Xiqiao Mountain National Forest Park - Foshan / 西樵山佛山
The mountain lies a bit outside of the city, but thankfully we had a car to get around. Nevertheless the traffic on the way to there was terrible!
The park is divided into ten major scenic areas including a 66m tall statue of the goddess Guanyin, Heaven lake, temples and different caves. In one cave (Stone Swallow Rock) we took a boat ride through the cave, we climbed up to the big Buddha and went to the lake as well. The whole are is pretty rambling (14 km²) so you might also buy an additional ticket for one of the electrical carts to go around (20 RMB). The entrance fee was 70 RMB, which is in my opinion too high!
Teaching and Traveling in China - 2012
This summer, as I have in the past, I presented a two week workshop to Chinese high school and middle school teachers of English. This summer the classes were held in the Lecong Town, Foshan District, Guangdong Province Primary School.
Sightseeing includes Dinghu Mountain Park. It's located to the east of Zhaoqing, about 2 hours by bus from Guangzhou. It is one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong Province. That weekend we also visited Lotus World. Located in Sanshui District in Foshan City, Lotus World is the largest lotus ecological theme park in the world.
After the workshop was over I visited the National Forest Park in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Hunan Province. The mountains in this region served as models for the fantastic topography depicted in the movie, Avatar. My guide for three days was David (Chinese name Nie Bai, contact zjjtrip@hotmail.com). He was incredibly professional and had a great command of English. I found him listed on tripadvisor.com and was recommended by others. I booked hotels through agoda.com.
2014 March Sansui - old Cho Village
Guangzhou Guangdong, China
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SonKeng Textile
Son Keng is an enterprise in textiles which was established in 1990. The headquarter is in Hong Kong with manufacturing in south China and Cambodia. We are specialized in the business of yarn, denim, casual fabrics and garments.
We own two denim mills which are situated in Foshan and SanShui of GuangDong Province, China. This is a vertical set-up from yarn winding, warping, dyeing, weaving, mercerizing and finishing. The production capacity for the two denim mills are at 5 million yards per month. We have implemented both the dyeing on union fabrics and printing facilities in 2013 respectively.
To maintain the sustainable development for the company we in 2012 have operated a garment factory in Cambodia major in denim and casual bottom making. As washing is a key to denim and also non-denim we will have own washing plant installed by 2015 in order to fulfil the higher demand from customers.
Our current client base are from U.K., E.U. such as Spain and Holland, U.S.A., Canada, Australia , Asian countries and etc. Most of the clients we have developed retaining the collaborative partner relationship.
We strive to provide our professional knowledge and service to meet the needs of our valued customers . Our proficient, motivating and enthusiastic staff team is the asset of the company allowing us keep in search of excellence in marketing, merchandising, R&D and manufacturing. We intend to grow with our clients hand in hand at all times.
Guangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:23 1 Names
00:05:06 2 History
00:05:14 2.1 Prehistory
00:05:43 2.2 Nanyue
00:07:23 2.3 Imperial China
00:14:35 2.4 Modern China
00:14:43 2.4.1 Revolutions
00:15:20 2.4.2 Anarchism
00:15:58 2.4.3 Kuomintang rule
00:21:05 2.4.4 Communist takeover
00:23:07 3 Gallery
00:23:15 4 Geography
00:24:35 4.1 Natural resources
00:25:21 4.2 Climate
00:26:58 5 Administrative divisions
00:27:14 6 Economy
00:28:40 6.1 Local products
00:29:32 6.2 Industry
00:30:56 6.3 Science City
00:31:07 7 Demographics
00:32:41 7.1 Ethnicity and language
00:34:31 7.2 Metropolitan area
00:34:52 8 Transportation
00:35:01 8.1 Urban mass transit
00:36:26 8.2 Motor transport
00:37:43 8.3 Airports
00:38:45 8.4 Railways
00:40:11 8.5 Water transport
00:40:33 9 Culture
00:41:16 9.1 Religions
00:41:41 9.1.1 Daoism
00:42:24 9.1.2 Buddhism
00:43:51 9.1.3 Christianity
00:45:15 9.1.4 Islam
00:45:48 9.2 Sport
00:47:30 10 Destinations
00:47:39 10.1 Eight Views
00:48:03 10.2 Parks and gardens
00:48:12 10.3 Tourist attractions
00:48:27 10.4 Pedestrian streets
00:48:47 10.5 Malls and shopping centers
00:49:05 10.6 Major buildings
00:49:13 11 Media
00:51:09 12 Education
00:52:53 13 International relations
00:53:02 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:17 14 See also
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Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州; traditional Chinese: 廣州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen)), also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-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 maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status and is one of China's nine National Central Cities. In 2015, the city's administrative area was estimated to have a population of 13,501,100. Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city. There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the Capital of the Third World.The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou, China in response to the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For the three consecutive years 2013–2015, Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city on the Chinese mainland.
Guangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:43 1 History
00:02:52 1.1 Etymology
00:05:47 1.2 Prehistory
00:06:17 1.3 Nanyue
00:08:06 1.4 Imperial China
00:16:00 1.5 Modern China
00:16:08 1.5.1 Revolutions
00:16:49 1.5.2 Kuomintang rule
00:22:26 1.5.3 Communist rule
00:24:39 2 Gallery
00:24:47 3 Geography
00:26:13 3.1 Natural resources
00:27:03 3.2 Climate
00:28:50 4 Administrative divisions
00:29:06 5 Economy
00:30:44 5.1 Local products
00:31:41 5.2 Industry
00:33:12 5.3 Science City
00:33:23 6 Demographics
00:35:05 6.1 Ethnicity and language
00:38:47 6.2 Metropolitan area
00:39:09 7 Transportation
00:39:18 7.1 Urban mass transit
00:40:51 7.2 Motor transport
00:42:14 7.3 Airports
00:43:22 7.4 Railways
00:44:54 7.5 Water transport
00:45:18 8 Culture
00:46:05 8.1 Religions
00:46:31 8.1.1 Daoism
00:47:16 8.1.2 Buddhism
00:48:52 8.1.3 Christianity
00:50:23 8.1.4 Islam
00:50:59 8.2 Sport
00:52:49 9 Destinations
00:52:59 9.1 Eight Views
00:53:24 9.2 Parks and gardens
00:53:33 9.3 Tourist attractions
00:53:49 9.4 Pedestrian streets
00:54:11 9.5 Malls and shopping centers
00:54:29 9.6 Major buildings
00:54:38 10 Media
00:56:42 11 Education
00:58:38 12 International relations
00:58:48 12.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:59:04 13 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.9543364886664234
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州; traditional Chinese: 廣州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen)), also known as Canton and formerly romanized as Kwangchow or Kwong Chow, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-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 maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status and is one of China's nine National Central Cities. At the end of 2018, the population of the city's expansive administrative area is estimated at 14,904,400 by city authorities, up 3.8% year from the previous year. Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city. There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the Capital of the Third World.The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou, China in response to the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For three consecutive years (2013–2015), Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city in mainland China.
Guangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Guangzhou
00:02:29 1 Names
00:05:12 2 History
00:05:21 2.1 Prehistory
00:05:50 2.2 Nanyue
00:07:32 2.3 Imperial China
00:14:53 2.4 Modern China
00:15:02 2.4.1 Revolutions
00:15:40 2.4.2 Anarchism
00:16:18 2.4.3 Kuomintang rule
00:21:30 2.4.4 Communist takeover
00:23:34 3 Gallery
00:23:43 4 Geography
00:25:04 4.1 Natural resources
00:25:52 4.2 Climate
00:27:32 5 Administrative divisions
00:27:48 6 Economy
00:29:16 6.1 Local products
00:30:09 6.2 Industry
00:31:35 6.3 Science City
00:31:46 7 Demographics
00:33:23 7.1 Ethnicity and language
00:35:15 7.2 Metropolitan area
00:35:36 8 Transportation
00:35:45 8.1 Urban mass transit
00:37:12 8.2 Motor transport
00:38:31 8.3 Airports
00:39:34 8.4 Railways
00:41:02 8.5 Water transport
00:41:25 9 Culture
00:42:09 9.1 Religions
00:42:34 9.1.1 Daoism
00:43:16 9.1.2 Buddhism
00:44:46 9.1.3 Christianity
00:46:11 9.1.4 Islam
00:46:46 9.2 Sport
00:48:30 10 Destinations
00:48:39 10.1 Eight Views
00:49:03 10.2 Parks and gardens
00:49:11 10.3 Tourist attractions
00:49:27 10.4 Pedestrian streets
00:49:48 10.5 Malls and shopping centers
00:50:06 10.6 Major buildings
00:50:14 11 Media
00:52:12 12 Education
00:54:01 13 International relations
00:54:11 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:54:27 14 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州; traditional Chinese: 廣州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen)), also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-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 maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status and is one of China's nine National Central Cities. In 2015, the city's administrative area was estimated to have a population of 13,501,100. Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city. There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the Capital of the Third World.The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou, China in response to the 1997/8 Asian financial crisis.Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For the three consecutive years 2013–2015, Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city on the Chinese mainland.