[2025 Longchuan Attraction] Travel Guide for Heyuan Tuocheng (Updated Apr)

Longchuan is a tourist city in Guangdong Province. There are many places to visit. This time, you can take a two-day and one-night self-driving tour of Longchuan, Heyuan, and "play around" in Longchuan: climb Mount Huo, visit Tuo City, taste Longchuan's eight-treasure fish raw, and stay in a beautiful lodge in the forest. We will depart from Guangzhou and head to Longchuan, Heyuan. Itinerary Day 1: Depart from Guangzhou—Longchuan Tuo City—Hehe Zizai Lodge—Lodge Banquet Day 2: Breakfast at Hehe Lodge—Mount Huo, Longchuan—Taste eight-treasure fish raw (Yajian Township Local Wine Restaurant)—Return Places to visit: Longchuan Tuo City: Longchuan Tuo City is a small county town worth a leisurely stroll. There are historical sites such as ancient streets, old houses, Tuo City Cinema, Tuo City Dragon Palace, and Nanyue King Temple. Mount Huo Scenic Area: Mount Huo, Longchuan is one of the famous mountains in Guangdong. It has a magical karst landform, like an exploration of the lunar surface. Climbing Mount Huo, the cliffs are gorgeous, and the view is wide. Check in at Hehe Zizai Lodge. This lodge is located in the mountains of Longchuan, surrounded by greenery, and there are tea gardens and waterfall viewing spots. The breakfast and dinner at the lodge are very rich. You can arrive at the lodge in the afternoon and enjoy afternoon tea at sunset. This is also a good place to watch the sunrise. In addition, there are many activities in the lodge, such as tea tasting and incense making. KTV and cocktails are also available at night. It is a very good place for leisure and relaxation.

Tuocheng was the earliest established ancient county in Lingnan, with the Qin Dynasty setting up the county government in Longchuan County here. It was later renamed Tuocheng in honor of Zhao Tuo, the first county magistrate of Longchuan, who later became the 'King of Nanyue'. After Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified the Central Plains, he sent an army of 500,000 to pacify Lingnan, and Zhao Tuo accompanied the army southward, with Longchuan being his first stop and where he stayed on as the first county magistrate. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, he carved out a territory in Lingnan and later established the Nanyue Kingdom, becoming King Wuling of Nanyue. Zhao Tuo had a significant impact on the culture of Lingnan and the origins of Hakka culture. During his tenure, Zhao Tuo proposed a series of suggestions and measures that promoted the integration of the Han people from the Central Plains with the various ethnic groups of the Baiyue, which is also the earliest origin of the local Hakka people and the formation of Lingnan culture. This also resulted in the small village of Tuocheng having nearly 180 surnames and about 50 ancestral halls. Tuocheng is a very quiet town with both pastoral scenery and cultural atmosphere. The entire town is an open scenic area, where the bricks and tiles within the town are preserved relics. Later generations have only carried out repairs on this basis, trying to maintain the original appearance as much as possible.

To visit the Tuocheng scenic area, it is closest to get off at Longchuan West Station (high-speed rail station), which is less than 3 kilometers away from Tuocheng. There is also a bus service from the West Station, but the frequency is low. Tuocheng, also known as Longchuan City, was established as a county in 214 BC, with Zhao Tuo (later the King of Nanyue) as its first county magistrate, hence it was later named Tuocheng. Tuocheng is a world-famous Hakka ancient town and a renowned city of Lingnan culture. Despite the vicissitudes of a thousand years, the ancient city's relics are well preserved. The ancient city walls, Zhao Tuo's former residence, the King of Yue Temple, the King of Yue Well, the City God Temple, the Academy, the Examination Hall, the Chamber of Commerce, and the theater, among others, all have many stories to tell. Tuocheng is worth a half-day stay.