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Site Chinese name Location Designation Image Site of the Quell the British Corps at Sanyuanli: Sanyuanli pingyingtuan yizhi 三元里平英团遗址: Guangzhou: 1-1 Tombs of the Seventy-Two Revolutionary Martyrs in Huanghuagang Huanghuagang qishi'er lieshi mu 黄花岗七十二烈士墓: Guangzhou: 1-6 Peasant Movement Training Institute
These towers are located mainly in Kaiping, Guangdong province, China. [1] In 2007, UNESCO designated the Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (开平碉楼与村落) a World Heritage Site, which covers four separate Kaiping village areas: Sanmenli (三门里), Zilicun (自力村), Jinjiangli (锦江里), and Majianglong village cluster ...
Chen Clan Ancestral HallChen Clan Academy. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall or Chen Clan Academy is an academic temple in Guangzhou, China, built by the 72 Chen clans for their juniors' accommodation and preparation for the imperial examinations in 1894 during the Qing dynasty. [1] Later it was changed to be the Chen Clan's Industry College, and ...
Guangdong, [ a ] previously romanized as Kwangtung or Canton, is a coastal province in South China, on the north shore of the South China Sea. [ 7 ] The provincial capital is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.84 million (as of 2021) [ 8 ] across a total area of about 179,800 km 2 (69,400 sq mi), [ 1 ] Guangdong is China's most populous ...
Kaiyuan Temple (simplified Chinese: 开元寺; traditional Chinese: 開元寺; pinyin: Kāiyuán Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Xiangqiao District of Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. After ascending the throne in 713, Emperor Xuanzong issued the decree building "Kaiyuan Temples" which was named after his reign title "Kaiyuan" ( 开元 ) in ...
The Guangdong Provincial Museum was located on 215 Wenming Rd. (23°07′26″N 113°16′37″E), in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, on which was the original site of Sun Yat-sen University. It was a provincial general museum, founded in 1959 and with a land area of 43,000 square meters. It comprised three major parts: the museum, the relic of the ...
Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton[6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] 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 Silk Road.
Huaisheng Mosque. The Huaisheng Mosque[1][2][3] (Chinese: 广州怀圣寺; [2][4] also known as the Lighthouse Mosque[4][5] and the Great Mosque of Canton[n 1]) is the main mosque of Guangzhou. Rebuilt many times over its history, it is traditionally thought to have been originally built over 1,300 years ago, [6] which would make it one of the ...