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Guangdong Provincial Assembly site Guangdong ziyiju jiuzhi 广东咨议局旧址: Guangzhou: 6-1019 Dalingshan Base in the War of Resistance against the Japanese Dalingshan kang-Ri genjudi jiuzhi 大岭山抗日根据地旧址: Dongguan: 6-1020
Pages in category "History of Guangdong" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Throughout history, there have been multiple migrations of Han people from the Central Plains into the region that is now southeastern and southern China. [27] The first Chinese presence in Guangdong can be traced to the conquest by the Qin general Zhao Tuo and his subsequent establishment of the Nanyue kingdom, a hybrid Han-Yue polity as an ...
Guangdong [a] 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 province and its 15th-largest by area, as well as the third-most populous country subdivision in the world.
In 2003, the Guangdong government made a master plan for Zhujiang New Town to make it a new center of Guangzhou. According to this plan, Zhujiang New Town Plaza would be the cultural center of the city with a series of pavilions and public facilities, such as the Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou Opera House, Guangdong Library and an activity center for teenagers.
Jiaozhou (Chinese: 交州; Wade–Giles: Chiao 1-Cho 1; Vietnamese: Giao Châu) was an imperial Chinese province under the Han and Jin dynasties.Under the Han, the area included Liangguang and northern Vietnam but Guangdong was later separated to form the province of Guangzhou by Sun Quan following the death of Shi Xie and lasted until the creation of the Annan Protectorate in 679.
Shamian Island was an important port for Guangzhou's foreign trade from the Song to the Qing dynasty. [1] From the 18th to the mid 19th century, the foreigners lived and did business in a row of houses known as the Thirteen Factories, on the banks of the Pearl River to the east the present Shamian, [3] which was then an anchorage for thousands of boat people.
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) 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.