Lizhiwan Scenic Spot
Restored canal town of curved waterways, pleasure boats and a Ming-era watchtower shaded by a century-old banyan.
This guide to Lizhiwan Scenic Spot in Guangzhou opens with Liu Chang, the last king of the breakaway Southern Han kingdom, staging the Red Cloud Banquet on this very canal, floating with his court among lychee trees planted so thick the water seemed to blush red. It follows the teenage king who left the ruling to eunuchs and his harem while the Song dynasty picked off rival after rival to the north, closing in on Guangzhou through the 970s. You'll also hear how this same waterway, later choked by factories, was dredged and rebuilt around 2009 into the canal town of pleasure boats and antique shops around you now. Walk the water past the old Wen Tower and its century-old banyan.
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