Formerly known as Huaxian County, Huadu City is located in northwestern Guangzhou, with a terrain sloping from northeast to southwest. It is surrounded on three sides by mountains, and its southern part is on the northern verge of the Zhujiang River Delta. The Memorial Hall to Hong Xiuquan displays articles used by Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Revolution.

Although he led the anti-Qing uprisings in Jintian, Guangxi, and established the capital in Nanjing, Hong Xiuquan (1814-64) was a native of Huaxian County. The county is famous for not only the hometown of Hong Xiuquan but also a waterfall with a drop of 90 meters in the Lotus Holiday Village covering an area of 60 square kilometers.