『Guangzhou and Shenzhen』

GuangZhou

Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, is one of China's main industrial centers, covering an area of 7,434 square kilometers, and with a population of over 8 million.

Guangzhou stands at the confluence of the east river, west river and north river, with its land sloping from north-east to south-west, and an alluvial plain in the south and south-west parts. It adjoins the south china sea, and is crisscross with rivers and streams. It has south subtropical marine climate with an annual average temperature of 21.8 degree celsius, rainfall of 1694 millimeters, and a frost-free period of 345 days. it's abundant in agricultural and aquatic resources. its mineral resources include coal, salt, copper, iron, zinc, lead and limestone.

Guangzhou's industry covers machinery, shipbuilding, textiles, sugar-refinery, household electrical appliances, computers, petrochemicals, light industrial products for daily use, rubberproducts and garments. the guangzhou economic and technological development zone situated in huangpu has already taken shape. guangzhou has advanced agriculture, abounding in rice, sugarcanes, fruits, freshwater fish and oil crops.
Guangzhou is communication hub of guangdong province, with railways and highways radiating in all directions, and convenient inland-water, coastal and ocean transport. huangpu is the biggest seaport in the south, ranking fifth in volume of freight handled in china. its airport stands also in the forefront in passenger transport.
Guangzhou is south china's biggest national-and-foreign-oriented city with flourishing commerce, and china's chief foreign trade center as well. it's also china's famous historical and cultural city. the city with long summer and no winter is always green with flowers in bloom all the year round, hence reputed as "flower city". its scenic spots and historical sites include guangxiao temple, liurong temple and white clouds mountain scenic area etc.
Efforts are being made to build guangzhou into an international metropolis functioning primarily as the biggest financial, high-tech and light industrial, as well as communication and transport center in south china.
Major attractions: chens’ ancestral temple, baiyun mountain, zhenhai tower, sun yatsen memorial hall, tomb of king of nanyue kingdom, and yuexiu park.

ShengZhen

Covering 2,020 square km with a population of 5 million, the central-south Guangdong city of Shenzhen is a major trading port that faces daya bay to the east and pearl river to the west and is adjacent to hong kong to the south. shenzhen is the earliest special economic zone to be opened in china to foreign investors. With a complete line of facilities, it is also a rising tourist city where visa formalities have been simplified to facilitate the entry of foreign visitors. a variety of high-tech exhibitions take place in the city on an annual basis. major attraction: “splendid china”, a miniature scenery park that epitomizes the charms of the chinese landscape and cultural scene, enabling the visitor to finish a tour of the country and see the 5,000-year chinese civilization in one day’s time; China folk culture village, where folkactivities are held in 20-odd life-size replicas of villages of different ethic backgrounds; window of the world is a park in which visitors can get a glimpse of the world’s wondrous buildings, cultural ruins, natural scenes and folk singers and dancers from various counties; wildlife zoo, where there are nearly 3,000 animals in 150 species from all the continents of the world; Xiangmihu summer resort is a large tourist and recreational center where tropical garden scenes mingle imperceptibly with ethnic buildings.

Ancestral Temple Of The Chen Family

Sitting on the seventh zhongshan road in guangzhou, it was first built in 1890, or the 16th year of qing emperor guangxu’s reign, with donations of the members of the chen family who lived in the 72 counties of guangdong province. covering a total area of 1.3 hectares, it is the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient cluster of architectures in guangdong. The temple is especially renowned for its beautiful decorations, including wood carving, brick carving, pottery carving, stone carving, lime carving, brass and cast iron, grotto, new year painting, and so on. these artistic decorations are important cultural relics of which possessing great value of history, art, culture and science.

YueXiu Park

Yuexiu park in downtown Guangzhou has an area of 84 hectares, consisting of three artificial lakes and seven hillocks. Main scenic spots include zhenhai tower and the sculpture of the five rams. Zhenhai tower is a 28-meter-high ming building, with five storeies and commanding a bird’s-eye view of the whole city. The sculpture of the five rams is the symbol of Guangzhou. According to an ancient and beautiful legend, Guangzhou is also called “city of rams”, or “goat city”.