminal→Zhongshan: 9:00, 17:30

Zhongshan→Hong Kong

Zhongshan Port→Hong Kong: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 17:30, 19:30

Zhongshan Port→Hong Kong International Airport: 10:30, 15:00

Zhongshan Port→Macau Ferry Terminal: 18:00, 21:00

Buses to Zhongshan Port are the Numbers 1, 25, 037, 060, 062 and 063

Travel on a Bus in Zhongshan

Most visitors and local residents rely on the bus system for both everyday and travel transport.

The Zhongshan Main Bus Station connects to Hainan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan and Henan provinces. 15 bus routes connect to other parts of Guangdong Province as well.

The Zhongshan Main Bus Station is located on the junction of Fuhua Road and the 105 National Highway.

Buses to Guangzhou depart once every 25 minutes; buses to Shenzhen depart once every 20 minutes.

The ticket office is open from 06:00-21:00, and tickets are available four days before your departure date. The Zhongshan Station for these services is located on the junction of Fuhua Road and Zhongshan 1st Road.

Muslim Friendly Rail Holidays in Zhongshan

Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Rail was put in to use in January 2011.

There are two train stations in Zhongshan called Zhongshan Station and Zhongshan North Station.

Zhongshan Station is located in Zhongshan Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone and Zhongshan North Station is located between the north part of Shiqi and the port area.

Shiqi is considered to be the downtown, so Zhongshan North is closer to the downtown.

Passengers to Shiqi, West District, South District and the Port District should get out the train at Zhongshan North Station, while those who go to East District, Wuguishan District and the industrial development zone should get off at Zhongshan Station.

There are about forty trains leaving from Guangzhou South to Zhongshan through to Zhuhai and the return Zhuhai to Zhongshan and through to Guangzhou South.

Trains are available at Guangzhou South from 06:30-23:00 and at Zhongshan or Zhongshan North at 07:20-23:00.

It takes about 35 minutes from Guangzhou to Zhongshan North and 45 minutes to Zhongshan Station.

The full ticket price to Zhongshan North is CNY24 for the first class seat and CNY20 for the second class. CNY26 and CNY22 are the full price to Zhongshan Station.

How to get around in Zhongshan

Travel on a Bus in Zhongshan

You can travel around Zhongshan easily on the city buses. At present, over 80 bus lines operating in Zhongshan, most of which are self-service so have correct change of 2CNY when you board each bus.

The sights of Zhongshan are wide spread and no special tour lines and sightseeing buses are available. However and there are city buses running to some scenic spots.

For example, Bus No.2 passes Sunday Yat-sen's Memorial Hall.

Bus 33 can help you getting to the beautiful water town in Minzhong Town.

The highly praised green cascade of the Yangtze River can be visited by Bus No.006. Get off the bus at Changjiang Leyuan. Zhongshan Spring and gulf course are easy of access with Bus No.11 A and B,

Bus 12 Zhongshan-Zhuhai Bus can take you there straight from the downtown. You need to change at the Zhuhai hub to Zhuhai Bus 10.

Best way to travel in Zhongshan by a Taxi

There are more than one thousand taxis in Zhongshan. The fare is about CNY7 for the first 2 kilometers and then CNY2.48 for every additional kilometer. The other rate is for trips further than 10 kilometers. The same start-rate is the same as the former, but each additional kilometer is CNY2.6.

During the night from 22:00 to 05:00, twenty percent of basic fare per kilometers is additionally charged if the distance is more than 2 kilometers.

There are also motor cycles available for the more adventurous on short hops and the fair for these is negotiable.

A great form of travel available is the electric rickshaw if you are heading out for dinner or just want to enjoy the night air on a short distance ride. The price is negotiable.

What to see in Zhongshan

Downtown area

The main sights in Zhongshan's downtown area are not far apart and could possibly be covered in a single day on foot.

Museums

• China Radio Museum (Zhongshan) - 中山·中国收音机博物馆 | Contains what is quite possibly the largest and most diverse collection of old radios in China. Of the more 2000 items in the collection, just over 200 are on public display at any one time. Captions are in Chinese only but that should be no deterrence, particularly if you happen to be a radio enthusiast.

• Sunday Yat-sen Memorial Hall - 孙中山纪念堂 | Not to be confused with the Sunday Yat-sen Memorial Museum (listed below). The first floor contains a photographic exhibition of Zhongshan's recent economic development, while the second floor contains a photographic exhibition of Sunday Yat-sen's life and legacy. Captions are in Chinese only.

• Xiangshan Commercial Culture Museum - 香山商业文化博物馆 | From the 1920s to the 1940s, this building served as the offices of the Shiqi Town Chamber of Commerce. Today it is a museum about the commercial history of the city. The museum occupies three floors. The ground floor gives a general overview of Zhongshan's commercial history and culture and the second floor introduces some business people who were prominent in Zhongshan during the early 20th century, and the third floor focuses on some Zhongshan natives who established department stores in Shanghai.

• Zhongshan Cartoon Museum - 中山漫画馆 | Zhongshan is the hometown of several of China's most prominent cartoonists. This museum displays some of their works, as well as works by cartoonists from other parts of China.

• Zhongshan Museum - 中山市博物馆 | This museum, which is housed in a 1930s hospital building, is mainly used for hosting temporary exhibitions. Information and captions are usually in Chinese only.

• Zhongshan Museum of Art - 中山美术馆 | A small art museum focused on displaying works by local artists.

Parka and nature

• Qi River Park - 岐江公园, Qijiang Park | This was once the site of the Central Guangdong Shipyard (粤中造船厂). At the end of the 20th century and the shipyard was converted into a park. While most of the old industrial structures were removed, some have been retained or reconstructed for artistic effect. The Zhongshan Museum of Art (listed above) can be found in the middle of the park.

• Yixian Lake Park - 逸仙湖公园 | GPS: 22.5319765414, 113.3675454664
• Zhongshan Park - 中山公园 | Occupies a hill in the middle of the city known as Yandun Hill (烟墩山 Yandunshan). The hill has various other names, including Fu Peak (阜峰 Fu Feng) and Shiqi HIll (石岐山 Shiqishan). The Fufeng Pagoda stands on the hill.

Religious sites

• Baiyi Temple - 白衣寺, 白衣古寺, Baiyi Ancient Temple

• Fufeng Pagoda - 阜峰文塔 | Also known as the Yandun Hill Pagoda (烟墩山塔) and the pagoda was built in the Ming Dynasty during the 36th year of the reign of Emperor Wanli (around 1608) by the county magistrate Cai Shanji. The pagoda is a seven-storey octagonal-shaped brick tower and stands 24.5 meters high. It was restored in 1952, but is now in need of further repairs. The pagoda is currently surrounded by a fence to prevent visitors from being struck by falling debris.

• Xishan Temple - 西山寺 | 240 Sunday Wen Middle Road (孙文中路240号) GPS: 22.5239443339, 113.3683202182

Other areas of the city

• Former Residence of Sunday Yat-Sen & Sunday Yat-Sen Memorial Museum - 孙中山故居纪念馆 | For those who revere the man, this place is probably the main reason to visit Zhongshan. The two buildings are situated inside a park in the village of Cuiheng, where Sun-Yat-Sen was born in 1866. The residence was designed by Sunday Yat-Sen himself and completed in 1892. Sunday Yat-Sen lived here until 1895 and stayed here for a short time in 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution. The museum provides a detailed overview of Sun's life. Information is available in both Chinese and English.

• Tianxin Forest Park - 田心森林公园，田心公园, Tianxin Park | A 226-hectare forest park at the foot of the Wuguishan mountain range.

• Wuguishan Nature Park - Wuguishan Natural Scenery Zone, 五桂山自然风景区 | Centered around Wuguixiong Peak (五桂雄峰) and the highest peak in the Wuguishan mountain range, which stands at 531 meters above sea level and is also the highest land formation in Zhongshan.

• Zhan Garden - Zhan's Garden, 詹园 | Built in 1998 and designed to resemble a classical Chinese garden and the Zhan Garden is claimed to be the largest private garden in southern China. The owner and designer Mr Huang Yuanxin named the garden after his mother Mrs Zhan.

• Zhongshan Studio City - 中山影视城 | An outdoor film studio that has been used to produce numerous films and television series set during the early 20th century, including several which were focused specifically on the life of Sunday Yat-sen. Features street sets for several of the cities and countries that Sunday visited during his life as well as re-creations of significant buildings such as the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou, Sun's former residence in Shanghai and Sun's mausoleum in Nanjing. There is also a photo exhibition on some of the films and televisions series that have been filmed here.

What to do in Zhongshan

• Changjiang Water World - 长江水世界 | A newly renovated water-based amusement park.

• Chung Shan Hot Spring Golf Club - 中山温泉高尔夫球会 | Located about 25km from downtown Zhongshan. Features two 18-hole golf courses designed by legendary American golf champions Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Claims to be the first modern golf club to be established in the PRC.

• Qi River Cruises - 岐江游船 | A short cruise down the Qi River and back. The journey time is about 30-40 minutes. You may either sit in the cabin or stand on the rear deck. Standing on the front deck is not permitted.

• Zhongshan Culture & Art Center - 中山市文化艺术中心 | Zhongshan's premier performing arts venue. International artists sometimes perform here.

• Zhongshan Hot Spring Resort - 中山温泉宾馆

• Zhongshan Sky Wheel - 幻彩摩天轮 | The Zhongshan Sky Wheel is a 108-metere high Ferris wheel on the roof of a shopping centre in Zhongshan's downtown area. Perhaps due to its central location and the Zhongshan Sky Wheel is often considered to be one of the city's most important monuments. A souvenir shop near the ticket gate sells various kinds of minature Ferris wheels and other Zhongshan-related gifts.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Zhongshan

There is an antique furniture area in the Zhongshan Sanxiang Guhe area. The prices are high by national standards and expats should bargain fierce (hire local to assist) as Chinese business people are good bargainer. Most of the pieces look like real antiques, but are actually newly made replicas from tropical rain forest wood.

Guzhen town at the border of Jiangmen is lighting central. If you're feeling hungry or underdressed, too bad -- the central town core is light shop after light shop selling everything from bulbs to chandeliers to accessories. Hotels will have multiple light shops in the lobby and banks are rare because they can't compete against the rents offered by light shops.

• Holiday Plaza - 假日广场 | This shopping centre is interesting for its many art shops (particularly on the 2nd floor), some of which double as art schools or training centres. The interior of the shopping centre is decorated with sculptures and other forms of public art. The 3rd and 4th floors are home to Pok Art (博雅), one of the city's largest privately-owned book stores, which besides books, also sells a wide range of gifts, music, stationary and art supplies. If you are looking for Zhongshan-themed souvenirs, try the shop named Crowd (交关) at Shop No. 2111 on the 2nd floor.

Halal Restaurants in Zhongshan

To be updated

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Stay Safe

Zhongshan is a reasonably safe place to live with a low crime rate, but occasionally trouble may occur, especially, as everywhere, late at night.

Explore more Halal friendly Destinations from Zhongshan

• Guangzhou
• Jiangmen
• Zhuhai

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