Tree-lined Xinhepu Lu (新河浦路), Xuguyuan Lu (恤孤院路) and Peizheng Lu (培正路) in the historic Dōngshān area offer a welcome respite from the city. There are schools and churches raised by American missionaries in the 1900s, and exquisite villas commissioned by overseas Chinese and military bigwigs of the Kuomintang. Take the metro to Dōngshān Kǒu station. From exit A, walk south along Shuqian Lu and follow the signs.
The most beautifully restored building is the three-storey Kuí Garden , built in 1922 by an overseas Chinese in America. Spring Garden was the former headquarters of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1923.
