Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Guangzhou, China

Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street is a famous business and tourism area in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, located in Xiguan, Liwan District, and is the collective name of Shangjiu Road, Xiajiu Road and Tenth Fu Road Pedestrian Street. On September 30, 1995, it officially became a commercial pedestrian street. Its actual coverage includes Shangjiu Road, Xiajiu Road, Tenth Fu Road, Baohua Road, Kangwang Road and other road sections. Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street is the famous "Xiguan Business Corridor", and it is also one of the most prosperous areas in the old city.

Wikipedia: 上下九商业步行街 (ZH)

Guangzhou Cultural Park is a park located in Guangzhou, China, near the banks of the Pearl River, which is a comprehensive cultural and entertainment venue focusing on publicity and exhibition, cultural and sports activities, landscaping and amusement activities. The park covers an area of 8.3 hectares, with a green area of 1.55 hectares, and is equipped with a large open-air square, a central platform, an exhibition center, an exhibition hall, an aquatic product hall, a dolphinarium, an ice rink, a chess hall, a movie field, a bodybuilding garden, an antique garden building scenic spot, a playground and a 23-storey cultural and entertainment square under construction. Every year, three major exhibitions are held: the Spring Festival Flower Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival, and the Yangcheng Chrysanthemum Festival. Guangzhou Cultural Park is adjacent to Nanfang Building, Oi Kwan Hotel, White Swan Hotel, Shamian Island, 13 Hang, Renmin South Road and other commercial areas. Metro Line 6 and Metro Line 8 have a Cultural Park Station at the Cultural Park, which is located on the west side of the Park.

Wikipedia: 广州文化公园 (ZH)

The Sacred Heart Cathedral, properly the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and also known as the Stone Chamber or Stone House by locals, is a Gothic Revival Roman Catholic cathedral in Guangzhou, China. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Guangzhou. The cathedral is located at 56 Yide Road, on the north bank of the Pearl River at the heart of the old district. It is one of the few cathedrals in the world to be entirely built of granite, including all the walls, pillars, and the twin towers.

Wikipedia: Sacred Heart Cathedral (Guangzhou) (EN)

Guangzhou Liberation Memorial is located in the center of Haizhu Plaza, Guangzhou, China. The original author was the sculptor Yin Jichang. His creative version was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The current version was re -created by Pan He and Liang Mingcheng after the Cultural Revolution.

Wikipedia: 广州解放纪念像 (ZH)

Baiting Xu Dafu's family temple is located in Xudi, Gaodi Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Xu Baiting was originally one of the four major salt merchants in Guangzhou, and later his eldest son Xu Xiangguang led his clan to build an ancestral hall on Gaodi Street, which is now the family temple of Xu Dafu. Xu Dijia Temple was originally a three-entry building, now only two entrances remain, the third entrance has been demolished, and built as a building. It is now used as an activity center for retired teachers in Yuexiu District. In July 2002, it was listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.

Wikipedia: 拜庭许大夫家庙 (ZH)

The site of the wooden sluice gate of the Nanyue Kingdom is located on the basement floor of Guangming Square between Xihu Road and Huifu East Road in Guangzhou, China. It is the earliest, largest and most well-preserved wooden sluice site found in the world.

Wikipedia: 南越国木构水闸遗址 (ZH)

The Dafo Temple is a Buddhist temple in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Located in Yuexiu District, Dafo Temple is a grand temple with a history of more than one thousand years and was built by Emperor Liu Yan in the Southern Han dynasty (917–971). It has been praised as one of the "Five Largest Temples of Guangzhou" in history. Later it was destroyed and rebuilt many times. In the late Ming dynasty, the temple was declining day by day and was devastated by the war while Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao conquered Guangdong in 1649. During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in 1663, the temple was rebuilt and expanded by Shang Kexi continuously. According to the national policy of free religious belief, the temple was approved by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government to be restored as a Buddhist temple in 1981. Then Master Guangming, vice-president of the Guangzhou Buddhist Association, served as abbot; he tried to revitalize Dafo Temple and restore the style of the large temple. On August 9, 1993, Dafo Temple was put on the list as a Municipality Protected Historic Site by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government.

Wikipedia: Dafo Temple (Guangzhou) (EN), Website

Beijing Road is a street integrating culture, entertainment and commerce in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, and is the most prosperous commercial center in the history of Guangzhou, with an average daily flow of about 350,000 people. Beijing Road stretches from Guangwei Road in the north to Yanjiang Middle Road in the south, with a total length of more than 1,500 meters.

Wikipedia: 北京路商业步行街 (ZH)

The former site of the Guangzhou Fire Bureau, now No. 49 Wenming Road, the former Central Fire Department of Guangzhou City, the former Central Fire Department of Guangzhou City, was designed in 1924 by Charles Berger, the father of modern architecture in Guangzhou, due to insufficient funds, the project dragged on for 4 years, and was not completed until 1927, costing more than 80,000 yuan.

Wikipedia: 广州市消防局旧址 (ZH)

Dongping Dazhu is a Qing Dynasty building in Yuexiu, Guangzhou, the second largest pawnshop in Guangzhou, No. 1, Zhongshan 4th Road, which was later idle and converted into a pawn museum in 2010.

Wikipedia: 東平大押 (ZH-YUE)