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Architectural Building Attractions In Guangzhou

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Guangzhou , 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 north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km 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. Admi...
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Architectural Building Attractions In Guangzhou

  • 2. Guangzhou Opera House Guangzhou
    Guangzhou Opera House is a Chinese opera house in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it opened in 2010.
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  • 3. Temple of the Six Banyan Trees & Flower Pagoda (Liurong Temple) Guangzhou
    The Temple of the Six Banyan Trees or Liurong Temple is a Buddhist temple in Guangzhou, China, originally built in AD 537. The temple's proximity to foreign consulates in Guangzhou has made it a regular destination for families participating in the international adoption of children from China. Typically families receive blessings for their newly adopted children at this temple in front of the statue of Guanyin.
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  • 4. Guangxiao Temple Guangzhou
    Guangxiao Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, the capital of China's Guangdong Province. As the special geographical position, Guangxiao Temple often acted as a stopover point for Asian missionary monks in the past. It also played a central role in propagating various elements of Buddhism, including precepts school, Chan , Shingon Buddhism, and Pure Land. In this temple, Huineng, the sixth Chinese patriarch of Chan Buddhism, made his first public Chan lecture and was tonsured, and Amoghavajra, a Shingon Buddhist master, gave his first teaching of esoteric Buddhism. Many Buddhist scriptures were also translated here, including those translated by Yijing and the Shurangama-sūtra translated by Paramitiin .
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  • 5. Zhujiang New Town Guangzhou
    Zhujiang New Town or New City is an area in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is bounded by Huangpu Avenue on the north, the Pearl River on the south, Guangzhou Avenue on the west and the South China Expressway on the east. Covering an area of 6.44 km2, the area is divided by Xiancun Road into two parts. The larger eastern part contains mainly high-end residential complexes and the Zhujiang Park, which lies at the centre. Such a layout was modelled on the Central Park in New York where the park itself provides a green oasis in the city centre and increases the value of surrounding properties. The western portion of Zhujiang New Town was planned as the city's new CBD for the 21st century. Its core area, which the government designated as the city's new axis of development, is a continuous ope...
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  • 6. Sanyuan Palace of Guangzhou Guangzhou
    Sanyuan Palace is a Taoist temple located in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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  • 10. Oi Kwan Hotel Guangzhou
    The Aiqun Hotel or Oi Kwan Hotel or Aiqun Building is a hotel in Guangzhou, China. At 64 meters tall with 15 floors, it surpassed the neighboring Nanfang Building to become the tallest building in the city from upon its completion in 1937 to 1967.
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  • 11. Pazhou Pagoda Guangzhou
    Pazhou is a subdistrict of Haizhu in southeastern Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in China.Pazhou Island, formerly Whampoa Island, has a total area of 15 km2 It is the site of Whampoa Pagoda. Its eastern bay was formerly the chief anchorage for ships participating in Guangzhou's foreign trade. Traders from the Southern Sea, including Indians, Arabians, and most Europeans, were required to keep their ships at Pazhou while smaller craft ferried goods to and from the Thirteen Factories area of Guangzhou's western suburbs. Traders rented storage for ships supplies and repair shops on Whampoa Island. Images of the anchorage were a common theme in 18th-century art.With the expansion of Guangzhou, the subdistrict is now part of its downtown area, with many commercial and recreational facilities. T...
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