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Where to Stay in Huizhou, Guangdong
Huizhou is a city of eastern Guangdong in China on the Dong River, an old lake town of poets and temples, east of the Pearl River delta.
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Where to stay in Huizhou
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Where you stay in Huizhou turns on the lake or the town. The lakeside keeps the West Lake, the pavilions, and the old streets within a walk, and staying by the water suits anyone here for the lake. The green lake lies close by.
Pavilions line the shore. Out toward the hills and the river, the town gives way to the temple peaks, the Dong River banks, and the Hakka country beyond. A room out of the centre trades the streets for the green hills, the winding river, and the quiet villages of the east.
The hills run on for miles. Stay by the lake for the town, or out for the hills. The green lake and the old temples hold the river city.
About Huizhou
Huizhou is a lake city of eastern Guangdong.
What is Huizhou known for?
On the Dong River east of the Pearl River delta, ringed by green hills, it grew as a river town and a place of scholars, and it keeps the famous West Lake with its causeway, the old temples on the hills, the memory of the poet Su Dongpo who lived in exile here, and the Hakka villages of the country around. The green lake lies in the town. Hills ring the water.
What are the main landmarks in Huizhou?
The West Lake is the pride of Huizhou. The green West Lake with its causeway, its islands, and its lakeside pavilions, walked by the poet Su Dongpo, is the emblem of the city, downtown. Old temples stand on the hills.
The Confucian temple and the old Taoist hall stand among the peaks above the lake nearby, while the Dong River, the Su Dongpo shrine, and the Hakka villages mark the country around Huizhou.
What is the history of Huizhou?
The river drew the town. Long ago Huizhou grew on the Dong River, a market and a fort on the road into the hills of the east, a town of the southern country. A great poet came in exile.
The poet Su Dongpo was sent to Huizhou in his later years, and he lived by the West Lake, wrote his verses, and built a causeway across the water. Temples rose on the hills. Around the lake and the peaks the people built their Confucian and Taoist temples, and Huizhou grew as a town of learning and faith.
The Hakka worked the land. In the hills around, the Hakka people farmed and built their walled villages, and Huizhou grew as a city of eastern Guangdong, keeping its lake, its temples, and its river. The old lake still lies calm.
Huizhou keeps its lake city on the river.
Where is Huizhou?
Huizhou lies in the east of Guangdong in China, on the Dong River. The city sits on the banks of the Dong River among low green hills, east of the Pearl River delta and inland from the South China Sea, in a warm land of hills and paddy, with the river winding through the town and the West Lake set among the streets. Low green hills stand around Huizhou on every side.
The river runs south.
What is the climate of Huizhou?
Huizhou has a hot, humid subtropical climate. Long wet summers and mild dry winters cross the hills, with heavy monsoon rains in summer and warm bright days in winter. The rains swell the river.
Winter days stay mild.
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Updated August 2026