Shunde is a beautiful Lingnan water town with unique architectural culture. Shunde has accumulated unique scenic spots with Lingnan characteristics, such as Qinghui garden, one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong Province, Bijiang golden building, and Huangshi grand ancestral hall in youtan, a beautiful building. Since ancient times, the culture of Shunde has been prosperous and profound. Shunde is one of the birthplaces of yuequ and Yueju. It was named "hometown of Chinese Quyi" in 2007. Shunde food culture has a long history and is famous all over the world. Shunde cuisine, which originated in the Qin and Han Dynasties, was bred in the Tang and Song Dynasties, shaped in the Ming Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty, flourished in the early Republic of China, and flourished in the present. After thousands of years of inheritance and improvement, it has formed a unique artistic style and is also the hometown of Chinese chefs. In January 2014, the Chinese Culinary Institute, jointly established by the Chinese culinary Association and Shunde Vocational and technical college, officially settled in Shunde. In China, there has been a folk proverb from ancient times that "eating in Guangzhou, cooking out Fengcheng (another name for Shunde)", in order to praise the rich and profound food culture of southern Guangdong. On December 1, 2014, the United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization awarded Shunde, Guangdong Province, the "capital of world cuisine". Shunde became the second city in China to receive this award, which is the sixth city in the world to receive this award. Shunde cuisine has also been produced by the main team who created "China on the tip of the tongue" as a program to introduce Shunde cuisine.
Lunjiao located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta and separated from Panyu, Guangzhou, is an important part of Shunde central city. Lunjiao has been a famous land of fish and rice since ancient times. Since the 1930s, Lunjiao has become a sericulture and silk weaving center in Shunde and an important industrial town in Guangdong Province, with rapid economic development. In recent years, there are many bright spots in tourism and culture industry. Changlu farm has become the first national 5A scenic spot in Shunde, and the development of xiangyunsha industry has been steadily promoted.
Lunjiao was called "Haixinsha" in ancient times and renamed "Lunjiao" in the early Ming Dynasty. It is said that the local gentry Zheng xunzai had a good command of the countryside. The imperial court gave the name of "Lunchang's religion" plaque. Historically, Lunjiao is a semi grain and semi economic crop producing area, which mainly produces rice, pond fish, sugarcane, banana, eel and four big fish. The silk and Ranunculus yarn production industry also enjoys a good reputation. Lunjiao agriculture has a long history, rich planting and breeding experience, reasonable layout, vegetable based fish pond, flower based fish pond, sugarcane based fish pond, etc. are pioneering works to sum up long-term farming experience. Sangji fish pond is listed in the world environmental protection history. In addition, Lunjiao is also the main production base of other flowers. The annual Yingchun flower area is quite spectacular.
