Top ten scenic spots in Guangzhou

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Flower city square, known as the "city living room" of Guangzhou, is the largest square in Guangzhou, and has been fully open to the public since 20 10/25.

The square is located at the core node of Zhujiang New Town, the new central axis of Guangzhou, starting from Xiancun Road in the east, Huaxia Road in the west, Huangpu Avenue in the north and Haixinsha in the south.

The total planning area is about 560,000 square meters, more than 600 old trees are planted, the walking plank road is two kilometers long, and the floating island lake area is 1.5 million square meters.

There are 39 buildings around, including New Guangzhou Library, Guangzhou Grand Theatre, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou Second Children's Palace, Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Financial Center and Guangzhou International Financial Center.

Guangzhou International Lighting Festival is held in flower city square at the end of 20 1 1 every year, and it ranks as one of the three major lighting festivals in the world, along with France and Sydney.

2. Guang Zhouta

Guang Zhouta, also known as Guangzhou New TV Tower, nicknamed Xiaomanyao, is located near Chigang Tower, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, with a distance of 125m from the south bank of the Pearl River and across the river from Zhujiang New Town, flower city square and Haixinsha Island.

The main body of Guang Zhouta is 454m high, the antenna mast is 146m high, and the total height is 600m. It is the tallest tower in China and a national AAAA tourist attraction.

Guang Zhouta is a landmark project in Guangzhou. The TV tower can withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8 and a typhoon of magnitude 12, and its design service life exceeds 100 years.

There is a "Spider-Man plank road" at Guang Zhouta Body 168 ~ 334.4m, which is the highest and longest aerial walk ladder in the world.

There is a revolving restaurant at 422.8 meters of the tower, which is the highest revolving restaurant in the world.

There is a ferris wheel at the top of the tower 450~454 meters, which is the highest ferris wheel in the world.

The antenna mast is located at 455~485 meters, which is the highest vertical downhill amusement project in the world.

3. Baiyun Mountain

Baiyun Mountain, located in Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, is one of the famous mountains in South Guangdong, and has been called "the first show in Yangcheng" since ancient times. This mountain is quite wide and consists of more than 30 peaks. It is a branch of Jiulian Mountain, the highest peak in Guangdong. It covers an area of 20.98 square kilometers, and the main peak, Moxingling, is 382 meters high.

Baiyun Mountain has beautiful scenery and has been a famous scenic spot in Guangzhou since ancient times. For example, Pu Jian Li Anquan, White Clouds Looking at the Night and Jingtai Monk's Return are all listed in the ancient "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng".

In 1960s and 1980s, Baiyun Mountain was named as one of the "New Eight Scenery of Yangcheng" with "White Clouds and Songtao" and "Yunshan Splendid" respectively.

Baiyun Mountain is the first national AAAAAAAA-level scenic spot in Guangzhou scenic spot industry, and it is also the only scenic spot in Guangzhou that has both national civilized scenic spot and national AAAAAAAA-level scenic spot.

4. Changlong Tourist Resort

Guangzhou Changlong Tourist Resort is located at the intersection of Hanxi Avenue East and Changlong Xincheng Avenue, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, and was founded in 1989.

Guangzhou Changlong Tourist Resort is a comprehensive theme tourist resort with a total area of 65,438+0,000 mu. Set tourist attractions, hotels, restaurants, entertainment and leisure in one, with Chimelong Happy World, Chimelong International Circus, Chimelong Wildlife World, Chimelong Water Park, Chimelong Bird Park, Guangzhou Chimelong Hotel, Xiangjiang Hotel, Chimelong Golf Practice Center, Xiangjiang Restaurant and other facilities.

5. Million Kwai Garden

Million Sunflower Garden is the first park in China to design sunflower as an ornamental plant into a super-large theme garden.

Million sunflower garden was completed and opened to the outside world in April 2002. Located in Wanqingsha Town, Nansha District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, covering an area of 260,000 square meters, it is the first ornamental sunflower paradise with all imported seeds in China.

Among them, in addition to the million sunflower gardens, the first squirrel paradise with more than 1000 squirrels in China, as well as the ant kingdom, pigeon square and other attractions have been built.

6. Chenjia Ancestral Hall

The shrine located at Zhongshan No.7 Road in Guangzhou, also known as "Chen Academy".

Chen Academy was founded in the 14th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1888) and completed in the 20th year (1894). It is a "ancestral hall" donated by Chen clansmen all over Guangdong, providing temporary accommodation for Chen's children to prepare for the imperial examination, wait for posts, pay taxes and go to court in the provincial capital.

Chenjia Ancestral Temple is one of the largest existing traditional buildings in Guangfu, and it is also the largest, best preserved and most beautifully decorated ancestral temple building in China. Known as "the pearl of Lingnan architectural art".

Covering an area of/kloc-0.5 million square meters, with a building area of 8,000 square meters, the building structure is divided into three axes, three entrances, nine halls and six hospitals.

Chenjiaci is a masterpiece of Lingnan architectural decoration. Almost all halls, courtyards, corridors, halls, doors, windows, railings, walls, roofs and beams show the superb skills of Lingnan architecture, such as wood carving, brick carving, stone carving, pottery sculpture, gray sculpture, copper and iron casting, painted murals and so on.

7. Baomo Garden

Baomo Garden is located in Zini Village, Shawan Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Built in the late Qing Dynasty, it covers an area of five acres. Due to the destruction of four old buildings, cultural relics were destroyed in the 1950s.

1995 reconstruction, which lasted six years. After four phases of construction, Baomo Garden has been expanded to 168 mu (about 654.38+10,000 square meters). It is a large-scale Lingnan cultural landscape garden integrating official culture, Lingnan ancient buildings, Lingnan garden art and the characteristics of Pearl River Delta water towns, and it is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

Li Jingwan, Qingping Lake, Mo Bao Lake and other waterscapes in the whole park are connected with rivers over 1000 meters. There are flowing lakes and green swamps in the park, and more than 30 stone bridges span charming rivers and lakes. The string songs of the purple cave boat curl up, and the purple floats on the lake.

There are many exquisite works of art in the garden, such as pottery, porcelain, brick carving, gray carving, stone carving and wood carving. The ceramic sculpture The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is listed as one of the best sculptures. Home Pavilion, Mo Bao Treasure, Longtu Museum, Zhao Tailai Collection, etc. Including ancient and modern famous paintings, calligraphy, ceramics, bronzes and jade articles. The garden is full of cherry blossoms. When bloom is warm in spring, cherry blossoms bloom as scheduled.

8. Shamian

Shamian, once called Shi Cuizhou, is named Shamian because it is a sandbar alluvial by the Pearl River. Shamian is located in the southwest of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, bordering the Pearl River White Swan Pond in the south and Shojaei Chung in the north, facing an island on Liuersan Road, with eight streets and lanes, covering an area of 0.3 square kilometers.

During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shamian was an important trade and tourism destination in China. After the Opium War, Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (186 1) became a British and French concession.

Shamian is an important commercial port in Guangzhou. After a hundred years, more than a dozen countries have set up consulates in Shamian, nine foreign banks and more than 40 foreign firms have opened in Shamian, and Guangdong Customs Club and Guangzhou Club have been established in Shamian.

Shamian witnessed the changes of Guangzhou's modern history, leaving many great people's footprints. Shamian has become the epitome of China's modern history and concession history, and the European architecture on Shamian Island has formed a unique open-air building "museum".

9. Sacred Heart Cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, located in Yide Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. Sacred Heart Cathedral officially held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 1863, and was named Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Built in 25 years, it is the most magnificent and distinctive cathedral in the Catholic diocese of Guangzhou. The Sacred Heart Cathedral in the stone chamber was designed by French designers and built by craftsmen in China.

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Shishi covers a total area of 2,754 square meters, with a width of 35 meters from east to west, a length of 78.69 meters from north to south, and a height of 58.5 meters from the ground to the spire. The Sacred Heart Cathedral in Stone Chamber was built in 186 1 at a cost of 400,000 francs, comparable to the world-famous Notre Dame de Paris.

10, Lingnan Impression Park

Lingnan Impression Garden is located in the south of Guangzhou University Town (Xiaoguwei Island), in the area of Lianxi Village, with a total area of 65,438+06.5 hectares. It is a scenic spot integrating sightseeing, leisure, entertainment, accommodation, catering, shopping and experiencing Lingnan customs and folk culture.

The distinctive streets, ancestral halls, houses and shops in Lingnan Impression Garden fully show the essence of Lingnan traditional culture.

The scenic spot highlights the original Lingnan culture and local landscape, restores the bustling life scene of Lingnan folk customs, and adapts to the trend of increasingly life-oriented tourism around the booming big cities. Tourism demand will become a cultural tourism grand view garden with complete Lingnan architecture, profound folk culture and rich rural customs, which integrates cultural traceability, tourism, rural vacation and leisure and entertainment.

As a window for modern people to understand Lingnan ancient culture, Lingnan people can trace back to the fertile soil of local culture. The class for foreigners to learn about Lingnan culture in a short time has satisfied tourists' desire to learn about Lingnan folk ancient culture for thousands of years.