Guangzhou New Impressions Map Album

Author: Guangdong Provincial Cartographic Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province, serving as its political, economic, and cultural center. Legend has it that five immortals colorful sheep descended here, giving rice to the people and blessing the land to be free from famine forever. Therefore, Guangzhou is also known as Yangcheng (Sheep City) and Suicheng (Rice City). Located in the tropical south, Guangzhou has a typical marine monsoon climate of the subtropical south. The city enjoys warm weather, abundant rainfall, and a seamless transition between spring and autumn, with long summers and no winter, making it a vibrant city of flowers year-round.
With a history of over 2,200 years, Guangzhou was first established as Panyu City by Ren Xiao in 214 BC and gradually developed into a bustling metropolis with over a million people on the Tropic of Cancer. Its unique southern Chinese natural scenery, rich historical and cultural heritage, numerous scenic spots and historical sites, distinctive culinary delights, and strategic location near Hong Kong and Macau, as well as its openness to the outside world, have made Guangzhou one of China's earliest designated 24 historical and cultural cities, as well as a key tourist destination nationwide.
Guangzhou is an ancient city, a friendly city, a beautiful city, and also a vibrant, dynamic modern metropolis. The humanistic tourism resources in dining, shopping, sightseeing, and entertainment reflect Guangzhou's local and ethnic characteristics. When you open this atlas, all of these will be revealed before your eyes, and you will see a brand-new Guangzhou.