Guangzhou,also known as Canton,is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located 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;it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time,the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders,Guangzhou was captured by 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 transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic,Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity,the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport,the major airport of Guangzhou,briefly became the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic in 2020.
Chinese architecture is the embodiment of an architectural style that has developed over millennia in China and has influenced architecture throughout East Asia. Since its emergence during the early ancient era,the structural principles of its architecture have remained largely unchanged. The main changes involved diverse decorative details. Starting with the Tang dynasty,Chinese architecture has had a major influence on the architectural styles of neighbouring East Asian countries such as Japan,Korea,and Mongolia in addition to minor influences on the architecture of Southeast and South Asia including the countries of Malaysia,Singapore,Indonesia,Vietnam,Sri Lanka,Thailand,Laos,Cambodia and the Philippines.
The Guangdong Museum is a general museum of Cantonese art,nature,culture and history in Guangzhou.
Cantonese culture,or Lingnan culture,refers to the regional Chinese culture of the region of Lingnan:twin provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi,the names of which mean "eastern expanse" and "western expanse",respectively.
The Cantonese people or Yue people,are a Yue-speaking ethnic group or Han Chinese subgroup originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi,in Southern Mainland China. More accurately,"Cantonese" refers only to people with roots from Guangzhou and its satellite cities and towns,rather than simply and generally referring to the people of the Liangguang region.
Huadu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou,the capital of Guangdong,China. It is located in the far northern suburbs of the city.
The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts is a Chinese national university based in Guangzhou which provides doctoral,master and bachelor's degrees in fine arts and design.
Puning,officially Puning City,is a county-level city located in Eastern Guangdong,China,under the administration of the city,Jieyang. Nevertheless,its administrative power in economic matters is comparable to that of prefecture-level cities. Puning is geographically situated on the west rim of Chaoshan Plain,leaning against the stretching branch of the Lianhua Mountains at its southwest border,and 90 percent of its territory sits on the south of the Tropic of Cancer. The city has a population of 2.5089 million under its household registration system hukou,marking the largest in all county-level cities in China. Puning's downtown residents amount to 581,900,behind Yiwu,while the entire city's resident population of 1.9986 million is second to cities Kunshan and Jinjiang. It is concurrently the ancestral hometown of 1.95 million overseas Chinese people and 1.4 million 'returned overseas Chinese people' and family members of overseas Chinese people.
King Law Ka Shuk is a Hong Kong historical building situated in Tai Po Tau Tsuen,north of Tai Po in the New Territories. In the past,it was used as an ancestral hall to hold meetings and traditional functions in the village and it is now in full use as a local meeting place. The building was named after Tang King Law,who was one of the ancestors of Tang's Family. It occupies a total area of 349.69 square metres (3,764.0 sq ft). It was declared as a monument,under the full legal protection of the Hong Kong SAR Government,on 21 July 1998.
Architecture of Jiangxi refers to the traditional masonry houses,residential compounds,monuments,and academies built in Jiangxi of East China.
The Temple of Madam Xian is a temple commemorating Lady Xian,located at Wenming Street,near the Eastern Gate of Gaozhou,Guangdong province,China. Madam Xian is revered as a symbol of unity and safety.
Lychee Bay or Litchi Bay,a set of creeks and lakes that flow southwest to Pearl River,is a tourist attraction in Guangzhou (Canton),Guangdong. Liwan District,where Lychee Bay is located,was named after it. There are many historical relics and historical architectures in Lychee Bay,such as Wenta and Xiguan House. Various cultural activities are held on Lychee Bay,such as the Cantonese opera competition.
Lingnan architecture,or Cantonese architecture,refers to the characteristic architectural style(s) of the Lingnan region –the Southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Usually,it is referring to the architecture associated with the Cantonese people,with other peoples in the area having their own styles. This style began with the architecture of the ancient non-Han Nanyue people and absorbed certain architectural elements from the Tang Empire and Song Empire as the region sinicized in the later half of the first millennium AD.
Lingnan garden,also called Cantonese garden,is a style of garden design native to Lingnan –the traditionally Cantonese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi in southern China. It is one of the major styles of Chinese garden,along with the Jiangnan garden and Sichuanese garden.
is a village located in Tangxi,Wucheng District,Jinhua,Zhejiang province,China. It is situated about 30 km to the west of downtown Jinhua and 2.5 km away from the town of Tangxi. The village is bordered by Yue Stream (越溪) in the east,Houdayuan Stream (厚大源) in the south,and Jiufeng Mountain (九峰山) in the west. The village was formerly known as Fenglinzhuang (枫林庄) or "Maple Forest Village" and changed to the current name due to its "wind and water favourable" location,according to the principles of fengshui characteristics.
Yue embroidery,or Guangdong embroidery,is a style of embroidery folk art of the Chaoshan and Pearl River Delta region. It encompasses Guangzhou embroidery (广绣) and Chaozhou embroidery (潮绣). It is one of the well-known "four great embroideries of China",the other three being Sichuan embroidery,Suzhou embroidery and Xiang embroidery.
Huizhou architecture is one of the traditional Chinese architecture styles,which prevailed mostly in the historical Huizhou prefecture of Anhui,China as a critical element of Huizhou culture. The architecture uses bricks,woods and stone as raw materials,timber frames as significant structures. The bearing structure is a wooden beam,and parapet walls are made of bricks,rocks,and soils. The central room is decorated with painted beams,sculpted roof,and carved eaves with skylights. The technical features and style of Hui-style architecture majorly occur in residential houses,ancestral temples,joss houses,archways,memorial gates,and gardens. The architecture reflects mountainous features of the area and a geomantic omen of traditional Chinese religions.
Cantonese nationalism is a political movement which supports the independence of Guangdong or Cantonese-majority areas from China. These movements wanted to establish an independent or autonomous political entity. In modern China,this idea has been put forward by others including Kang Youwei's followers and Ou Jujia. Kang Youwei's followers later opposed the claim. In his book "New Guangdong",Ou put forward the idea of establishing "Guangdong of Guangdong". In 1911,there was a revolution. At the end of October 1911,members of the Guangdong Alliance Chen Jiongming,Deng Jun and Peng Ruihai organized civil army uprisings throughout Guangdong. On November 9,Chen Jiongming led his troops to restore Huizhou. On the same day,Guangdong announced independence and established the Guangdong Military Government of the Republic of China. On January 1,1912,the Republic of China was established,and Guangdong Province became a province in the Republic of China. In the early years of the Republic of China Guangdong Province drafted the "Guangdong Provincial Draft". This is inspired by the idea of autonomous provinces. The draft passed by the Guangdong Provincial Assembly on December 19,1921. However,this proposal for the future planning of Guangdong Province did not receive sufficient support,and it was aborted as the Soviet forces intervened in the Far East and the KMT and the Communist Party went northward.
Lin Family Ancestral Shrine is an ancestral shrine located in East District,Taichung City,Taiwan. Built in 1930,the shrine is protected as a city monument.
