| Located on the southwestern part of the Zhujiang
River Delta, Zhuhai is a newly rising tourist city, which is famous
for the new Yuanmingyuan.
Zhuhai
is known as a city with a hundred islands. It has 6,000 square kilometers
of sea dotted with 145 islands, among which the Lingding Island is the
most well known. The Lingding Island consists of two parts, the outerior
and the interior. The Outerior Lingding is located on the verge of mountains
and islands.
On the other island named Qi'ao there are many historical sites. The
cliff carvings at Baojing Bay on Gaolan Island have a history of 3,000
years. On the cliffs were carved clouds and rivers, birds and animals,
and various figures, depicting the life of primitive tribes.
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