My dearest friends, here is the offical description of the beautiful city which named Guangzhou where I have been living for more than 23 years. I wish one day you can come here and enjoy a good time with meJ

 

Guangzhou

   Guanghzou, the “City of  Lambs”, is capital of Guangdong Province, a wellkonwn historical and cultural city and south China’s leading industrial and commercial city and trade port. Vegetation is evergreen, and the flowers bloom all the year round thanks to a moist subtropical climate. There are more than 150 famed scences and sights in Guangzhou, and a good variety of modern facilities for recreation and entertainment. China Guangdong Export Commodities Fair takes place twice a year in Guangzhou. Major attractions: Chen’s Ancestral Temple, Baiyun Mountain,Zhenhai Tower, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Tomb of King of Nanyue Kingdom, and Yuexiu Park. Chen’s Ancestral Temple ,also known as Academy of the Chen Clan, was bulit with money pooled by all those surnamed Chen residing in the 72 couties of Guangdong. A typical example of classical Lingnan architecture, the temple is marked for its elaborate and ingenious ornamentations. Today the temple is the site of Guangdong Museum of Folk Arts and Crafts. Liurong(Six Banyan Tree) Monastery, a legacy of Buddhism, is the site of an ancient bronze Buddhist statue and Flower Pagoda, the tallest ancient structure in Guanghzou. Baiyun Mountain is the most popular scenic resort in the suburbs of Guanghzou. The Moxingling, the major peak, is forever enshrouded in clouds. In the mountain there are such attractions as South China Tropical Botanical Garden, Mingzhu Pavilion, Nengren Temple and Nine-dragon Spring. Yuexiu Park is located at the elegant-looking Yuexiu Mountain. Zhenhai Pavilion atop Yuexiu Mountain is a 600-year structure with five floors, with a rustic old fort right beside it. Mount the pavilion and one can feast his eyes on the landscape of the City of Flowers. The octagonal memorial hall for Sun Yat-sen was built with money donated by overseas Chinese and Guangzhou residents. The Tomb of the King of Nanyue, dating back to 2,600 years ago, is by far the largest stone sepulchre found in the Lingnan area. A museum has been built at the site with more than 1,000 burial objects on display. Nanhu, a 15-square –km affair that includes Dongfang Amusement Park, Nanhu Amusement Park, and Dajinzhong Reservoir, id one of 12 national tourist and holiday resorts in China. The resort is divided into three sections for leisure, holidaymaking and recreation respectively, and among the 30 or so facilities are luxury villas, China Taijie City, Oriental Amusement Centre, and a golf course.

     The South China Botanical Garden at Longdong in the northeast suburb of Guangzhou is the county’s leading subtropical botanical garden with some 5,000 varieties of plants from at home and abroad. More than 10,000 fish in 200 varieties and other rare ocean creatures are on display in Guangzhou Marine Aquarium. Visitors have the opportunity to learn something about the world under the sea and attend animal shows.Yuyin Mountain Villa in Panyu, a suburban town of Guangzhou, is one of four major Qing gardens in Guangdong and a splendid gem in ancient Chinese garden history.

    这是国家旅游管理局局长为这本书所写的前言，一段话把中国很多东东都概括拉，真厉害，以后接待外宾的时候全都可以派上用场拉，哈哈哈哈～～～

How time flies! Humankind has just stridden into a new millennium. As the entire globe celebrates the advent of a new age, the hospitable Chinese people have extended a most sincere invitation to you, friends from all over the world, to pay a visit to China.

Ours is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. A long history has bestowned on our nation a splendid cultural heritage and rich and varied folkways, and our vast territory has been strewn with countless fabulous scenic attractions. The People’s Republic of China has undergone remarkable development in the last half century, and growth in the last two decades of reform and opening up to the ourside world has been even more impressive. A burgeoning economy in both urban and rural areas has added wings to a Chinese tourist industry that is on the verge of a takeoff. A good economic environment and a comprehensive array of facilities, have guaranteed sustainable development in tourism. Never has China been able to offer its visitors such a dazzling number of tourist programs as today. Its tourist facilities are improving , and its service is getting better steadily. Just as the World Tourism Organization has predicted, by the year 2020 China will have received 137 million visitors and emerged as the world’s most popular tourist destination.

That is why we are delighted to publish China Tourism Manual, a book that acquaints you with tourism in China by offering a wealth of information about sightseeing, transportation, food, shopping. recreation, and many more. It is my hope this book will at least give you some idea about what the beauty of China is all about and how hospitable the Chinese people are.

It is also my hope that you will go to the exta mile to China for what will become the most exciting experience in your life. May you join us in greeting the dawning of a very promising future for China and for the rest of the world as well.

 

                     He Guangwei

Chairman

China National Tourism Administration

 

 

接着是广东的介绍：

Guangdong Province in south China sprawls on the shore of the South China Sea and is in close proximity to the HongKong and Macao special administrative regions. With an ideal location, Guangdong was one of the earliest regions to benefit from the policy of reform and opening up to the outside world. Situated in the subtropical zone with a mild climate characterized by bright sunshine and soothing average annual temperature of 22 degree Celsius, Guangdong is a tourist attraction all year round. The horizon of the province is teeming with tourist attractions, including so many places of historical association, and the skyline of an idyllic landscape is graced with modern buildings.Guangzhou, Chaozhou, Zhaoqing, Foshan, Meizhou and Leizhou are famous historical and cultural cities of national caliber. The Guangdong schools of embroidery, opera and culinary art never fail to hold the visitor enthralled. A new “triangular” tour program has been introduced recently to bring visitors to Guangdong and Hong Kong and Macao .