Shaoguan

Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Wikipedia

Population 2,855,131 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in China

Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 10 h 37 in Dec, dark by 17:38 · 13 h 40 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 45 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 19 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 59 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 43 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 20 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 40 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 32 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 01 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 19 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 36 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 57 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 37 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • 启明北市场

    1. Monday: 07:30–19:30
    2. Tuesday: 07:30–19:30
    3. Wednesday: 07:30–19:30
    4. Thursday: 07:30–19:30
    5. Friday: 07:30–19:30
    6. Saturday: 07:30–19:30
    7. Sunday: 07:30–19:30

    07:30–19:30

    2.0 km from the centre

  • WuJiang Market

    武江市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    710 m from the centre

  • 莲花市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • 通天坡市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • 启明市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • 红星肉菜市场

    No hours mapped

    1.5 km from the centre

  • 嘉晖市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.6 km from the centre

  • 中山市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.6 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 26 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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