广州名胜古迹英文名称
陈家祠(陈氏书院)Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family(Chen Clan Academy Temple)
六榕寺Six Banyan Temple/Liurong Temple
黄花岗烈士陵园Huanghuagang Cemetery/Huanghuagang Park(The Tomb of 72 Revolutionary Martyrs at
Huanghuagang)
镇海楼The Zhenhai Tower
越秀公园Yuexiu Park
五羊雕像The Five—Ram Sculpture
中山纪念堂The Memorial Hall of Dr.Sun Yat-sen
西汉南越王墓The Tomb of Western Han Nanyue King
三元宫Sanyuan Palace
越王井The Yuewang Well
兰圃Lanpu Park
流花湖Liuhua Lake
五仙观Wuxian Temple
光孝寺Guangxiao Temple
怀圣寺Huaisheng Mosque
北京路Beijing Road
陈家祠Chen Clan Academy Temple
上下九步行街Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street
华林寺Hualin Temple
华林玉器街Hualin Jadeware Street
荔湾博物馆The Liwan Museum
白云山Baiyun Mountain
云台花园Yuntai Garden
广州雕塑公园Guangzhou Sculpture Park
广州体育馆The Guangzhou Gymnasium
三元里人民抗英斗争博物馆The Sanyuanli Anti—British Invasion Museum
华南植物园South China Botanical Garden
农民运动讲习所The Former Site of the National Peasant Movement Institution 广东省博物馆The Guangdong Provincial Museum
广州动物园 Guangzhou Zoological Garden
广州海洋世界Guangzhou Ocean World
火车东站瀑布The East Railway Station Waterfall
中信广场Zhongxin Plaza
天河体育中心The Tianhe Sports Cen~r
天河购书中心The Tianhe Book Center
天河公园Tianhe Park
广州奥林匹克运动中心The Guangzhou Olympic Stadium
黄埔军校旧址The Whampoa Military Academy
南海神庙Nanhai God Temple
莲花山Lianhua Mountain
宝墨园Baomo Garden
余荫园Yuyin Garden
长隆夜间野生动物园Changlong Night Zoo
南沙天后宫The Nansha Tianhou Palace
孙中山大元帅府纪念馆The Sun Yet-sen's Generalissimo Mansion
海幢寺Haizhuang Temple
瀛洲生态公园Yingzhou Ecological Park
芙蓉嶂旅游度假区The Furongzhang Holiday Resod
盘古皇庙Panguhuang Temple
洪秀全纪念馆The Memorial Museum of Hong Xiuquan
花都广场Huadu Square
珠江沿岸景观The Landscapes along the Zhujiang River
珠江航游The Zhuiiang River Cruise
沙面岛Shamian Island
南方大厦The Nanfang Mansion
爱群大厦The Aiqun Mansion
海珠广场Haizhu Plaza
石室圣心大教堂The Sacred Heart Cathedral
二沙岛Ersha Island
广州国际会展中心The Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center
北回归线广州标志塔The Guangzhou Marking Tower of the Tropic of Cancer
从化温泉度假区The Conghua Hot Spring Resort
天湖游览区The Tianhu Sightseeing Zone
流溪河国家森林公园Liuxihe National Forest Park
白水寨省级风景名胜区The Baishuizhai Provincial Scenic Spot
何仙姑家庙Hexiangu Temple
挂绿广场Gual0 Plaza
鸦片战争纪念馆The Museum of the Opium War
佛山市Foshan city
梁园Liang Garden
清晖园Qinghui Garden
佛山祖庙Foshan Ancestral Temple
黄飞鸿纪念堂The Memorial Hal l of Huang Feihong
西樵山度假区The Xiqiao Mountain Tourist Resort
鼎湖山度假区The Dinghu Mountain Tourist Resort
迎春花市The Spring Festival Flower Fair
舞狮The Lion Dance
元宵节The Lantern Festival
重阳节The Double—Ninth Festival
龙舟节The Dragon Boat Festival
南海神诞辰(波罗诞)The Birthday of the God of the South Sea(The Boluo Dan)
番禺莲花节The Lotus Festival in Panyu
中秋节The Mid-Autumn Day
Guangzhou History. from googleearth
It is believed that the first city built at the site of Guangzhou was Panyu (蕃禺, later simplifed to 番禺; the locals pronounced this in Cantonese as Poon Yu) founded in 214 B
C. The city has been continuously occupied since that time. Panyu was expanded when it became the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom (南越) in 206 BC.
Recent archaeological founding of her palace suggests that the city might have traded frequently with foreigners by the sea routes. The foreign trade continued through every following dynasty and the city remains a major international trading port to this day. The Han Dynasty annexed Nanyue in 111 BC, and Panyu became a provincial capital and remains so until this day. In 226 AD, the city became the seat of the Guang Prefecture (廣州; Guangzhou). Therefore, 'Guangzhou' was the name of the prefecture, not of the city. However, people grew accustomed to calling the city Guangzhou, instead of Panyu.
Although the Chinese name of Guangzhou replaced Panyu as the name of the walled city, Panyu was still the name of the area surrounding the walled city until the end of Qing era.
Arabs and Persians sacked Guangzhou (known to them as Sin-Kalan) in AD 758, 2 according to a local Guangzhou government report on October 30, 758, which corresponded to the day of Guisi (癸巳) of the ninth lunar month in the first year of the Qianyuan era of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty.[1][2][3]
During the Northern Song Dynasty, a celebrated poet called Su Shi visited Guangzhou's Baozhuangyan Temple and wrote the inscription 'Liu Rong' (Six Banyan Trees) because of the six banyan trees he saw there. It has since been called the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea, obtaining the mo
nopoly for external trade with its harbour by 1511. They were later expelled from their settlements in Guangzhou (in Portuguese Canton or Cantao), but instead granted use of Macao (first occupied in 1511) as a trade base with the city in 1557. They would keep a near monopoly of foreign trade in the region until the arrival of the Dutch in the early XVII century.
After China brought Taiwan under its control in 1683, the Qing government became open to encouraging foreign trade. Guangzhou quickly emerged as one of the most adaptable ports for negotiating commerce and before long, many foreign ships were going there to procure cargos. Portuguese in Macao, Spanish in Manila, and Armenians and Muslims from India were already actively trading in the port by the 1690s, when the French and English East India companies' ships began frequenting the port. Other companies were soon to follow: the Ostend General India Company in 1717; Dutch East India Company in 1729; the first Danish ship in 1731, which was followed by a Danish Asiatic Company ship in 1734; the Swedish East India Company in 1732; followed by an occasional Prussian and Trieste Company ship; the Americans in 1784; and the first ships from Australia in 1788. By the middle of the 18th century, Guangzhou had emerged as one of the world's great trading ports, which was a distinction it maintained until the outbreak of the Opium War in 1839 and the opening of other ports in China in 1842. Guangzhou was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanking (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China. The other ports were Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai.
In 1918, 'Guangzhou' became the official name of the city, when an urban council was established in it. Panyu became a county's name south of Guangzhou. In both 1930 and 1953, Guangzhou was promoted to the status of a Municipality, but each promotion was cancelled within the year.
Japanese troops occupied Guangzhou from 1938-10-12 to 1945-09-16.
Communist forces entered the city on October 14, 1949. Their urban renewal projects improved the lives of many residents. New housing on the shores of the Pearl River provided homes for the poor boat people. Reforms by Deng Xiaoping, who came to power in the late 1970s, led to rapid economic growth due to the city's close proximity to Hong Kong and access to the Pearl River.
As labor costs increased in Hong Kong, manufacturers opened new plants in the cities of Guangdong including Guangzhou. As the largest city in one of China's wealthiest provinces, Guangzhou attracts farmers from the countryside looking for factory work. Cantonese links to overseas Chinese and beneficial tax reforms of the 1990s have aided the city's rapid growth.
In 2000, Huadu and Panyu were merged into Guangzhou as districts, and Conghua and Zengcheng became county-level cities of Guangzhou.