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《canton》
Poet: Tao Bi

广州
  To Qiongshan also off, smoke water is sealed Qi.
  Sheng foreign clothes, the Central Plains weather wrong.
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《canton》
Poet: Tao Bi

  As early as January with the influx of Shek Mun See, Guang Wen ape on the gorge late port.
  Pretty woman full basket for straining wine shop, Bricks in power sea shrines.
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《canton》
Poet: Zhang Yu

  More to the spring grass, Spring City Kan slim.
  North wind shock malaria sea fog rain break Minamiarai.
  Fan giant ship through the country, Gu Yun far Dixiang.
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guǎng zhōu
  The capital of Guangdong Province, referred to as ear, another name "Guangzhou", China's foreign trade port and integrated southern industrial city, located in central northern margin of the Pearl River Delta, Beijing-Guangzhou railway south, Pro Pearl River, the urban area of 1345 square kilometers, the urban population of 310 10000
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Travel
  Guangzhou Travel complaints Tel: Guangzhou City Tel :020 -86666666 Tourist Complaint
  Guangdong Provincial Tourism Complaint Phone :020 -86,681,163
  National Tourist Complaint Phone :010-65275315 Guangzhou Best Travel Time: Climate: tropical monsoon climate: spring (March to mid-May); temperature and humidity rise, should be a thin coat or sweater, the average spy 23 ℃, humidity 82%. Summer (May to mid-September); temperatures as high as 33 ℃, humidity rose to 90%, should bring rain gear. Fall (late September to early December): should be a sweater and light jacket. Average 23 ℃, average humidity 72%. Winter (December to mid-late February): cool weather, and occasionally wear a coat to be added. Average temperature of 17 ℃, humidity 72%.
  Best time to travel: October to December is the best tourist season
  Folk Festivals in Guangzhou: Guangzhou is a has a very rich ethnic customs of the southern Guangdong city folk. Guangzhou to celebrate the festival in recent years, New Year's Day, May Day, National Day, on the basis of traditional national festivals, conducted the annual eight very unique festival in Guangzhou: Flower Street during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, the Lunar New Year in February Polo Temple Festival will be the Dragon Boat Festival (during the grand festival - Dragon Boat Festival), Panyu Lotus Flower Festival, Conghua and Zengcheng, litchi Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Guangdong, China Tourism Art Festival Fun Festival and Guangzhou International Food Festival.
  In addition to annual spring and autumn, the Chrysanthemum exhibition, held New Year's Day parade, Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, held in Guangzhou, and 10 travel literature and art displays, as the Flower City of Guangzhou this adds a bright color.
  Guangzhou to remind: in Guangzhou have to shop around to buy things, bargaining, you definitely want more than one has to buy cheap things to experience the fun of shopping in Guangzhou. And wander in the various shopping street, while to buy their favorite products, while experience of the cultural customs of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, said the culture must be in the shopping experience the yo.
  Guangzhou people are very local characteristics as a courtesy, people from the beginning to narrow to hear these words often confused.
  Cantonese, the most frequently used is probably the "Thank You", which means "thank you", sometimes also as "Excuse me", "trouble you" use. In Guangzhou, ask for help or make the road before, they have to Daosheng "Thank You."
  "Excuse me, the sun," is to help someone at the agency asked him to do something to use when speaking, it includes the meaning thanks and sorry story.
  "Please to serve the following" means "face to the point of you." "You give face" that "is you to face."
  Guangzhou has become a kind of soup with a rich local cultural characteristics, even if the soup is not expensive, just the cooking pot for several hours, is so easy enough fresh thick alcohol.
  Guangzhou is also famous for snack square, the famous Beijing Road offal shops, juice shops, as well as supply of porridge, powder, flour, tea and other snacks in the cafe. Shangxiajiu Road, west off the old food street in Guangzhou is more along the style snacks and refreshments, South Shuangpi Nai letter, street car offal, Europe Shing Kee wonton noodle, Wu Zhan Kee porridge so very busy , usually a small shop full of people, could not find seats, but it does not matter, so many shops, walked one and back one, and everyone taste different, very interesting; BAUER humble home on the road surface shop, where do Zhushou face, sirloin pasta surface is the leader in Guangzhou.
  Attachment: snake eating the Cantonese tea
  Recommended to eat at:
  Liuhua "Club City"
  Liuhua Lake Park in Guangzhou, the porridge is a city of relatively large size of the local porridge, Guangzhou people like porridge, not only variety, but the method is also very particular about the porridge, porridge dewetting, 皮蛋瘦肉粥, liver porridge, Ting Zizhou ... ... dozens of the city in the congee porridge while the gas furnace can also be directly cooked on the table, where you can eat fish head soup, ate and cooked, you can eat night it.
  Sand
  This is the embassy district of Guangzhou, is a good place to eat Western food, to find the feeling of living in Europe, careful design, elegant environment, so much focused on the restaurant, chosen at random.
  Transport: Take bus 5,233
  Shangxiajiu Road
  Mainly some old Guangzhou, such as the Lotus House, a restaurant in Guangzhou and other eating some traditional Cantonese cuisine.
  Tianhe City, Tianhe District
  Guangzhou is more upscale dining, the Hunan more like my home Hunan Restaurant, Hunan Restaurant, Hakka cuisine, green and so the more famous Café.
  Fangcun food street
  Located in Fangcun District, Fangcun subway station exit, the most famous is the donkey pot, the other has Zhanjiang vegetables, all kinds of Cantonese cuisine. Guangzhou Shopping: 1, wine boutiques in the city: famous classical convergence
  Address: Liu Hua Road, Guangzhou City
  Whether you're in a day to see how many nice clothes, you gave yourself never forget that feeling as a shock. Fell in love with designer clothes, not a mere vanity, it embodies the tastes and your identity. Hotel located on the first floor of the Palace Mall, a well-known leisure and shopping in Guangzhou City, the close to Metro Line Zhaoxiu Gong Yuan Station. Shoppes gathered hundreds of the world's top city brands shops, gucci, louisvuitton, burberry, fendi, ferragamo, hugoboss ... ... apparel, footwear, handbags and other high quality items at low prices, assortment, to meet the various needs of people with different tastes.
  The China Hotel, dining and entertainment facilities are available, but also allows you to easy shopping, enjoy fine dining available at all the delicious Cantonese cuisine, or a wide variety of world cuisine, a shopping, dining, entertainment ideal place for one, will make you enjoy and go.
  2, the trend of life do experience: China Plaza
  Address: Zhongshan Road,
  Here is a paradise for the younger generation to experience the trend of life, here is a must to. Fashion clothing store in the shopping floor, the young family favorite s2sqare, son, here is our current focus on.
  3, the home carrier: Mercure Centre
  Address: Zhujiang New City Road (abce Block)
  68 Huangpu Road West, (d Block)
  4, dating a new life: the World Trade Plaza
  Address: No. 371-375 Huan Shi Dong
  5, Time Life Special: Times Square
  Address: No. 28 Tianhe North Road
  This represents a new era in the life cycle of shopping, you can have a destination to the "administrative," "recreation area" "party zone" and other areas to randomly _select_ed at various occasions, their clothes needed here so special ... ... is that all goods are a new classification for business, so as to facilitate the customers to browse and buy at the same time convey the message of a new life. Here is Times Square in Guangzhou's top fashion consumer sites, the largest city-style business center.
  Here, in addition to chic shopping, the first floor and fifth floor of the atrium has a supply of coffee, you can also find tea in the park. These places can be your Inn, shopping, sit inside, drink a coffee or a sip of the tea to hand, looking through the latest imported fashion magazines, share of leisure and relaxed feeling wells up. Would like to improve the quality of life, you must not take over this treasure at the shop.
  6, Life and Times of interaction: Grandbuy Stores
  Address: 295 Beijing Road, Guangzhou No. hundred headquarters
  April 2002, 11-year-old Guangzhou Department Store building successful joint-stock reform, the establishment of Grandbuy Co., Ltd., and enter the listing of counseling period.
  The main department stores Grandbuy headquarters in Guangzhou Beijing Road Pedestrian Street, the bustling business area of more than 80,000 square meters, shopping, entertainment, exhibition, entertainment and catering services in one, with department stores in Guangzhou, the largest high-tech appliances Exposition Centre, Sports City, the city and the name of shoes, jewelry capital. Since 1993, 10 consecutive years ranked among department stores in Guangzhou alone the first large-scale retail enterprise sales. Grandbuy adhere to the department as the core, the development of a variety of formats chain operations, the existing chain of nine stores. Has developed a number of chain stores and department stores Grandbuy appliances, following the success of the first stores outside the province opened a shop in Haikou, Guangzhou hundred department stores will soon open a new, more diversified development goals.
  7, enjoy the "full" Within the city of joy: Tianhe City
  Address: No. 208 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou
  8, open the "sea buy Nan Fung" era Prospects: Place des Nations
  Address: 133 South Road
  May be known to everybody in Henan Henan have turned "hot" new era of Place des Nations, which consists of a single early nations Electric City transformed into a construction area of 50,000 square meters, throat guards Haizhu shopping mall business. Leisure, white-collar workers, sports and other brand clothing is located in a two-story, full of dynamic pop music to pass the information. In the most popular places of nations may be a few three or four, here is the world's second and Europe's first known as the "king of retail," the title of the French Carrefour supermarket. Four also has an indoor climbing wall, allowing you to shopping, can feel the different forms of entertainment. The trend of the fifth floor with all kinds of boutique shops, young family is the focal point.
  9, lifestyle of the window: the Friendship Store
  Head Office: No. 369 Huanshi
  Age Shop: No. 28 Tianhe North Road
  10, high quality community supermarket: Fu Tema supermarket
  Address: Panyu District, Lijiang Garden Road, f08 new shop, Panyu District, Hawaiian Commercial Street, Star River, Guangzhou Huijing New City, Tianhe clubs
  "Fu Tema" is the English "foodmart" homonym, meaning "food market." Gathered here from around the world and all regions of the flavor characteristics of food in one, guide people to enjoy life more flavor. Guangzhou Fu Tema supermarket is designed for modern life is on the rise of the noble community, providing residents living facilities designed and operated to white-collar family as the major consumer groups, the main fresh food, concurrently food, daily necessities and other commodities, with a rich cultural atmosphere and the artistic taste of modern life. Are already in Lijiang, southern Olympic Garden, South Park and other communities to open a branch. It indicates improved quality of life, health, the arrival of a new life.
  Guangzhou Transportation: convenient bus routes around Guangzhou, allowing you to reach any corner of the city.
  External Traffic
  Aviation
  Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport from the city, 6 km. Passenger throughput after the Beijing Capital International Airport, ranking second, there to Los Angeles, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, Osaka, Japan and throughout Southeast Asia and other 16 international routes and regional routes. Take a taxi from the airport about 20 yuan, 30 minutes to the town. Airport shuttle bus to Guangzhou railway station, 3 yuan / person, who packed on the drive.
  In addition, Huadu District, Guangzhou, near the new airport is under construction.
  Railway
  Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou on the north-west of the Central City West, and many buses can be reached, the traffic is very convenient. North-south Beijing-Guangzhou railway is the main trunk railway, Beijing-Shenyang, Beijing Cheng, Jing Bao, Jing Lu, Jing Yuan (flat), Shi-Tai, Shi-De (state), the Longhai (Lianyungang - Lanzhou), Zhejiang-Jiangxi, Hunan-Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangzhou and nine lines. There is also a railway line from Guangzhou to Maoming - Guangmao Railway, Guangzhou-Shantou railway lines - Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Railway, the railway communication between these two things in Guangdong Province of traffic.
  Guangzhou to Shenzhen, the railway is very convenient to travel between Guangzhou and Shenzhen each day between Guangzhou East Station and Guangzhou station can take an average of 15-30 minutes a trip, according to the standard car is different at different prices, the most expensive 75 train yuan / person, there are 70 yuan, about 1-1.5 hours.
  Highway
  Transportation in Guangzhou City, growing, has built a number of inter-city highways, the city also built the elevated road, a road bridge, crossing the river tunnels. Guangzhou Automotive have long-distance bus to the neighboring areas and direct bus service between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
  Water transport
  The Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Guangzhou and Hong Kong passenger port, Port Zhoutouzui passenger, passenger Xintang port, Panyu Lotus Hill, Nansha passenger port, etc., operating direct flight of Hong Kong's water transport routes. There Dashatou Terminal, Sai Tai bus terminal links to other areas.
  Local Transportation
  Transportation in Guangzhou, city traffic with buses, trams, buses, subway and other transit lines. Guangzhou taxis, starting at 7 yuan (including 2.3 km), 2.6 yuan per kilometer, usually at night and the driver can talk about price, but a taxi in Guangzhou, it is best to know in advance the address of a good place to go Otherwise, there are many drivers road is not very familiar with a lot of time to delay. There are many motorcycle passenger in Guangzhou, the price is different according to the length of journey.
  Accommodation Guangzhou: Guangzhou hotel, hotels, buildings with the rapid development of the tourism industry have mushroomed appear.
  According to statistics, foreign guests of the hotel in Guangzhou there are hospitality, hotel, about 200 buildings. Among them, the White Swan Hotel is a truly a international five-star hotel, the advanced equipment, known to comfortable elegance; Garden Hotel Kapok is Zeyi flower shop logo, Qiao between natural stands in the green garden; Guangdong International Hotel is the tallest reinforced concrete building of one of its beautiful and luxurious decoration; Oriental Hotel is based on the characteristics of Chinese gardens for the large modern international hotel.
  Guangzhou-star hotels and hundreds of hotels, both first-class five-star hotel facilities, or general clean and sanitary accommodation, reflects the warm and thoughtful people in Guangzhou and people-oriented service concept. Huanshi is the most concentrated areas of Guangzhou hotels, four, five-star hotels are more concentrated here at night, the hotel's brightly lit, forming a beautiful landscape. Near the Baiyun Mountain, Baiyun Mountain foothills and mountains, and there are a lot of Pearl River Resort, the hotel environment Yishanbangshui natural elegance, is far from the city a good place for leisure during the day shopping in Guangzhou city, Tantalizing, laid-back open to the suburbs at night, nature is the best choice.
  In addition, of course, there are many middle-grade hotels, hotels, the price is right, good service, to meet the needs of the public.
  Entertainment in Guangzhou: Guangzhou as one of the earliest open cities, of course, a pioneer in the entertainment industry. Here are a variety of entertainment: first there by the older generation of hi Guangzhou by the traditional repertoire - opera. The performance and flexible fine, smooth singing varied. If you really had the opportunity to listen to the red woman singing, is "three days without a break."
  Of course, a large modern playground, all kinds of tension, excitement, stimulation, activities, bring people to a new feel. Such as the World Grand plans to fly Dream Studios, snow world, are _set_ in one high-tech and novel, attracting a large number of like curiosity of visitors.
  Billiard common throughout the streets of Guangzhou, the price is cheap, ordinary people love entertainment. There are the traditional repertoire of Guangzhou Cantonese Opera, performing flexible delicate aria varied, melodic harmony, known as the "southern red bean" reputation, by the Guangzhou people love.
  If you want to relax and enjoy the leisure life, may wish to look at other entertainment venues, such as a large golf course, dance halls, karaoke ok, all kinds of tennis room, bowling clubs, cultural and entertainment center, and so small test their skills, while at the same fitness to play the role, really why not.
  Bar
  Riverside Road Bar Street, Central City Road Bar Street, White Swan Pond Bar Street is the more famous bar street in Guangzhou. Riverside Road Bar Street is in the Pearl River, the environment elegant, sentimental, Central City Road Bar Street is the bustling downtown, and White Swan Pond Bar Street is the new open style of Bar Street, located in Long Fangcun Tai Road, Pearl White Swan Pond River, came into the "Bar Street", exotic spontaneously.
  Referred to: 020
  Capital: 510000
  Location: Located in southern China, Guangdong Province in central, northern margin of the Pearl River Delta. Endangered South China Sea, backed by Baiyun Mountain, Pearl River through the city.
  Area: 7434.4 sq km
  Population: 994.30 million
  Administrative divisions: Yuexiu, Dongshan, Haizhu, Liwan District, Tianhe District, Baiyun District, Huangpu District, Fangcun District, Huadu, Panyu, Conghua City by city
  About Us: Guangzhou, China is the world's only city, is an ancient city, has 2800 years of civilization and history, because history has come to offer rice Wuyang fairy story, Guangzhou, also known as "Guangzhou" and "Guangzhou City", referred to as " ear "; Guangzhou throughout the year like spring flowers, winter jasmine city famous New Year's Eve at home and abroad, it has" Flower City "reputation. In 1982, Guangzhou has been _select_ed as the first batch of the State historical and cultural city is one of the key tourist cities in China. January 1999, was named the outstanding tourist city of Guangzhou.
  Guangzhou Yangcheng .. alias, referred to ear, capital of Guangdong Province. South China political, economic, cultural, technological and transportation center of China's famous coastal open cities and national comprehensive reform pilot area. Jurisdiction of Yuexiu, Dongshan, Haizhu, Liwan, Tianhe, Baiyun, Huangpu, Fangcun 8 district and flowers County, Conghua, Zengcheng, Panyu 4 counties. Mild climate, abundant rainfall, evergreen, beautiful scenery, known as the "Flower City" reputation. Guangzhou called as "Chu Ting", according to historical records, as early as the 9th century BC, the Zhou Dynasty, living here, "Baiyue family" and the Yangtze River to the State of Chu was very close between the locals as "Chu Ting" to commemorate this friendship, which is Guangzhou's first name.
  Guangzhou is a historical and cultural city. According to legend, in ancient times, there have been five fairy, wearing a five-color clothes, riding a five-colored rice cents mouth sheep title comes here, the rice donated to the people, and wish here to famine. Since then, Guangzhou will have "Guangzhou", "Guangzhou City" reputation, "Five Rams" has become the symbol of Guangzhou. According to historical records, as early as 214 BC, where they built a city wall, built in 2210 has been the city's history, left many cultural relics, vividly reflect the history of Guangzhou in various stages of development.
  Construction began in the Qin Dynasty in Guangzhou's city wall. County was the ruler of the South China Sea xiao his troops put down a hundred Guangdong, here the construction of the city, and the name "Ren Xiao City." Xiao served as the city changed the name to the city of Panyu, located in Wharf Street near the edge today. Zhao Tuo was subsequently _set_ up the country of South Vietnam, once again the expansion of the Panyu city. Wu during the Three Kingdoms, the state plan to pay the east of Guangzhou, Panyu, Guangzhou Sui Wei jurisdiction, since, in the name of Guangzhou, the official appeared. Guangzhou has a long history, but also a Marine Silk Road starting point, thus leaving a large number of monuments. There are Zhenhai Tower, five cents view, South Vietnam, King, Chen Clan Temple, Six Banyan Temple, Guangxiao, pregnant Holy Temple, stone chamber and so on.
  Prominent in the modern history of Guangzhou Zhongshan Memorial Hall, Huanghuagang, the martyrs cemetery, Lu Xun Memorial Hall, the peasant movement, Sanyuanli Anti-British sites, such as the former site of the Whampoa Military Academy Guangzhou Modern History of the witness. These historical landscape and clouds resort, the Yuexiu Park, Liuhua Park, Luhu, South China Botanical Garden, East Park, South Lake Park, Grand View, etc. constitute the world's rich and varied landscape of Guangzhou urban group. Guangzhou is a city of heroes, modern and contemporary dynamic of the Chinese revolution situation, also in this leaves a glorious past. Historical hero, is a memorable memorial, awe. At the same time, Guangzhou is the ancient "Marine Silk Road" starting point, is now an important port of the coastal open cities, in order to promote foreign economic and cultural exchanges and friendly contacts play an important role, showing a decline through the ages is not prosperity, prosperity, good scene. Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province, the political, economic, technological, educational and cultural center. Guangzhou, Guangdong Province is located southeast of the northern margin of the Pearl River Delta, the range of -114 degrees 57 minutes east longitude 112 degrees 3 minutes north latitude 22 degrees 26 minutes -23 degrees 56 minutes, near the South China Sea, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau, the South China region transportation and communications hub and trading port, is the "South Gate." Population of eight districts of Guangzhou Municipality and four county-level cities, with a total area of 7434.4 square kilometers, population over 685 million people, a total of 82 district offices and 78 towns. The average daily flow of the urban population of more than 182 million people. Guangzhou terrain of the northeast, southwest, north and northeast of the mountains, is the central hills and terraces, alluvial plain south of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou is a subtropical monsoon climate, summer heat and winter cold, rainfall, seasons Changchun. Guangzhou, 52 minerals have been found, the main origin 396, of which 17 large and medium sized mining point. Guangzhou up to thousands of plant species. About more than 210 kinds of wild animals, including 40 kinds of mammals, 150 kinds of birds, amphibians, 20 kinds of animals. Guangzhou water area of 74,400 hectares, accounting for 10% of the city's land area, the total 8.129 billion cubic meters of water resources, water resources development and utilization of 40.9 million kilowatts. Conghua hot spring water with a rich, Celsius temperature 50 ℃ -70 ℃, rich in minerals. To the main food crops of rice, two crops a year. Cash crops to sugar cane, peanuts, vegetables, fruit-based. Guangzhou is "Shuiguozhixiang", a total of 500 varieties, including litchi, banana, papaya and pineapple Fitch said, "Lingnan four good fruit." Guangzhou flowers and bonsai are renowned, there are Prynne, osmanthus, smiling, jasmine, Milan, gladiolus, chrysanthemum, kumquat more than 150 species, divided into the concept of flowers, foliage, and foliage tours fruit three categories. Guangzhou picturesque scenery, is rich in tourism resources, culture of dozens of tourist attractions. In 1996, Guangzhou, _select_ed the top ten tourist beauty, namely: the highest percentage Temple Guangdong (Chen Clan Temple), Yunnan Garden (Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area), Wuyang fairy court. Zhenhai Tower (Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou Museum), Xinhai Light (Zhongshan Memorial Hall, Huanghuagang Park), Guangzhou Grand World, Lotus by rice (Lotus Hill tourist area), East tour. Love in the left (East Park), West off Corridors (Guangzhou Commercial Pedestrian Street), Liu Rong flower tower (Six Banyan Temple.) In recent years, has gradually built a number of parks.
  Guangzhou, also known as the Flower City, have flowers all year round. Red color cotton glamorous, and "Heroes flowers," said, it was named the city flower of Guangzhou has become the symbol of Guangzhou. Guangzhou is a famous tourist city, known for many historical sites and famous. Its main attractions are: San Yuan Li, Huang Hua Gang, Zhongshan Memorial Hall, Baiyun Mountain, Yuexiu Hill, Lai Chi Wan, Xiao light tower, minaret and so on. "Yangcheng Eight" was: red hills rising sun, sea beads loyalty, Yuexiu distance, Shuangqiaoshan misty rain, East Lake Early Spring, Etan Night Moon, white pines, luogang Hornsey Eight.
  Unique natural environment, distinctive southern style, long history and culture, numerous historical sites, colorful cultural entertainment, and business travel services industry developed, making Guangzhou became the country's major tourist cities. Today, Guangzhou, prosperous businesses, with each passing day. This is a modern international metropolis towards the historic city, tourist destination, is the charming style to meet the domestic and overseas tourists from all sides.
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About the city
  Guangzhou Wuyang stone (English: Canton, Kwangchow, GuangZhou; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu; Cantonese phonetic: Gwong2zau1; Korean: 광주시; Japanese: Hiro State)
  China's third largest city, capital of Guangdong province, southern regional political, economic, technological, educational and cultural center; China's most important transportation hubs.
  Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, south-central, northern margin of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou endangered South China Sea, near Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region is the southern gateway of China to the world. Guangzhou is a hilly area, the terrain of the northeast, southwest, north and northeast of the mountains, is the central hills, plateaus, alluvial plain south of the Pearl River Delta. China's third longest river - the Pearl River from Guangzhou urban cross-flow by. Guangzhou will host the Asian sporting events in 2010 - the 16th Asian Games.
  Language: Cantonese (also known as: Cantonese, Cantonese, the vernacular; English name: Cantonese), Mandarin
  Do not say: Five Rams, Guangzhou, Guangzhou City, Flower City and so on.
  City landmarks: Wuyang stone Zhongshan Memorial Hall, Zhenhai Tower, CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou New TV Tower, Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre Guangzhou Twin Towers
  City reputation: National Sanitary City, National Environmental Protection Model City, National Forest City, National Advanced City to build civilized international Garden City and so on.
  Coordinates: center located at latitude 23 degrees 06 minutes 32 seconds, longitude 113 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds.
  Country: Republic of China (the People's Republic of China)
  Province: Guangdong (Guangdong Province)
  Government: Yuexiu District, Guangzhou municipal government is located. Zhu Xiaodan, Party secretary of the incumbent, the incumbent mayor Zhang Guangning.
  Area: The city area of 7,434.4 square kilometers, the urban area of 3,843.43 square kilometers.
  Elevation: the city an average elevation of 11 meters, the Guangzhou City Paradise top the highest point, elevation 1210 meters.
  Population: the city population of 1004.58 million (late 2007), growth of 3.0% over the previous year. Birth rate was 9.45 ‰, lower than the province (11.96 ‰) 2.51 per thousand points; mortality rate was 4.20 ‰, lower than the province (4.66 ‰) 0.46 per thousand points. The natural population growth rate was 5.25 ‰, lower than the province (7.02 ‰) 1.77 per thousand points.
  Nationalities: Han population of 935.28 million people in the city, accounting for 98.58% of the total population resident. Minority population of 13.48 million, accounting for 1.42% of the city's resident population.
  Religion: Guangzhou City, the main religions of Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity.
  Time: Beijing (China Standard Time), UTC +8.
  Postal Code: 510000
  Telephone area code: (+86) 020
  Car number plate: Guangdong A
  Regional economic performance: 1 to 3 quarters of 2009 to complete the city's total GDP (GDP) 6386.29 billion yuan, up 10.5%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points than the first quarter, 2.0 percentage points increase over the first half. Meanwhile, the first three quarters of urban residents per capita disposable income of 21,018 yuan, an increase of 9.3%, which increased by 9.1% wage income.
  Flower: Kapok.
  City Bird: thrush.
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History
  Zhenhai Tower, Guangzhou is a long history of more than 2,000 years and cultural city. As early as the ninth century BC, the Zhou Dynasty, where the "Bai Yue" and the Yangtze River in the state of Chu who has been traveling, has a "Chu Ting", which is Guangzhou's first name. 33 years of Qin Shi Huang (214 BC) built the South China Sea after the reunification of South County, Gunji "Panyu," that today's Guangzhou). AD 226, Sun Quan to facilitate rule, will pay the state is divided into two parts, pay the state and Guangzhou, "Guangzhou" hence the name. City Hall until 1921, especially in Guangzhou city.
  When is the boom city of Guangzhou Han, Han and Tang Dynasties at sea since the "Silk Road" of the port of origin, the Qing Dynasty when closed-door policy is the only open ports, but also China's first external ports.
  Guangzhou city in 1982, the State Council announced the national historical and cultural city.
  Guangzhou Legend
  Guangzhou, also known as "Five Rams", "Guangzhou City." Guangzhou alias on a beautiful story, legend Zhou Guangzhou year after year when famine, times of hardship. One day the South China Sea over the five colored clouds floated, riding on the sheep's five fairy fairy, fairy colored rice mouth, the sheep population. Fairy gave the rice the people, and bless this place famine. Fairy left, five cents because of attachment to human and sheep survived, bless the local good weather. To thank the five people immortal, stay where they built a "five cents concept," in view of the statue of five cents, accompanied by Wuyang stone. Yuexiu Park, both "Wuyang sculpture", the legend was the mascot of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games by the application.
  Heritage
  Guangzhou's cultural heritage. Existing national, provincial and municipal units to a total of 219, including 19 national key cultural relics protection units, 41 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, the municipal units to 159. Have found along the Zhongshan four Han Palace of South Vietnam Shipbuilding Department sites and ruins, Palace of South Vietnam, which has twice been named the Department of ruins "of the top ten archaeological discoveries." Currently, the Palace of South Vietnam, the Department of ruins, tomb of South Vietnam, South Vietnam, the country of South Vietnam three sites, such as locks State Historic Site is the joint declaration of the United Nations World Heritage Site.
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Geographical environment
  Geographic location
  Guangzhou City Center located at latitude 23 degrees 06 minutes 32 seconds, longitude 113 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds, is located in southern China, central and southern Guangdong Province, the northern margin of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou endangered South China Sea, near Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region is the southern gateway of China to the world. Guangzhou is a hilly area. Terrain of the northeast, southwest, north and northeast of the mountains, is the central hills, plateaus, alluvial plain south of the Pearl River Delta. China's third longest river - the Pearl River from Guangzhou urban cross-flow by.
  Climate and environment
  Guangzhou is located in the subtropical zone, across the Tropic of Cancer, the annual average temperature is 22 ℃, extreme minimum temperature of 0 ℃, the maximum temperature of 39.1 ℃, a pleasant climate, the average temperature is the one of the smallest cities. Guangzhou is a subtropical monsoon climate, the mountains and the sea, with warm and wet, adequate light and heat, summer long, frosty and short features. Annual water and heat the same period, rainfall, conducive to plant growth, as evergreen, flowers in the "Flower City" in Guangzhou provides excellent conditions. Average annual rainfall is 1982.7 mm, average relative humidity of 68%. Throughout the year, from April to June is the rainy season, from August to September the hot weather, more typhoons, October-December temperature is moderate, is the best tourist season.
  Natural conditions
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Culture and Arts
  Lingnan culture
  Guangzhou is a long history with the 2222 cultural city (founded in 214 BC), the State Council issued the first batch of historical and cultural city. In the long history and many historical sites such as South Vietnam King, Guangxiao Temple, Zhenhai Tower, Six Banyan Temple, Temple of the South China Sea, five cents concept, pregnant with Holy Temple, Chen Clan Temple, Sacred Heart Church, Sanyuan Temple, etc. are the witness of historical and cultural city of Guangzhou. Guangzhou, and integrate the essence of Chinese and foreign cultures, forming a unique Lingnan culture. Lingnan School of Painting, South building, South Garden, Lingnan bonsai, Cantonese music, opera, Cantonese, Cantonese, and urban landscape, customs, etc., all reflect the style of Lingnan culture.
  Bank Terrace
  Also known as Flower City of Guangzhou, Guangzhou people love flowers. Thousands of wealthy family on a million will buy a pot of flowers on the import pots. Ordinary people have to clear for years toward a pot kumquat, several strains of daffodils. New Year's Eve the whole family line of Flower Street is a traditional, but also the highlight of Guangzhou residents. Line Flower Street is visiting the Flower Street, years ago, 3,4 day, New Year's Eve before the end of climax. Tianhe, Guangzhou Municipal City each year have spent great efforts to be arranged. Flower market after the market opened, the lanterns (for the implementation of traffic control), the line of people to rub elbows and Flower Street to, 8,9 o'clock in the later generations, such as tide, bustling, crowded. Noisy, crowded street in the line, it is inevitable bumps, but people were all very polite, especially humility and tolerance, his face is smile and joy. A few days before the general, mostly mainlanders, because the vast majority of mainlanders to see CCTV Huan party. New Year's Eve stroll the flower market is often to sigh the night after tea, the flower market flower contests, variety, imported goods in Europe, lavender, palm wealth in Thailand, the Netherlands, tulips, roses in northern Europe, South America Wudaitongtang, Belgium azalea etc.; domestic varieties of Daphne odora Jiangxi, Jilin, Clivia, Luoyang peony, Zhangzhou narcissus and so on. Main shopping street in the line and appreciate the name suggests, buying is certainly buy that can be more or less, to show good luck. Therefore, both the shuttle Flower lovers will buy up to twelve roses, Yin Liu, Lily; and more families opt for traditional local kumquat, lucky bamboo, peach, Pachira macrocarpa, Hongyun take the lead and so on. Although people think outside Guangzhou, beautiful flowers, but have not made any special symbolic meaning, can not hope to meet the New Year "Green", "prosperity" of the Italian head. Line Flower Street is to dip the flowers Bling, squeezing out the bad luck, good weather next year, happy peace.
  Master Kwan and Dongshan West
  West relations in the old Simon outside the city of Guangzhou, Dongshan than in the East Gate, the two distant relative. Historically, the formation of the cultural characteristics of the two, with a significant difference. West off low-lying, flooding rivers and lakes, rivers such as the network, densely populated, is the bustling downtown area; and Dongshan quite high, sparsely populated, the early 20th century, the United States as a Christian missionary Dongshan _select_ed base. Church opened a large number of elegant living environment to attract _set_tlers returned Jie Lu. Since then, the desolate Dongshan increasingly noisy, as a high-end residential building in groups. Guangzhou is a popular saying, "Master Dongshan, West off Miss", which means: is the right of the door Xianhuan Dongshan _set_tlements, access to many children for the local administrative officials. Tung Shan Mansion, is the number of overseas and military bureaucracy early Republic of China in Guangzhou Dongshan New River Pu, Xu Gu Hospital Road, built in imitation of Western and other places villas, attracted dignitaries _set_tlements. "Dongshan master" is the resulting; while the West is a bustling commercial area off, the wealthy young lady was born and spent flying Splendor. Here is the authentic ladylike girls, their slim figure, soft Cantonese, well-educated, and some will be more hand, respect for elders, with the traditional Chinese virtue. Garden-style house with West Customs House, power and wealth, modernity and tradition, the sub thing, complement each other.
  Arcade - architectural style
  After the Opium War in 1840, Guangzhou has experienced the development of modern architecture Western architecture into the traditional architecture of the Renaissance and the introduction of modern architecture such as a number of stages. Western Architecture in Guangzhou will have the following types, such as the Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Sacred Heart) a class of religious buildings; Postal Authority Building in Guangzhou, Guangdong Customs House, City Hall, the provincial Department of Finance Building, Provincial Federation of Trade Unions House, of the public buildings; such as the West Customs House, bamboo house, and Dongshan gardens, small Western-style for a class of residential residential construction; such as Zhongshan Memorial Hall, seafarers Pavilion for a class of monuments; well as love Kwan Building, South Tower, City Bank building, the Provincial Bank Building, New Asia Hotel, and around the main commercial street in Guangzhou (Arcade Business Street) commercial arcade building. In fact, commercial arcade building was first seen in ancient Greece 2,000 years ago, and later popular in Europe, spread all over the world before modern times. Because the commercial buildings in the "arcade" part is in the first half of the building across the sidewalk and the building in the side of the road walking freely interconnected to form the corridor, up to several hundred meters long and even a two kilometers or more. Guangzhou, "Mayday, baby face, that they please," said, which "balcony" just adapt to this climate, and sometimes swept the city of Guangzhou, and gradually form a pattern of Guangzhou, the main street. "" Arcade "building in the tenth Fu Road, Shangxiajiu Road, Zhongshan Road, Jiefang Road, the people of South, a German road and other commercial streets more concentrated. Haokou in the vicinity of the West" arcade "greatest breadth: New Asia Hotel, the South building, group of buildings, and so are the love of Guangzhou initial "arcade" building in the crowd. After 60 years of this century, the new commercial district of Guangzhou has been seldom used this form of the.
  West off the old big house
  Opera Theatre
  Main article Tong Tik-sang a famous writer: Cantonese opera, Cantonese opera, south sound and water song
  Cantonese opera, from Southern Opera, are widely spread in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese communities in the Guangdong Culture plays an important role. After the Qing ban opera, Cantonese opera artists _set_ up in Guangzhou sand eight and Hall, after which the activities of the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Centre has become one of the prosperous Republic of China reached its peak, and the Civil War a group of opera artists to move to Hong Kong. After the founding of the Cultural Revolution was destroyed once, but once again the importance of reform and opening up, re in the 1980s to the 1990s boom.
  Famous opera repertoire in Guangzhou are: "Princess Chang Ping", "The Purple Hairpin", "Dream of The Peony Pavilion", "Gemini worship the Moon" "The Reincarnation of Plum mind," "Butterfly and Red Pear in mind", "Hong Lo grave "," cherry red broken heart "," bloody Tell "and so on. Guangzhou has always been of the Cantonese Opera troupes have felt precursor Theatre, Guangdong Opera Troupe, the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Troupe, Guangzhou Red Bean Cantonese Opera Association, etc., and Yuejumingling are: Sit Kok, Ma Si-tsang, Lan Chi Pak, Leung Sing-po, the new Marsh had, Fang Yim-fun, red female, Luo extra fine chemicals.
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Administrative Division
  The total area of Guangzhou, 7434.4 square kilometers. 10 districts, 2 county-level cities. Urban area of 3843.43 square kilometers, two county-level city area of 3590.97 square km.
  Geographical area of municipal districts household population resident population
  Yuexiu District: an area of 33.80 square kilometers. 1,026,300,1,158,400, Guangzhou City, the New Deal zones
  District: an area of 90.40 square kilometers. 1,321,600,907,900
  Liwan District: an area of 59.10 square kilometers. 728,400,704,800
  Tianhe District: an area of 96.33 square kilometers. 1,118,500,690,000
  Baiyun District: an area of 795.79 square kilometers. 1,622,900,776,500
  Huangpu District: an area of 90.95 square kilometers. 300,300,195,500
  Huadu District: an area of 970.04 square kilometers. 728,600,639,300
  Panyu District: an area of 786.15 square kilometers. 1,495,800,975,100
  Luogang District: an area of 393.22 square kilometers. 212,500,171,600
  Nansha District: an area of 527.65 square kilometers. 192,400,148,600
  Geographical area of county-level city resident population registered population
  Conghua: area 1974.50 square km. 508,500,549,100
  By City: an area of 1616.47 square km. 790,000,818,000
  (Note: From May 2005 to adjust the administrative divisions from Guangzhou, Yuexiu District, Dongshan District and Yuexiu District changed its name to merge, Fangcun District and Liwan Liwan District changed its name to the merger. While the new _set_ of Nansha area, Luogang two districts. Nansha District Panyu distinguish the original; Luogang zone in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Baiyun District, together with the original, Tianhe District, Huangpu District, and part by the city. The new administrative agencies have the end in September 2005 all formally. Thus, Fangcun District, Dongshan District, and no longer exists.)
  Urban Population Total 10,045,800 people (2007)
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Finance
  Economic environment
  Since the reform and opening up, Guangzhou has made remarkable achievements in economic construction. Sustained and stable growth of industrial and agricultural production, foreign trade and economic prosperity. Twenty years, the city's national economy sustained an average annual rate of 14% growth in comprehensive economic strength ranks the third largest city (only mainland China, excluding Hong Kong, Macao). Guangzhou has become a relatively strong industrial base, the tertiary industry developed, integrated and coordinated development of national economy, the central city.
  Opening up key areas
  Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Guangzhou Bonded Zone, Guangzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone, Guangzhou Export Processing Zone.
  Agriculture
  Guangzhou Agricultural to "high quality, high yield, high efficiency," and "specialization, commercialization and socialization" as the subject. Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery-round development of township enterprises developed rapidly and become the backbone of the rural economy. Modern Urban Agriculture in positive change.
  Industry
  Foreign trade
  Guangzhou, China's first foreign trade as a trade port, a long history in the world, occupies an important position. World-renowned Chinese Export Commodities Fair ("Fair") 50 years from the 20th century has been held in Guangzhou, the largest, longest and highest grade, turnover are most "China's first exhibition," the title of . Canton newly built stadium - Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, will "China's first exhibition," elevated to the level of world-class exposition.
  Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre is the world's second-largest and Asia's largest convention center. Its total land area of 700,000 square meters, of which the first phase of land area approximately 43.9 million square 7 meters, total construction area of about 395,000 square meters, is a world-class trade fairs to meet the large trade exhibitions, international conferences and other needs multi-functional, comprehensive, high standards of the International Conference and Exhibition Centre. 2008, second or third completed, will become the world's largest exhibition hall exhibition area.
  Business
  Many commercial outlets in Guangzhou, the industry is complete, a wide area, information Ling, distribution channels and coherent. The city has more than 100,000 commercial outlets, is the highest in the top ten cities. Shopping malls, large warehouse-style choice wholesale and retail shopping malls, night markets, bazaars, etc. constitute a diversified market network.
  Beijing Road commercial district, Jiangnan Road commercial district, Renmin Road commercial district, X Fu Commercial Pedestrian Street, Shangxiajiu Road business district, Long Beach business district, the East Pass business district, Tianhe Business District, Pearl River New City as the city's larger business circle.
  Guangzhou Guangzhou Tourism
  Guangzhou's tourism industry with tourism, catering, accommodation, shopping, entertainment, multifunctional, multi-level, full-service pattern. A large number of cultural relics, scenic spots and cultural landscape, so that visitors away. Color, smell, taste, shape and taste of the flavor of Cantonese and Chinese and foreign food colors, bring in Guangzhou, "Eating in Guangzhou" reputation. Porridge, flour, noodles, rice, world-renowned. Has a number of five-star hotels and many different grades of hotels, hotel. "Guangzhou day tour" has become a feature of Guangzhou tourism brand.
  Finance and Insurance
  Guangzhou is one of the three largest financial centers, financial markets active in southern China is financing capacity of most cities, but also the second batch of foreign banks to open access to the city. The rapid development of financial institutions and complete; the accelerating pace of financial opening up, foreign financial institutions increased gradually; financial business to expand and improve the level of financial services; financial capacity of expanding species increased. Currently, foreign financial institutions to establish branches and offices in Guangzhou, more than 30; foreign insurance institutions _set_ up in Guangzhou, more than 10 branches and offices.
  Real Estate
  Canton real estate (including residential, commercial and office, etc.) integrated development in the country among the best. Investment in real estate development sustainable, rapid and steady growth; real estate development investment in a more adequate source of funds, a higher degree of market; over the years the city government to continue investment in infrastructure, a variety of residential living facilities are maturing, Canton real estate development structure to be more reasonable.
  Telecommunications
  Information center in Guangzhou in southern China, has a relatively complete information infrastructure, long-distance telecommunications business in China one of the three major export, but also the Internet, and international export three core nodes, one of the three is the national Internet exchange centers. At present, Guangzhou has built a high-bandwidth, covering the city, reliable and secure, advanced technology and services the full range of high-quality broadband information network, the basic realization of laying fiber to the area and some commercial buildings, and the establishment of broadband data, interactive video services platform . Guangzhou, then program control, telephone and mobile phone penetration rate ranked first in provincial capitals.
  Guangzhou Development Zone
  Guangzhou Development Zone has maintained rapid growth in industrial output, mainly in Guangzhou Development Zone adhere to the scientific development concept to guide the investment work, the development zone to optimize the industrial structure, land use and efficient. January to October this year, the accumulated output value of Guangzhou Development Zone enterprises reached 100 billion yuan. Key enterprises in the Guangzhou Development Zone, the main force of the rapid growth of output, the output value of the top 30 enterprises from January to October total industrial output value of thousands of yuan, accounting for the region of 78.64%; this year, the output value of new high growth start-ups is a new force, included in the statistics of the vote in the new trial production of new enterprises has reached more than 1-October 60 a total industrial output value 2.517 billion yuan, investment and trial production of new enterprises will form a strong first half of the productivity of the following year.
  Productivity Promotion Center, Guangzhou
  Institution directly under the Guangzhou Technology Bureau, the government and enterprises and between enterprises and enterprises to build bridges between science and technology intermediary service institutions. Years, the Centre for SMEs to provide services directly to more than 11,000, 15,000 received a number of various types of projects, evaluation 10000, proxy bidding major projects nearly 80; for SMEs to carry out various types of training services for more than 20,000 people, has driven R & D spending nearly 10 billion yuan. Available scientific literature, scientific data to 8.TB, data access of more than 10 million passengers / year. Build an information network platform: Guangzhou Science and Technology Network, Guangzhou Science and Technology Achievements platform, technology transfer centers in Guangzhou and other public service platform.
  Guangzhou Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Platform
  To encourage SMEs to innovation, technology and habit, the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology hosted the transformation platform. Platform Productivity Center from Guangzhou (Guangzhou Technology Transfer Center) hosted a one-stop service platform for the transformation. Platform for joint research institutes, universities, scientific and technical personnel and financing agencies involved in sharing, effective pierce involved in the conversion of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the links, businesses and individuals to resolve the outcome of research and development, production design, conversion of part of the promotion because of information asymmetry, the power scattered technology services, funding difficulties caused by the long cycle, the low success rate and other issues.
  Net platform to Guangzhou Scientific and Technological Achievements (www.gzkjcg.gov.cn) as a carrier, a long line to collect the outstanding achievements and service demands, for the majority of enterprises and relevant institutions to provide quality and efficient services, there are 3,000 number of scientific and technological achievements, facilitate access to to discuss cooperation projects with more than 20.
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Transportation
  Guangzhou is South China sea and air transportation center.
  Shipping
  Guangzhou, China's third largest port in Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta and the main material distribution center in South China and the largest international trade hub port, is now with the world more than 170 countries and regions, more than 500 ports in trade, cargo throughput in 2006 amounted to 167 million tons. Xinsha Huangpu Port in Guangzhou Port and east of the Pearl River estuary, South China are the largest container terminal. Lotus Hill Hong Kong, Nansha, Guangzhou Development Zone, Guangzhou and Hong Kong Ferry Terminal and Xintang from Hong Kong Hong Kong has opened the passenger and cargo ships, Huadu District opened the cargo ship from Hong Kong. Inland along the East and West and North Channel of communication throughout Guangdong Province and Guangxi provinces, and is connected to more than 100 rivers.
  Railway
  Beijing-Guangzhou rail tracks, Guangmao line GuangMeiShan lines, electrification of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, Guangzhou-Kowloon quasi-high speed railway and construction of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macau high-speed railway, your wide high-speed railway, South Guangzhou high-speed railway, Wuhan-Guangzhou passenger line (Beijing-Hong Kong Express Rail Link section). Hang in there planning wide express railway, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. Constitutes a network of railway network.
  Highway
  Road transport has been formed in the urban area as the center, 105,106,107,324,205 national highway as the framework to three ring for the tie, connecting national highways, linking more than 98% of Guangdong Province, county, city, town , and then neighboring provinces road network. City transport facilities and highway construction has developed rapidly. Has been initially completed for the rapid transit backbone network: within the loop, city highway, the North Second Ring Expressway, the new International Airport Expressway, South Road, a project, Guangyuan Road East, and four within the loop radiation.
  Highway
  Bus
  No bus conductor in Guangzhou, the exact fare, passengers bring their own coins, coin on the train. The city by car for the 1 yuan per general (non air-conditioned car), 2 yuan (air-conditioned vehicles), and sectional fares of bus lines, night bus 1.5 per non-air-conditioned car, air conditioning, 3 per car, car audio systems Mandarin, Cantonese bilingual newspaper stand, some vehicles that _set_ English. Guangzhou urban public transport amounted to 4.83 million daily passenger trips.
  Secure way: secure way is an electronic toll collection system in Guangzhou, and credit card the same size, built-in chip, use the cards on the receiver that is able to complete the payment process can be used to Guangzhou and Foshan City Bus , taxi, subway, ferry and other public transport fees, the Guangzhou Metro for the secure way to provide users with 95 one-way ticket fare discount travel offers. secure way can also be specified in some supermarkets, fast food shops and across the board 7-11 Consumer checkout shop, the role is similar to Hong Kong's Octopus.
  Metro
  Guangzhou Metro, Guangzhou Metro (GuangZhou Metro) is the urban rail transport system in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Metro Corporation, responsible for operations management, the existing Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and Line 4 in operation in line 5 will be put into operation in December 2009. But still far unable to meet the traffic demand. People stop to solve the road traffic, is a large-scale expansion of the Guangzhou Metro. Beginning in 2004, Guangzhou Metro opened 35 kilometers per year on average, expected by 2010, South Extension and Line 2 extension of the North, Line 3 North Extension (Guangzhou East Railway Station to the Airport South), Line 4, Line 5 period, the West Extension Line 8, Guangfo line (Quebec to West Long Branch Road) and APM (Pearl River New City Transit Line) opening and operation of all the total length of 200 km. Guangzhou Metro's long-term plan length is 600 km.
  Metro station inside tips reported, followed respectively in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. Introduced after the stops near the place or building site in Mandarin.
  Motorcycle
  From May 1, 2004, the Guangzhou Fen three-stage ban motorcycles in urban driving. The first phase, from May 1, 2004 onwards, in addition, the rush hour, the sections in the central city ban motorcycles driving; the second stage, 1 January 2006 onwards, Dongfeng Road 24 hours a day , Jiefang Road, Renmin Road and other main roads downtown 禁摩; the third stage, 1 January 2007, the city in the center 24 hours a day within a comprehensive 禁摩. In addition, electric bicycles prohibited on the card, driving.
  Air
  Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was built in the 20th century, 30 years, is one of the three major aviation hub airports, passenger throughput, ranking third civil airport in China, plays a decisive role in the layout. Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport is the national "Tenth Five" during the key construction projects, all completed, it will be the largest, the most advanced and most modern national hub airport. January-July 2009, passenger throughput of 20,867,000 passengers, ranking second in the country; cargo throughput was 100 million tons.
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Foreign Exchange
  Guangzhou has a long history of foreign relations. In the Qin and Han Dynasty (about BC 226 - AD 220), Guangzhou, as the ancient "Marine Silk Road" port of origin, with frequent exchanges overseas. China's silk, porcelain, iron, coins, paper, gold, silver and other stations in Guangzhou as a sailing sent abroad, in exchange for jewelry, incense drugs, ivory, rhino horn and other, of Guangzhou became the world's most famous trading port. To the Yuan Dynasty (ca. 1206-1368), the world's trade with the Guangzhou has more than 140 countries and regions. The Ming Dynasty (about 1368-1644), Guangzhou will have a "Export Commodities Fair." To the Qing Dynasty (1757), there is a period of the Qing government to implement "a trade", Guangzhou became the only foreign ports, foreign exchanges become more frequent, then the famous "Canton Thirteen" is the division of labor to do the specialized foreign trade corp. To promote the prosperity of foreign trade in Guangzhou and overseas exchanges.
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Science Education
  Colleges and universities
  Guangzhou in southern China where most universities, Zhongshan University (formerly known as the National Guangdong University), South China University of Technology, Jinan University, South China Normal University, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University (formerly the First Military Medical University), Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangdong University of Business, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the PLA Institute of Physical Education and other well-known universities in Guangzhou.
  Other major universities
  Chung-Kai Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education, Guangdong Industry Technical College, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (formerly known as National University), Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, Guangzhou Maritime College, Guangdong University of Finance Guangdong Pui Ching School, Guangdong Police College, Sea Arms Command College, Guangdong Baiyun Institute, Guangzhou University, China Soft Software, ECONOMIC THEORY, Guangdong Industry Technical College, Guangdong AIB Polytechnic College, Guangdong College of Pharmacy, Guangdong COLLEGES and so on.
  Guangzhou national model high school school
  Directly under the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education (2):
  High School Affiliated to South China Normal University (China included), Guangdong Experimental High School (provincial real)
  Guangzhou municipal (21):
  Guangzhou, Guangdong Guangya Middle School Zhixin Middle School, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Zhong Yuan Secondary School Secondary School Sixth Middle School, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou City, the first third secondary school
  Fifth Middle School, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou City, the seventh high school forty-seventh sixteenth secondary school in Guangzhou, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou University Affiliated High School Concord High School Middle School of Guangzhou City, Tianhe, Guangzhou City, the sixty-fifth eighty-sixth secondary school Pui Ching Middle School, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou Pui Ying Secondary School Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School, Guangzhou, Panyu, Guangdong True Light Middle School
  Well-known primary school in Guangzhou
  Pui Ching Primary School East Road, Dongfeng Dong Chuan Road Primary School Wende Road Primary School in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry under the former Yellow School Road Primary School School Road, South China Normal University Affiliated small small overturned Road Primary School
  Guangzhou University City
  Guangzhou University City (Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center) is located in Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Xiaoguwei Island and the south bank of new town areas, the best universities in the state park in southern China senior personnel training, scientific research and communication center, learning, research, production integrated development of new urban areas, in the 21st century market economy system and the regional center of Guangzhou City international status, ecological and information of the University Park. Guangzhou University City planning area of about 43.3 square kilometers, which can accommodate 18-20 million students, with a total population of 35-40 million people (including the village population), equivalent to a medium-sized cities, the estimated total investment will reach 200 -300 billion. The first phase of construction of approximately 17.9 square kilometers Xiaoguwei Island, stationed in ten universities are: Sun Yat-sen, South China University of Technology, South China Normal University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong College of Pharmacy , Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Conservatory of Music. The largest of which covers an area of Guangdong University of Technology, about 2,400 acres. Guangzhou University City as a base for training high-level personnel, scientific research base and leading cultural attractions in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou University City, Guangzhou, can greatly promote the economic, technological and cultural development. September 2004 the first batch of about 45,000 students have first access to University City, in September 2005 after the number of students in school is 10 million, all of University City in 2007 after the completion of the total planned population is expected to reach 35 million equivalent to a small city.
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Urban Construction
  City landmarks
  Five Rams Statue
  "Wuyang stone" is one of the most famous landmark in Guangzhou. Built in 1959, is located in Yuexiu Park, Muke post on the west side, by more than 130 pieces of granite carvings', 11 meters high, volume 53 cubic meters. Large center stone goat, head distance, the sheep micro-brush beard, mouth, "a shoot six," the corn, eloquent of the horns stretch through the air, look deep, powerful. Ring out around the remaining four sheep or lamb kneeling milk, or sheep back, or eat, or play, form lovely, lifelike.
  Zhenhai Tower
  Zhenhai is one of the landmarks in Guangzhou, the Guangdong provincial cultural relics protection units. Beaulieu is located in the Yuexiu Mountain a small hill. This building, also known as "Wanghai" because at Zhuhai (Pearl) River is very wide, it will be "Wangjiang" to "look at the sea." Because of 5-storey, it is also commonly known as "five-storey building." Guangzhou Museum of the Republic of eighteen years (1929) was established for residents to This building site, now known as the Guangzhou Museum.
  Zhongshan Memorial Hall
  Guangzhou, Guangzhou Zhongshan Memorial Hall is one of the most iconic buildings, but also large-scale meetings and performances in Guangzhou City, an important place. It has witnessed many historic events in Guangzhou: 1936, Guangzhou, held public smoking ban in this parade; September 1945, in the Canton area where Japanese troops after the liberation of surrender signed by each of a variety of Sun Yat-sen Memorial activities, an important provincial assemblies and performances are held here, such as the Education Fund Walk, Guangzhou international collective wedding ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Long March, Japanese War and World War II 50th Anniversary and so on.
  CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou
  Guangzhou CITIC Plaza, Tianhe District in Guangzhou, China New Town Center, consists of a 80 floor skyscraper CITIC Tower, two 38-story annex building, 4th floor as a shopping center 2nd floor podium and underground parking, near to the Guangzhou East Railway Station. The skyscraper is the tallest building in Guangzhou City, completed in 1996, is one of the landmarks in Guangzhou, is now a lot of Fortune 500 companies in Guangzhou office. The low-level commercial center, including Guangzhou Friendship Store shopping malls and other high-end consumer.
  Guangzhou New TV Tower
  China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)
  Chinese Export Commodities Fair, also known as "Fair", was founded in the spring of 1957, held in Guangzhou every spring and autumn, so far, more than 50 years, China is now the oldest and the highest level, the largest commodity the most complete varieties, the country of the most extensive to the largest attendance and business turnover of the best, most trusted and comprehensive international trade event, known as "China's first exhibition," China's reform and opening up the only window of foreign trade . Starting in 2008, the Canton Fair in southern China are no longer used leading Liuhua Complex, all moved to the largest exhibition center in Asia - Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  Guangdong Olympic Sports Center
  The farm is located in Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Olympic Center in the southern town, covering 30 million square meters, can accommodate 80,012 people, the Guangdong provincial government to host the Ninth National Games of China and investment 1.67 billion yuan to build a modern stadium. In the domestic first ribbon roof designs. 21 different colors of the bleachers like a petal, a look together, Guangzhou city flower - Kapok, impressively into the head, was named one of the eight new Guangzhou, it is called "Five Dawn." The design of the stadium by the American Institute of Architectural Design NEB and co laborers to complete, is one of the landmarks in Guangzhou.
  Urban Media
  Local TV stations: Guangdong TV, Guangzhou TV Station, Southern Television
  The main local newspapers: Guangzhou Daily, Yangcheng Evening News, Southern Metropolis Daily, Express, Information Times, the Nanfang Daily, etc.
  The city can receive foreign TV stations: TVB Jade, Pearl (TVB), ATV, the station (ATV), China Entertainment TV, Star TV, Phoenix TV, Macau Asia Satellite TV and the MTV music television stations worldwide.
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Food Culture
  Guangzhou is famous food culture. The so-called "Eating in Guangzhou." Food Festival every year in Guangzhou, food culture has a long history.
  1, Cantonese
  2, morning tea
  3, specialties
  ★ sirloin carrot: carrot sirloin is Guangzhou famous traditional snack of white radish, fresh beef brisket, accompanied by condiments made of stewed for a long time. In some sections, such as the bustling Beijing Road, Shang Xia Jiu Road and other places, the fragrance of sirloin carrot floating streets. In the street, you will often see holding the bowl eating sirloin carrot shopping, especially boys and girls.
  ★ wonton noodle: It is commonly known as Canton Wonton people in Shangxiajiu Road, West Road, Renmin Road area have a lot of this selling wonton noodle snack bar. Because this product Flavored rich, thin wonton filling many egg shells tooth surfaces have a sense that they have become Guangzhou breakfast, a small point of the food.
  ★ rice rolls: a feature snacks, Guangzhou, Guangzhou people like to eat snacks, but also the size of the restaurant in Guangzhou, a fixture in the night market restaurant tea products. Because of the shape of pig intestines, also known as Guangzhou pig rice rolls. It is said that the Sino-Japanese War Museum by the Pan Sin Tong charge created, is a small food shops, restaurants, restaurants, hotels are available.
  ★ porridge: Cham Kee Ng as a famous Republican small shop, located in the Liwan Wenchang Lane, its first congee porridge and the most famous, the end of a dried bean porridge ginkgo land fish, bright white color porridge, rice water blend, delicious Hong thick.
  ★ Shuangpi Nai: South of South Shuangpi Nai letter signs letter of milk dessert food. After double-coagulation of milk stew, color white, was paste, semi-solid, smooth smooth, Naipi not leave Wanbian, soft, smooth sweet flavor and rich nutrition, with lungs and beauty effect.
  ★ paste: Guangzhou people are afraid to get angry, so favorite Jelly. Guangzhou people were brown paste made for the gel, the container is what shape it is what the shape, a small bowl of a small bowl, add the honey after it is crystal, imported sweet, bitter aftertaste. It is said that the more bitter the better, to relieve internal heat, eat better.
  4. Food brand
  Guangzhou Restaurant Pan River House Restaurant Lotus Garden Restaurant New South Beach Restaurant Lychee Garden Restaurant Tao Tao Tang Home Restaurant Restaurant North Garden Restaurant Luming
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Attractions
  Guangzhou tourism is very strong, the scope of attractions suitable for very large crowd, from old to several years old are very suitable. From casual to historic sites. From the playground to the zoo, everything.
  Climbing Leisure:
  1, Yuexiu Park:
  Liberation in North Canton. Yuexiu Hill in the Western Han Dynasty King Zhao Tuo South Vietnam was built in the mountains, "Korean and Chinese Taiwan" in the name. , Built a Guanyin Pavilion, also known as Guanyin Mountain. Famous monuments Zhenhai Tower, also known as five-storey building, floor, five points, 28 meters high, ascends the building overlooking a panoramic view of Guangzhou. There are ancient Chu Ting park and Foshan arch, the ancient city walls, square fort, Zhongshan Monument, Sun Yat-sen reading Zhishi at the monument, the tomb of Wu Ting-fang, Ming Shao Wu Junchen mound, seafarers Pavilion, Wuyang statues, statuettes Wuyang Legend group, spherical water tower, television tower.
  2, the Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area:
  Located in the north of Guangzhou, about 17 kilometers from the city, even the mountains of nine parts of southern extension, known as "South Vietnam, the first mountain," said. Baiyun Mountain, the mountain area of 28 square kilometers, and its highest peak Mount Davis 382 meters above sea level, is the highest peak in Guangzhou City. It is said that every autumn, often white clouds rising, so the mountain into a long piece of white, like a veil shrouded, hence the name. Since ancient times, the Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain has been a famous scenic spot.
  3, PTZ Garden
  Yuntai Garden is located in the entrance of the scenic Baiyun Mountain, located south of Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area Three Ridge tourist areas, it is south of Canton Road, east of white rope, opened in September 1995. Because according to the back of the head of Baiyun Mountain Ridge, the garden and planted flowers named after foreign luxury Four Seasons is one of the Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area of new attractions, but also is a large variety of ornamental flowers and trees of the main garden landscaping garden, enjoy the "Flower City Pearl" in the world.
  4, Lotus Hill
  5, Panyu artificial lake
  Artificial lake is located in Panyu, Guangzhou, Panyu, Zini village, Shawan town, was built in the beginning of the end of an area of mu, was destroyed by 50 years of the 20th century. Reconstruction in 1995, lasted 6 contains, expanded more than 100 acres, is a collection of Qing culture, Lingnan ancient architecture, Lingnan garden art, the Pearl River Delta Water Village Art Park in one of the garden.
  6, South China Botanical Garden
  South China Botanical Garden resort is located in Tianhe District, Guangzhou Tianyuan Cave Road, No. 1190, covers an area of 333 hectares, was built in 1929, is China's oldest, most diverse and largest tropical botanical garden in South Asia. Now with more than 80 countries and regions have established more than 200 botanical gardens and seed exchange between academic, introduced a foreign tropical and subtropical more than 11,000 kinds of plants, known as the never ending "universal odd tree Exposition", a "China Southern Emerald," said.
  7, Pearl River Pearl River Night Cruise night
  Pearl River Night Cruise is a long time, very unique attractions, "Flower City Pearl" No luxury cruise ship has been officially _set_ sail, the captain of 38 meters, 11 meters wide, 3-storey. The first floor and the dance floor equipped with high coffee shop; upper sightseeing and dining hall can accommodate 200 people dining; three open-style tour for the whole platform, which can accommodate 250 tourists on board the installation of two "air rose" laser Searchlight , coupled with bright lighting on the boat, making it a true pearl on the water, not only for the Pearl River graces, and so that tourists enjoy watching the beautiful night scene described above, a taste of "beads of water the night rhyme," the true flavor.
  Museums, historical sites, attractions martyrs cemetery
  1, Zhongshan Memorial Hall
  2, Huanghuagang seventy-two Martyrs Tomb
  3, Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Mausoleum
  December 11, 1927, the Chinese Communist Party launched in Guangzhou, Guangzhou Uprising, after the failure of many martyrs, have arrested people were reactionaries heroic martyrdom, are buried here. To commemorate the martyrs, the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government in 1957 to build a large cemetery in this, Premier Zhou door carved stone walls inscribed, "the Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Mausoleum Commune", the daring, magnificent. Martyrs Memorial was listed as national key protection units and the building key units in Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, one of the first batch of patriotism education bases.
  4, Deng Shichang Memorial
  Deng Shichang Memorial off the site in the Tang Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou Haizhu District. Imposing shrine Lingnan style building, covers an area of 4,700 meters, Pico walls and gray tiles, in the shade of the fig in the unusual shadow in the lanes. Garden berth was like, three-way pattern of two-three homes and elegant style, through open and bright, the venue for King. The amount of stone couplets, flower carved decorations, even take heavy door is satisfied paintings, wood and stone Fengshen, dignified and solemn, simple and succinct. Garden there is a tree Sterculia Shou Zhi Deng Shichang, being vitality of the fungus two, the number of trees swaying trees. "Head first work, Jiawu were to leave" Duwusiren, heroic spirit of the countless heroes of the Chinese nation, raising open-minded personality, Jizhuoyangqing, reshape national interests. Tang Ancestral Hall was built in 1834, Deng Shichang heroically martyred in Jiawu sea, its tribe silver with the imperial expansion of the current ask size. Build a museum in 1994, after a comprehensive renovation, new look into the past, to reproduce the old style. Tang Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou has been listed as cultural relics. Deng Shichang year memorial held "Deng Shichang and Jiawu sea" exhibition, the theme of Sino-Japanese naval battle Jiawu to introduce the life of Deng Shichang and the patriotic deeds, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City and the patriotism education bases. September 1999, based on Deng Shichang Haizhu Memorial Museum was established and opened, the two museums perfect match, with the reflected brilliance, open year round. In 2000, Guangzhou will be the museum into "Guangzhou day tour" of the line, Guangzhou City, one of the important tourist attractions.
  5, Zhenhai Tower (Guangzhou Museum)
  Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Mountain is located on a small hill Beaulieu. This building, also known as "Wanghai" because the river was very wide in Zhuhai, it will be "Wangjiang" to "watchtower." Because of 5-storey, it is also commonly known as "five-storey building." Beilang are ancient stone front, right side of the display are 12 ancient cannons. Hongwu ten years (1380), Hou Zhu Liang Yongjia progenitor expansion when the city of Guangzhou to the north wall extended to the Yuexiu Mountain, while in the mountains built up a five-storey building with spectacular looking. Zhenhai history has destroyed five five-built building is reinforced concrete structure, rebuilt in 1928 turned into by the timber frame. 1929 as the Guangzhou Municipal Museum. 1950, renamed the Guangzhou Museum, Guangzhou City, display sub-dynasty temple 2000 years of development, Guangzhou South China Sea, historical heritage.
  6, the South China Sea Temple
  Nanhai Temple in ancient China's external trade, maritime transport important sites, built in the Sui Kaihuang fourteen years (594 years), 1414 has been history. It is China the only remains of the ancient temple of the sea down the most complete and largest of the buildings, since the Maritime Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty is an important witness in Guangzhou. South China Sea, large-scale temple covers an area of 30,000 square meters, five deep into the central axis from south to north, respectively, the arch, the first door, instrument door, courtesy booth, hall, rear, sides veranda Gallery, Southwest Xiaogang has bath at kiosks. The existing building during the Qing Dynasty structure.
  7, the former site of the Whampoa Military Academy Museum
  In 1924, the two parties to work together for the first time, the occasion of the national revolution surging, great Dr. Sun Yat-century vision, as "education as a sacred cause for the founding of Big Talent" in Guangzhou, a paper founded by two of a military school - - National Guangdong University (today's Sun Yat-sen) and the Whampoa Military Academy. The official name of the school when the "Chinese Nationalist Military Academy," because of school site located in the southeast of Guangzhou Huangpu island, known as the Whampoa Military Academy. The purpose of establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy is the training officer for the National Revolutionary Army, and the Northern Expedition to unify China National Government major military power. After 1946, the transfer of Chinese Nationalist troops in the country later renamed "Republic of China Military Academy" to the present.
  8, Chen Clan Temple
  Chen Clan Temple is a combined family of Guangdong Province, Chen Ancestral Temple, also known as the Chen Clan Academy. Chen Ancestral Temple was built Guangxu sixteen to two years (1890-1894), by the Li Julin design. The building faces south, an area of 15,000 square meters, the main building of 6,400 square meters. For the three-five nine six homes the size of 19 buildings. Chen Clan Temple with its talent for decorative arts, said that a blend of architectural folk art of Lingnan the culmination of its "three birds, three plastic, a cast iron," known known "Hundred Yue Guan Temple."
  9 more Mausoleum Mausoleum of the Nanyue
  Guangzhou Yue Tomb Museum, Mausoleum of the Nanyue two thousand years of history witness. It is the center of South Vietnam tomb built a new site museum, according to the Chinese government, "Venice Charter" to take the protection of cultural relics, the use of heritage as a successful example. It is well-preserved tombs in the site, content rich heritage of the Han Dynasty, famous for elegant style of the building.
  Building area of 14,000 m2 museum is divided into comprehensive exhibition building, the tomb site, the main exhibition floor, three parts. Shows the main display floor, Tomb of South Vietnam for over a thousand pieces (_set_s) of cultural treasures. Building a comprehensive exhibition of Chinese ceramic art exhibition of the wonderful work - "Yang Yongde ceramic pillow and his wife donated Show." Another temporary exhibition showing a large temporary cultural exhibitions at home and abroad. Museum has been listed as Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, the first patriotic education base. In addition, the museum also has collections of various characteristics of the sale of souvenirs.
  Playground Attractions
  1, Chime-Long Paradise
  Chime-Long Paradise Chime-Long Group is a world-class tourist kingdom in a new pearl in the 5A class tourist attractions of China's first tourist resort Chimelong the center, is _set_ to ride for pleasure, and special effects theater, parade, eco-leisure , specialty restaurants, theme stores, integrated services in one, with international advanced technology and management level of the large world-class theme park.
  2, the long-long water park
  Chime Long Water Park is the largest, most advanced, most secure, water recreation are the largest water park. Won by World theme parks and attractions Association presented the award. The award is China's first international theme park, amusement Association named the most high-end get the award, marking the long-long water park's international leading position.
  Zoo Attractions
  1, the Guangzhou Zoo:
  Guangzhou Zoo (GuangZhou Zoo) is located in the eastern section of Xian Lie Zhong Road, built in 1958, the total area of 43.3 square meters, breeding and exhibition of hundreds of animals at home and abroad, is one of China's three zoos. One is the famous zoo, the park verdant trees, grass flower Fan Mao and vitality, all animal cages arranged in order, _set_ off among the green leaves red flowers, with the south garden features. Attracted nearly 400 million visitors each year.
  2, Xiangjiang Wild Animal World
  3, Guangzhou Crocodile Park
  Guangzhou Crocodile Park was opened in 2004, covering thousands of acres, is a crocodile watching, science education, ecological farms, all kinds of animal performance of the integrated theme park, is the world's largest crocodile farm, a crocodile nearly 10 million articles, accounting for more than 70% of the total crocodile. Science park is divided into areas of knowledge, the central interaction area, the growth of display area, fun amusement parks, entertainment and business area in seven activity areas.
  Best Travel Time
  Climate: tropical monsoon climate
  Best time to travel: October to December is the best tourist season
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Sister Cities
  Since the reform and opening up (1979), the Guangzhou city and the world 20 international sister city relationships. At present, Guangzhou has become a full member of Metropolis city.
  Domestic Sister Cities
  City-owned provinces, autonomous regions and time signature
  Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (1985.09)
  Shenyang, Liaoning Province (2001.12.18)
  Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (2002.07.11)
  Harbin, Heilongjiang Province (2003.09.23)
  Nanchang, Jiangxi Province (2003.12.17)
  Changchun, Jilin Province (2004.08.10)
  Anshan, Liaoning Province (2004.08.19)
  Guiyang, Guizhou Province (2004.09.12)
  Zhengzhou, Henan Province (2004.09.15)
  Fuzhou, Fujian Province (2004.09.15)
  Changsha, Hunan Province (2004.09.16)
  Haikou, Hainan Province (2004.09.16)
  Chengdu, Sichuan (2004.09.17)
  Kunming, Yunnan Province (2004.09.17)
  Taiyuan, Shanxi Province (2004.09.18)
  Xining, Qinghai Province (2007.08.30)
  Wuhan, Hubei Province (2008.06.24)
  Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (2008.07.08)
  Xi'an, Shaanxi Province (2009.08.14)
  Sister Cities Abroad
  City-owned Time signed
  Fukuoka, Japan (1979.5.2)
  Los Angeles, United States (1981.12.8)
  Manila, Philippines (1982.12.8)
  Vancouver, Canada (1985.3.27)
  Sydney, Australia (1986.5.12)
  Bari, Italy (1986.11.12)
  Lyon, France (1988.1.19)
  Frankfurt, Germany (1988.4.11)
  Auckland, New Zealand (1989.2.17)
  Gwangju, South Korea (1996.10.25)
  Linkoping, Sweden (1997.11.24)
  Durban, South Africa (2000.7.17)
  Bristol, United Kingdom (2001.5.23)
  Yekaterinburg, Russia (2002.7.10)
  City of Arequipa, Peru (2004.10.27)
  Surabaya, Indonesia (2005.12.21)
  Vilnius City, Lithuania (2006.10.12)
  Birmingham, United Kingdom (2006.12.4)
  Hambantota District, Sri Lanka (2007.2.27)
  Recife, Brazil (2007.10.22)
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Previous Mayor
  Previous Mayor
  Sun: February 15, 1921, formally established in Guangzhou City Hall, located site in Nanti. Sun as the first mayor.
  Wu Fei: July 1922 the mayor.
  Gold: December 1922 the mayor.
  Lin Yun Gai: February 8, 1923, he was appointed mayor.
  Sun: February 26, 1923 from the complex mayor.
  Li Fulin: September 1924 Mayor.
  CC Wu: July 1925, reorganized as the Guangzhou Municipal Government of Guangzhou City Hall, the implementation of the Committee system. CC Wu, chairman of the City Council office (hereinafter the same).
  Sun: June 1926 City Council re-appointed chairman.
  Lin Yun Gai: May 1927 appointed chairman of the City Council.
  Gan Naiguang: November 1927 appointed chairman of the City Council.
  Lin Yun Gai: May 1928 resumption of the mayor system. October 1929 to change special city. June 1930 provincial cities continue to change. Mayor Lin Yun Gai.
  Cheng, solid: the mayor in June 1931.
  Liu Jiwen: March 1932 the mayor.
  Fu has been raised: in August 1936 the mayor. October 21, 1938, Guangzhou fall.
  Chen Ce: September 1945 victory of the war, in January 1946 _set_ as the provincial cities of Guangzhou, Chen Ce mayor.
  Ouyang Ju: June 1946 level of Guangzhou City, in July 1947 changed municipality directly under the Executive Yuan.
  Li Yang Jing: October 6, 1949 the Mayor took over the post Oct. 14 in Guangzhou liberation.
  Ye: October 14, 1949, Guangzhou liberation. October 28 the establishment of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, Ye Jianying, the mayor.
  Hessler: December 1952 the mayor. March 12, 1953 in Guangzhou City to the central municipality. January 1, 1955 to the formal implementation of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province cities. January 15, 1955 to the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government of Guangzhou City People's Committee.
  Zhu: November 1956 mayor.
  Zeng Sheng: November 1960 mayor.
  Liang Lingguang: September 1981 Mayor. September 1981 to the Revolutionary Committee of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government of Guangzhou City.
  Ye Xuanping: July 1983 the mayor.
  Zhu Forest: August 1985 the mayor.
  YANG Yuan: June 1988 mayor.
  Li Submanifolds: June 7, 1990 as acting mayor, he served as mayor.
  Lin: August 1996 to February 2003 the mayor.
  Zhang was: appointed acting mayor in February 2003, March has served as mayor.
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About the city
  Wuyang stone Guangzhou (English: Canton, Kwangchow, Guangzhou; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu; Cantonese phonetic: Gwong2zau1
  China's third largest economic city, capital of Guangdong province, southern regional political, economic, technological, educational and cultural center; China's most important transportation hubs.
  Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, south-central, northern margin of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou endangered South China Sea, near Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region is the southern gateway of China to the world. Guangzhou is a hilly area, the terrain of the northeast, southwest, north and northeast of the mountains, is the central hills, plateaus, alluvial plain south of the Pearl River Delta. China's third longest river - the Pearl River from Guangzhou urban cross-flow by. Guangzhou will host the Asian sporting events in 2010 - the 16th Asian Games.
  Language: Cantonese (also known as: Cantonese, Cantonese, the vernacular; English name: Cantonese), Mandarin
  City landmarks: Wuyang stone Zhongshan Memorial Hall, Zhenhai Tower, CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou Harbour International Convention and Exhibition Centre Guangzhou Twin Towers
  City reputation: National Sanitary City, National Environmental Protection Model City, National Forest City, National Advanced City to build civilized international Garden City and so on.
  Coordinates: center located at latitude 23 degrees 06 minutes 32 seconds, longitude 113 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds.
  Country: Republic of China (the People's Republic of China)
  Province: Guangdong (Guangdong Province)
  Government: Yuexiu District, Guangzhou municipal government is located. Zhu Xiaodan, Party secretary of the incumbent, the incumbent mayor Zhang Guangning.
  Area: The city area of 7,434.4 square kilometers, the urban area of 3,843.43 square kilometers.
  Elevation: the city an average elevation of 11 meters, the Guangzhou City Paradise top the highest point, elevation 1210 meters.
  Population: the city population of 1004.58 million (late 2007), growth of 3.0% over the previous year. Birth rate was 9.45 ‰, lower than the province (11.96 ‰) 2.51 per thousand points; mortality rate was 4.20 ‰, lower than the province (4.66 ‰) 0.46 per thousand points. The natural population growth rate was 5.25 ‰, lower than the province (7.02 ‰) 1.77 per thousand points.
  Nationalities: Han population of 935.28 million people in the city, accounting for 98.58% of the total population resident. Minority population of 13.48 million, accounting for 1.42% of the city's resident population.
  Religion: Guangzhou City, the main religions of Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity.
  Time: Beijing (China Standard Time), UTC +8.
  Regional economic performance: 1 to 3 quarters of 2009 to complete the city's total GDP (GDP) 6386.29 billion yuan, up 10.5%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points than the first quarter, 2.0 percentage points increase over the first half. Meanwhile, the first three quarters of urban residents per capita disposable income of 21,018 yuan, an increase of 9.3%, which increased by 9.1% wage income.
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Encyclopedia
  Guangzhou
  Guangzhou
  Guangzhou
  Guangzhou (Guangzhou) in southern China's largest port
  Port city, military town, historical and cultural city, Guangdong province
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  Spike came to Chu Ting (now Guangzhou) and referred to the myth of the story
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  Cotton while Huacheng, cotton city of the name.
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  Ten years (BC 214) after the pacification of South Vietnam, in this _set_
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  State administrative commissioner and the Guangzhou government governance. Guangdong Sheng Zhi Qing, because
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  Destruction of opium. After the first Opium War, was turned into the country
  One of the five treaty ports. Sun Yat-sen in 1923, this _set_ting
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English Expression
  1. :  Guangzhou
  2. n.:  canton,  Guangzhou(Canton),  Guangzhou (city)
French Expression
  1. n.  Canton
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