GuangZhou Travel China, GuangZhou Tour Guide

China GuangZhou City:
GuangZhou

Resident People:
Population: 6.66 million
Urban Population: 3.95 million

General Information:
Guangzhou is located at about 23N and 113E, just on the Tropic of Cancer. So it is quite warm with nice weather conditions as follows:

1) its annual average temperature: 21C -- 7C;
2) its annual average rainfall: 1 982mm;
3) its annual relative humidity: 77%;
4) its time zone: GMT.+ 8 hours, the same as in Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing;
5) seasonal average temperature & relative humidity in Guangzhou:

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Spring Summer Fall Winter
Temperature 20¡ãC 28¡ãC 22 ¡ãC 17¡ãC


With lots of cool showers in long hot summers, transient wet spring spells from the sea, nice and cool autumn breezes from the northern mountains, and plentiful warm winter sunshine, it is suitable for crops, plants, flowers, as well as tourism in all the four seasons. With such a typical subtropical monsoon climate and a rich rainfall, Guangzhou is a city of fresh flowers all the year around. Guangzhou has long enjoyed the reputation of "the City of Flowers" and the kapok has been selected the city flower of Guangzhou Municipality and a symbol of the liberal spirit of the Cantonese. It is also the emblem of Southern Airlines, one of the three largest airline companies in China. By the way,

1) Guangzhou Municipal Bird: the Babbler (or, the Chatterer)
2) Guangzhou Municipal Flower: the Kapok
3) Guangzhou Municipal Emblem: Statue of Rams

Geography:
Location: located in the south part of China, at the mouth of the Pearl River

Neighboring Areas: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Hainan provinces; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong and Macao

Area: 7,434 sq km

Nationalities: Han, Li, Yao, Zhuang, Miao, Hui, Manchu and She

Climate:
Climatic Features: subtropical humid monsoon climate, hot and rainy

Average Temperature: 21.7C annually with the highest of 38.7C and lowest of 0C
Rainfall: annual precipitation 1982.7 mm, with rainfall concentrated in spring and autumn

Nature:
Mountains: Western Hills, which belong to the Taihang Range; Mt. Jundushan, in the north, which is part of the Mt. Yanshan

Rivers: Pearl River (West River, North River, East River), Nanhai, Liuhua Lake, Li Lake, Dongshan Lake

Products: paddy rice, potato, wheat, corn, jowar, silk, sugarcane, earthnut and hemp
Tropical or Subtropical Fruits: banana, cirtrus, lichee, and pineapple

Local Highlights: Yue Drama
Famous Guangdong Folk Music: Bubugao and Xiyangyang
Handcraft: Ivory Carving, Sandalwood Fan

History:
with a history of 2,200 years, regarded as the the earilest among the international trade port cities in the world; built as Chuting by the Chu people on the middle reaches of the Yangtse River in the 9th century B.C.; established as Nanhai Prefecture in the Qin dynasty and became Nanyue Kingdom in the Western Han dynasty; the starting point of the Silk Road on the sea which links China with the Arabian and western countries in trading; the China's only foreign trade port at sea before the Qing dynasty

GuangZhou Tourism:
Guangzhou, the capital of the Guangdong province and formally known as Canton, has been a major center for international trade for over 300 years. The citizens of Guangzhou have migrated far and wide throughout the world, keeping up trade links with their native city. Indeed, they are well known throughout Southeast Asia as creative, successful and hard-working entrepreneurs. Guangzhou is at the center of South China's most important trade zone which includes Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. Many of Chinese Americans in Southern California have deep roots in this part of South China.