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Guangzhou: 4-211 Sacred Heart Cathedral of Guangzhou: Guangzhou Shengxin dajiao tang 广州圣心大教堂: Guangzhou: 4-215 Naozhou Lighthouse: Naozhou dengta 硇州灯塔: Zhanjiang: 4-218 Former Seat of the Leader of the Military Government in Guangzhou: Guangzhou dayuanshuai fu jiuzhi 广州大元帅府旧址: Guangzhou: 4-232 Shixia Site ...
Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
The following is a timeline of the history of the Chinese city of Guangzhou, also formerly known as Panyu, [citation needed] Canton, and Kwang-chow. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Eight Views of Ram City, also known as the Eight Sights of Guangzhou is the collective name for various collections of the eight most famous tourist attractions in Guangzhou, China, during different periods of its history. Collections of "Eight Views" is a common trope in Chinese travel literature.
Zhao Mo ruled from 137 BC to 122 BC, and his tomb was discovered in downtown Guangzhou in 1983. The museum, which opened in 1988, showcases the tomb and its complete trove of artifacts. It was named a Major National Historical Site in 1996 and is renowned for its rare assemblage of funerary artifacts representing the diffusion of cultures ...
A eunuch named Wei Juan, [1] who was an officer in Guangzhou in years of Chenghua of Ming dynasty, built a temple on a small hill in the east side of Guangzhou city to boast himself. Guangzhou people at that time often called the main small hill as "Shan" and called the hummocks around it as "Gang", so they named the temple "Dongshan Temple ...
It was built in 1959, and now is one of the most famous tourism spot in Guangzhou and is regarded as the landmark of Guangzhou city. [12] The modern five-goats related places are Five Goats New City in Yuexiu District, [13] as well as the Five-Goats secondary school and primary school, and the Five-Goats station on fifth line of Guangzhou Metro.
Military history of Guangzhou (1 C, 8 P) Monuments and memorials in Guangzhou (1 P) Pages in category "History of Guangzhou"