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Guangzhou(Sui, Yangcheng)
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 Guangzhou
is the capital of Guangdong Province, has an area of 7434.4
square kilometres. The city is between latitude 220 and
249 north and longitude 1123 and 1445 east. Located in
a temperature zone of subtropical climate, the annual
temperature is about 21.7 with the highest of 38.7 and
lowest of 0 . The annual precipitation is 1982.7 millimetres,
with main rainfall concentrated in spring and autumn.
Guangzhou was probably founded in 214 B.C. as an encampment
by the armies of the first Emperor of Qin Dynasty, Qin
Shihuang. By the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the city was
already an international port. The modernization of Guangzhou
began in the early 1920s; most of the main streets defining
the city today were built then. A feverish sense of urgency
in construction -- it took only 18 months to build 40
kilometres (25 mi.) of road -- is evident even today.
During that modernization in the 1920s, the remainder
of the old city wall was pulled down. Today, throughout
the city, high-risen hotels, bridges, and new highways
now seemingly materialize overnight.
The personality of Guangzhou differs significantly
from that of northern China. While one can stand in
the middle of Tian'anmen Square in Beijing and feel
the backbone of Chinese authority, one can easily stand
on any street in Guangzhou and feel the lack of order
inherent in the traffic and commotion. The language
of Guangzhou is incomprehensible to northern Chinese,
who typically speak Mandarin. A word in Cantonese has
nine tones, instead of the four tones in the Mandarin
dialect.
 The
area around Guangzhou was overcrowded even 200 years
ago, and many peasants from the region emigrated to
Southeast Asia, North America and Europe. As a result,
Cantonese is the most common dialect amongst overseas
Chinese. Likewise, Cantonese cuisine is the most widely-known
of all Chinese idioms: in Beijing one talks, in Shanghai
one shops, and in Guangzhou one eats. Without a doubt,
Guangzhou is best known for its eclectic food -- from
insect omelettes to dim sum. Famous for its snack-like
form (dumplings, pastries and noodle dishes chosen from
carts wheeled around the restaurant), dim sum is ubiquitous
in Guangzhou.
Attractions
in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
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Location: located in the
south part of China, at the mouth of the Pearl River
Neighboring Areas: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and
Hainan provinces; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
Hong Kong and Macao
Population: 6.66 million
Area: 7,434 sq km
Climate subtropical
humid monsoon climate, hot and rainy
Average Temperature: 21.7 C
annually with the highest of 38.7 and lowest of 0C
Rainfall: annual precipitation 1982.7 mm, with
rainfall concentrated in spring and autumn
Mountains: Western Hills, which belong to the Taihang Range; Mt. Jundushan,
in the north, which is part of the Mt. Yanshan
Rivers: Pearl River (West River, North
River, East River), Nanhai, Liuhua Lake, Li Lake, Dongshan
Lake
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