Best of Guangzhou Private Day Trip to Chen Family Temple, Memorial Hall of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Yuexiu Park, Huaisheng Mosque, Waqqa’s Tomb

Hotel Pick-up & Transfer to Chen Family Temple
Your private guide will be holding ICT pick-up sign and waiting for you in your hotel lobby (or other appointed meeting place) at the appointed time. You will be transferred to Chen Family Temple in a comfortable air-conditioned private vehicle.

Visit Chen Clan Ancestral Hall
The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is an academic temple built by the 72 Chen clans for their juniors’ accommodation and preparation for the imperial examinations in 1894 in Qing Dynasty. Later it was changed to be the Chen Clan’s Industry College, and then middle schools afterward. Now it houses the Guangdong Folk Art Museum. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is a symmetric complex consist of 19 buildings with nine halls and six courtyards. Facing south, the complex forms around a north-south axis. A large collection of southern China art pieces, for example, wood carvings and pottery, can be found in the structure. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall complex exemplifies traditional Chinese architecture and decoration style, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments worldwide.

Visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is an octagon-shaped building constructed with funds raised by local and overseas Chinese people in memory of Sun Yat-sen. Considered to be the “Father of Modern China”, Sun Yat-sen fought against the imperial Qing government and after the 1911 revolution ended the monarchy, and founded the Republic of China. Construction work of the hall commenced in 1929 and completed in 1931. The hall is a large octagonal structure with a span of 71 meters without pillars, housing a large stage and seats 3,240 people.

Salat at Huaisheng Mosque after lunch at local Halal restaurant

Visit Five Rams Statue
Located atop Yuexiu Hill, the Five Rams Statue was built in 1960 from more than 130 pieces of granite. The statue represents the five rams who gave Guangzhou its nickname “City of Rams” and depicts the symbol of Guangzhou: five mythical rams who bore five immortals – the city’s founders 2000 years ago. Back then, as legend goes, Guangzhou was barren; the rams carried sheaves of rice, teaching its residents how to grow rice and ending the specter of famine forever, ensuring an eternity of bumper harvests. When the immortals departed, the rams turned to stone.

Admire the tomb of Sa’ad Ibn Abi Waqqas
History recorded that Nabi Muhammad (s.a..w), at the age 57 sent his uncle Sad ibn Abi-Waqqas to Guangzhou. The Muslim Sage’s Tomb was to commemorate Sad ibn Abi-Waqqas who died in Guangzhou.

Transfer Back to Your Hotel
Your private guide and driver will transfer you back to your hotel after visiting the tomb of Sa’ad Ibn Abi Waqqas.