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The most famous scenic spot in Guangzhou

The most famous scenic spots in Guangzhou are: Guang Zhouta, Shicuizhou, Huangpu Ancient Village, Shishi Sacred Heart Cathedral and Baishui Village Scenic Area.

Guang Zhouta: Guang Zhouta, also known as Guangzhou New TV Tower, is the tallest building in Guangzhou and one of the top ten most beautiful modern buildings in China. Everyone who comes to Guangzhou will come here to take photos and punch in. It is a symbol of a city, a business card of a city, and shows its personality, image and taste. In Guang Zhouta, you can visit freely, overlook the beautiful scenery of Guangzhou on the 488 photography viewing platform and take wonderful photos.

2. Shi Cuizhou: Shi Cuizhou is a sandbar formed by the alluvial of the Pearl River. It is said that it was originally connected with the land. After the Second Opium War, the British and French powers took a fancy to the geographical location here and wanted to use it as a base. So the British forced the Qing government to artificially dig a stream (now Shajiyong) in the north of Shamian to separate it from the land, and the island became an independent concession, which is now Shamian Island.

3. Huangpu Ancient Village: Huangpu Ancient Village across the river from Changzhou is very famous in Guangzhou. It has a long history and was inhabited as early as the Northern Song Dynasty. The old wharf in Gugang witnessed the prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road in Guangzhou. Huangpu Village retains a large number of historical buildings with Lingnan architectural style. Brick carvings, wood carvings, gray carvings, bell houses and Qingshiban Road can be seen everywhere.

4. Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shishi: The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shishi was built in 1863 with a history of 25 years and was completed in 1888. It is the most magnificent Catholic church in Guangzhou with a history of 130 years. Sacred Heart Cathedral in Shishi is 35 meters wide from east to west and 78 meters long from north to south, with a total area of more than 2,700 square meters. It is one of the most spectacular Gothic buildings with twin towers in China, and it is also called "Four Gothic Chambers" with Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey and Cologne Cathedral.

5. Baishui Village Scenic Area: Baishui Village Scenic Area is a mountain scenic area with high mountains and dense forests, fresh air, strange peaks and rocks, and waterfalls of Lingquan. It is famous for its waterfall with the largest drop in China, with the highest negative ion content in Guangzhou, and is known as the "magnificent emerald on the Tropic of Cancer". In Baishui Village Scenic Area, there is the only hydrophilic plank road made of sea wood in China, and the longest hiking trail in Guangdong, "Tiannan First Ladder", where there are cabins, fairy tale forests, Huixian Bridge, Mokpo terraces, Xianguchi and other landscapes.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Guang Zhouta Baidu Encyclopedia-Baishui Village Scenic Area.