What are the famous landmark buildings in Guangzhou and what districts are they located in?

Haizhu District: Canton Tower, Pazhou Exhibition

Tianhe District: CITIC Plaza, West Tower, Museums and Opera House in Huacheng Square

Yuexiu District: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall , Wuyang Statue, Zhenhai Tower

Liwan District: Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, White Swan

Baiyun District: Guangzhou Gymnasium

Huadu District: Baiyun International Airport

A brief introduction to the main famous buildings in Guangzhou:

1. Canton Tower

Canton Tower (English: Canton Tower), also known as Guangzhou New TV Tower, nicknamed Xiaomanyao , located near Chigang Tower in Haizhu District (Yizhou Island), Guangzhou City, 125 meters away from the south bank of the Pearl River, across the river from Zhujiang New Town, Huacheng Square, and Haixinsha Island. The main body of Guangzhou Tower is 454 meters high, the antenna mast is 146 meters high, and the total height is 600 meters? It is the tallest tower in China and the second tallest tower in the world, second only to Tokyo Skytree.

The Canton Tower is equipped with the "Spider-Man Plank Road" between 168 meters and 334.4 meters, which is the world's tallest and longest aerial walking ladder. There is a revolving restaurant at 422.8 meters on the tower, which is the highest revolving restaurant in the world. There is a Ferris wheel at the top of the tower between 450 and 454 meters, which is the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. There is a "Speed ??Sky" downhill amusement project at 455 meters to 485 meters on the antenna mast, which is the world's highest vertical downhill amusement project. There is an outdoor photography viewing platform at 488 meters on the antenna mast. It is the highest outdoor viewing platform in the world, surpassing the 442-meter outdoor viewing platform of Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the 447-meter "Sky Canopy" of the Canadian National Television Tower. height.

2. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is located on Dongfeng Middle Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It was built with funds raised by the people of Guangzhou and overseas Chinese in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

The construction of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall started in January 1929 and was completed in November 1931. In 1956, a recast 5-meter-tall bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen stood in front of the memorial hall. In 1963, the memorial hall underwent a large-scale renovation. All the roofs were made of blue glazed tiles. Iron fences were built around the park of more than 60,000 square meters, and many trees and flowers were planted in the park. Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is an octagonal building with a solemn and majestic appearance and strong national characteristics. The designer cleverly used the structural principles of architectural mechanics and adopted a steel frame and reinforced concrete hybrid structure. There is no column in the building space with a span of 71 meters.

3. Chen Family Ancestral Hall

Chen Family Ancestral Hall, commonly known as Chen Family Ancestral Hall, is located on Zhongshan 7th Road, Guangzhou. The Chen Family Ancestral Hall is the most artistic architectural complex with Guangdong characteristics among the existing ancestral halls in Guangdong. It has a strict layout, exquisite decoration and grandeur. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Since the 21st century, Chen’s Academy has been twice selected into the “Eight Scenic Spots of Guangzhou in the New Century” in the name of “the ancient temple’s fragrance”. It is known as the “Cultural Business Card of Guangzhou” and has become the most culturally and artistically distinctive place in Lingnan. Museums and famous tourist attractions.

4. Zhenhai Tower

Zhenhai Tower, also known as Wanghai Tower, is located on Xiaopanlong Gang in Yuexiu Mountain (Yuexiu Park), Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. It is a landmark building in Guangzhou City One of the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units. The whole building is 25 meters high, rectangular in shape, 31 meters wide and 16 meters deep. The lower two floors of walls are made of red sandstone strips, and the third floor and above are brick walls. The outer walls are reduced layer by layer, with 5 layers of compound eaves, covered with green glazed tiles, decorated with Shiwan colored glaze fish flower ridges, vermilion walls and green It is made of tiles and is majestic. It is known as "the first scenic spot in Lingnan".

Zhenhai Tower is located on Xiaopanlonggang in Yuexiu Mountain. The building was also known as "Wanghai Tower". Because the river in Zhuhai was very wide at that time, "Wangjiang" was changed to "Wanghai". Because the building is 5 stories high, it is also commonly known as the "five-story building". There are inscriptions from past dynasties on the stele gallery in front of the building, and 12 ancient cannons are displayed on the right side. In the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1380), when Zhu Liangzu, Marquis of Yongjia, expanded the city of Guangzhou, he extended the north city wall to Yuexiu Mountain and built a five-story building on the mountain for a spectacular view. Zhenhai Tower has been destroyed and rebuilt five times in history. The current building is a reinforced concrete structure. It was rebuilt from a wooden frame during reconstruction in 1928. In 1929, it became the Guangzhou Municipal Museum.

It was renamed the Guangzhou Museum in 1950 and displays cultural relics and historical materials of Guangzhou's development over more than 2,000 years by dynasty. In March 2013, Zhenhai Tower was included in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

5. Pazhou Convention and Exhibition

On March 15, 2004, the China Foreign Trade Center signed a memorandum of understanding with the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, and the China Foreign Trade Center officially obtained the operation and management rights of the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center. . Currently, the Foreign Trade Center operates and manages the two largest exhibition halls in Guangzhou - China Export Commodities Fair Pazhou Complex (i.e. Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center) and Liuhua Road Exhibition Hall. The total indoor exhibition area of ??the two pavilions reaches 250,000 square meters. Among them, the first phase of the Pazhou Exhibition Hall covers an area of ??414,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??395,000 square meters, 13 exhibition halls on the first and second floors, a display area of ??about 130,000 square meters, and an outdoor exhibition area of ??22,000 square meters. It was officially opened at the end of 2002 It is put into use and is currently the largest convention and exhibition center in Asia.

6. Guangzhou West Tower

Guangzhou West Tower, also known as Guangzhou International Financial Center, is located in the core financial and business district of Zhujiang New Town, southwest of Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou City, China, with Pearl River Avenue to the east and Pearl River Avenue to the west. It is adjacent to Huaxia Road, Huajiu Road to the south, and Huacheng Avenue to the north. It is surrounded by five-star hotels and high-end office buildings. Together with the Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou Grand Theater, Guangzhou Municipal Library and Guangzhou Second Children's Palace, it constitutes the five major areas of Zhujiang New Town. Landmark building. Its unique regional height and functional combination have become one of the most charming and commercially powerful landmark buildings in Guangzhou, injecting new impetus into Guangzhou's economic development.

7. Guangzhou Grand Theater

The Guangzhou Grand Theater is one of the landmark buildings on the new central axis of Guangzhou. It is currently the most advanced, most complete and largest comprehensive performance in South China. Art Center. Located next to Huacheng Square in Zhujiang New Town, as a dazzling cultural landmark, it boldly explores new theater management models and reform and development paths for China.

The Guangzhou Grand Theater was designed by the British-Iraqi designer Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. It is her debut and famous work in China. The Guangzhou Grand Theater is like two spiritual stones washed by the Pearl River water. Its unique shape is full of whimsy. Dr. Harold Marshall, the world's top acoustic master, has carefully built the acoustic system for the Guangzhou Grand Theater, which has reached world-class levels and delivered near-perfect audio-visual effects. It has received high praise from the global architectural community and artists, and has won great praise for China. Won many honors.