Volcano Sunset Glow

Opening Hours: Open all day Admission Fee: Free Contact Info: The scenic spot stands tall in southern Wuzhou across the Xun River (Xijiang River). Best Visiting Time: All year round; the ideal hours are clear early mornings and evenings at sunset glow. Complaint Hotline: 0774-3856362

Bus Route 4 (Tourist Line): Fumin Road → East Bus Station → Commercial Building → Hong Kong-Macao Wharf → Yunlong Garden → Dragon Boat Rush → Workers’ and Farmers’ Warehouse → Youli Villa → Fudian → Forest Park → Boundary Village → Moon Bay

Bus Route 9 (Tourist Line): Fumin Road → East Bus Station → Commercial Building → Hong Kong-Macao Wharf → Wangbutou → Huoshan Oil Depot → Huoshan Tunnel → Xinghua Shipyard → Suwu Village → National Sports Training Base → Babao Pond → Electronic Engineering School → No.8 Geological Team → Gaowang Village → Mineral Warehouse → South Xijiang Bridge → Fengye Decoration Market → Changzhou Island

Bus Route 18 (Tourist Line): Sesame City → Fengye Garden → Dayuan Restaurant → Cultural Palace → Municipal Square → Government Square → No.4 Middle School → Sun Square → Xinxing Village → Pantang Park → Red Cross Hospital → Insurance Company → Xidi 1st Road → Wenhua Center → Zhongshan Road → Wenhua Road → Wuzhou Senior High School → Riverside Hotel → Dazhong Road → Municipal People’s Hospital → North Guijiang Road → Grand Wharf → Dragon Mother Temple → Century Garden → Baiyun Mountain Park → No.8 Middle School

Bus Route 25 (Special Line to Shengwen Garden): Departs from Fumin Road at 09:00 and 09:45 every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays; returns from Shengwen Garden at 14:10 and 15:10.

One-Day City Tour Route: Available for groups of 25 visitors or more. Routes 4, 9 and 18 mentioned above are all tourist lines.

Volcano Hill rises in southern Wuzhou, separated from the urban area by the Xun River (Xijiang River). Lush greenery blankets its slopes all year round. Its name derives from an ancient poetic line: Buried swords emit glimmers that light up the night sky; hidden pearls float and cast radiance over the mountain after dark.

Legend has it that Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue in the late Qin Dynasty, buried swords inside this mountain. Every three to five days, glowing flames emerge after nightfall, starting at the foot and creeping all the way to the summit. The entire hill blazes crimson with fire shooting skyward, yet the glow fades away in an instant, leaving the mountain as fresh and emerald green as ever the next morning.

Another legend tells of a bottomless pool at the mountain’s foot holding a luminous pearl. As night falls, the pearl rises to the water surface. Under bright moon and stars, its radiance shines far into the heavens, resembling the sacred lamps seen on Emei Mountain and Nanyue Mountain — this magnificent sight is known as "Volcano Sunset Glow".

The mountain is abundant in lychees that ripen as early as April each year, once famous nationwide as "Volcano Hill Lychees". Bingxue Cave by the riverside at the foot yields delicious fine-scaled fish with an exquisite taste, especially tender in late spring. It is said this prized fish originated here before spreading to waters across the country. The Tang poet Shen Quanqi wrote the verse: I have braved the heat of Volcano Hill; my complexion fades amid the misty river’s miasma.