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Basic Introduction
Queshi Beauty Spot is located in Haojiang District of Shantou, which is the first provincial-level scenic spot of Guangdong Province. It is located in the south of Shantou Gulf, composed of coastal terrace and 43 peaks, with sea, mountains, stones, holes and the human landscapes， which is near the Queshi Bridge.

Scenic Features
Queshi Beauty Spot has heavy historical and cultural reserves. In early Shantou, Queshi Beauty Spot has became a tourist resort, many foreigners from eight countries, such as Britain, the United States and Germany built consulates and Mathesons here. Scenic area now has a dozen buildings that had one hundred history, so it is an accumulation of the culture of western style building.

Scenic Spots Introduction
The scenic area can be divided into six scenic spots--Ta Mountain Scenic, Yanfeng Scenic, Su'an Scenic, Xianglu Mountain Scenic, Bijia Mountain Scenic and Xiaoshi Scenic, and the attractions are relatively concentrated in Ta Mountain Scenic.

Ta Mountain Scenic
The attractions in Ta Mountain Scenic include Stone Arch, Water Curtain cave, Chuihong Cave, A-gleam-of-sky and so on. Also, Ta Mountain Scenic has various of rocks, the shapes of them are similar to animals, person or plants. Ta Mountain Scenic is in the center of Queshi Beauty Spot, which covers an area of 0.45 square kilometers. It is the most important and the most typical attractions in Queshi Beauty Spot. So, the tourists often visit Ta Mountain Scenic first if they just want to visit one attraction in Queshi Beauty Spot.

Yanfeng Scenic
Yanfeng Scenic includes Taojin Midu Scenic Group, Dream Valley Scenic Group, Nine Dragon Scenic Group and Tiantan Garden Scenic Group. It is a peculiar scenery scenic spot with huge development potential.

Taojin Midu Scenic Group includes Visitor Center, Dragon Hole, Dragon Tea House, White Rabbit Hole, Taoyuan Hole, Taoyuan Mountain Villa, Lion Stephen Teahouse, Cattle Pond and so on.

Dream Valley Scenic Group takes love as its theme, it includes Celebrities' Story, Celebrities' Stone Carving, and many kinds of stones that take love as the theme.

Nine Dragon Scenic Group has an quiet environment with a forest and a lake. It takes literature as the center, which is a comprehensive service area for the tourists to rest and have fun.

Tiantan Garden Scenic Group is located in the northeast of Queshi Beauty Spot, which covers an area of 2.28 square kilometers, it is the emphasis of the development recently. It consecrates to China's mother, Shenjiutian Goddess, Tianhou Goddess and Lishan Goddess. Tiantan Garden Scenic Group will build Stone Park in the scenic, which will give the tourists the seaside scenery.

Su'an Scenic
Su'an Scenic retains the characteristic local-style dwelling houses, and the architects converted it into a holiday villa. This holiday villa is in Chaoshan's style. Visitors who come here can take the ancient wooden boat to visit this scenic. Su'an Scenic has nine ancient memorial archwaies, an outdoor theatre, a teahouse, a wood carving exhibition hall, a Chaozhou embroidery workshop and some other places that can ask the visitors to participate in the acitvities. They want the people who come here can know more about Chaoshan's ample and old culture. Su'an Scenic is located in the south of Queshi Beauty Spot, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on the other side. It includes a village called Su'an Village, and it covers an area of 1.54 square kilometers. Visitors can enjoy the village's unique natural landscape in Su'an Scenic.

Xianglu Mountain Scenic
Xianglu Mountain Scenic is situated in the southwest of scenic spot. The west of the scenic is near the 324 National Highway, the north of the scenic is near the 337 Provincial Highway, and the north of the scenic is near the Su'an Scenic. The main mountain of the scenic is about 198 meters, which is the highest one in Queshi Beauty Spot. On that mountain there are two enormous rocks, the local people call them "Censer and Smoke". Visitors who come here can climb the mountains, camping, have a picnic and fishing here.

Bijia Mountain Scenic
Bijia Mountain Scenicis is situated in the southwest of scenic spot, which covers an area of 4.06 square kilometers. It contains the three hills and faces the sea. People can climb mountains and appreciate the beautiful sea.

Ways to Go to Queshi Beauty Spot

 * 1) If you are in Jinping District, you can take a ferry from Square Ferry Station to the beauty spot, or take the No.37, No.11 or No.49 night bus. If you want to go there by car, you can drive through the Queshi Bridge or Haiwan Bridge.
 * 2) If you are in Chaoyang or Chaonan District, you can go to the beauty spot by the "Liangying to Queshi" or "Jinyu to Queshi" passenger bus.