People ask us some version of this question every week. They have heard Foshan is a good place to buy from, they are not entirely sure what that covers, and…
Category: Visiting Foshan
Guides to Foshan the city: food, history, martial arts heritage, getting around and making the most of a trip.
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Getting More Out of a Working Trip to Foshan
Most people who come to Foshan come to buy something. They land, they visit factories, they sit through dinners, they fly home, and if you ask them later what Foshan…
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Day Trips from Foshan: Where to Go When You Have a Spare Day
Foshan is well placed. It sits in the middle of the Pearl River Delta, one of the most densely connected corners of the country, and a great deal is reachable…
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Xiqiao Mountain: The Green Half of Foshan Nobody Expects
Nobody arrives in Foshan expecting a mountain. The city’s reputation is furniture showrooms, tile factories and traffic, so the idea that there is forest, waterfalls and a proper view about…
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The Best Time to Visit Foshan: Seasons, Weather and the Dates That Matter
Foshan sits in the subtropics, close to the Tropic of Cancer, in the flat wet country of the Pearl River Delta. That gives it a climate of two halves: a…
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Cantonese Opera in Foshan: A Short Guide to Enjoying It Rather Than Enduring It
If you spend an evening in the older parts of Foshan you will eventually hear it. A high, carrying voice, percussion that sounds like it is arguing with itself, and…
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The Quiet Gardens of Foshan: Qinghui, Liang and the Lingnan Style
After three days of showrooms, factories and traffic, most visitors to Foshan reach a point where they would pay real money for somewhere quiet. The classical gardens are that place,…
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Two Days in Foshan: A Realistic Itinerary for Visitors Short on Time
Most people who come to Foshan have a day and a half of freedom at best, usually stitched around meetings. This is a plan for that. It assumes you want…
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The Five Districts of Foshan, Explained Without the Brochure Language
Foshan is not one city so much as five places that share a name. People arrive, get driven between a hotel and a factory, and leave with the impression of…
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Nanfeng Ancient Kiln: Five Hundred Years of Foshan Ceramics, Still Burning
There is a kiln in Foshan that has been lit, on and off, for roughly five hundred years. It is called Nanfeng Ancient Kiln, it sits in the Shiwan area,…
