Guangzhou is the "south gate" of China, the national central city, and the earliest trade port opened to

the outside world. With a history of more than 2,200 years, Guangzhou is one of the first historical and

cultural cities announced by The State Council, the birthplace of China's ancient Maritime Silk Road, the

center of Lingnan culture, the source of modern revolutionary history, and the frontier of contemporary

reform and opening up. Guangzhou is known as the "city of sheep", also known as the "city of flowers".

Guangzhou is one of the most economically developed regions in China, with rich tourism resources

and profound tourist base. In 2015, Guangzhou received 173 million tourists, a year-on-year increase

of 6.90%, and the total tourism revenue was 287.218 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.89%.

It received 3.0798 million foreign tourists, earning 5.696 billion US dollars in foreign exchange, up

4.03% year on year;

In recent years, Guangzhou has launched a comprehensive urban construction plan with the theme of

"mountain, water, city, flower and lake" and ecological priority, creating a series of tourist attractions

and routes, such as Baiyun Mountain, known as "the first show in the Yangcheng City", "the first Spring

in Lingnan" - Hua Hot Spring Tourism Resort, the Flower City Square, which enjoys the moonlight

treasure box, and the Guangdong Provincial Museum. There are also Guangzhou Tower, a panoramic

view of the Pearl River, a collection of tourism, TV launch, urban exhibition, and many other functions in

one, the Asian Games opening ceremony venue, ecological leisure island - Haixinsha Island, Yuntai

Garden enjoys the reputation of "Flower city Pearl", Nansha Wetland Park enjoys one of the "New

eight sights of Yangcheng", There are also major tourist attractions (points) such as Guangzhou

Chimelong Tourism Resort, a world-class large-scale comprehensive tourism resort integrating

theme parks, luxury hotels, business exhibitions, high-end dining, entertainment and leisure.

Guangzhou is not only a thousand years of commercial capital, is a shopping paradise, but also the

reputation of China's "food capital", "food in Guangzhou" has long been well-known. As the host of

the world-renowned "China's first exhibition" - China Import and Export Fair (referred to as "Canton

Fair"), Guangzhou also has rich tourism resources and perfect tourism supporting facilities. At present,

Guangzhou has five professional exhibition venues (China Foreign Trade Center (Pazhou Pavilion),

Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center, Poly World Trade Center Nanfeng International

Exhibition Center, Guangzhou International Procurement Center, Guangzhou Zhongzhou International

Business Exhibition Center). 204 star-rated hotels, including 23 five-star hotels and 477 travel agencies;

There are 49 A-level tourist attractions, including 2 5A scenic spots and 23 4A scenic spots.

Founded in 214 BC, Guangzhou is a famous cultural city with a long history. When Guangzhou was

first built, its name was Ren Xiaocheng. As early as the Zhou Dynasty in the ninth century BC (that is,

the eight years of King Yi of Zhou), the "Baiyue" here had contacts with the Chu people in the middle

reaches of the Yangtze River, and built "Chu Ting", which is the earliest name of Guangzhou.

After the unification of Lingnan in 33 years of Qin Shihuang (214 BC), Nanhai County was established,

and the county was governed by "Panyu", that is, today's Guangzhou.

In 226 AD, Sun Quan divided Jiaozhou into Jiaozhou and Guangzhou in order to facilitate his rule,

hence the name "Guangzhou". It was not until 1921 that the City Hall was established, specifically

the city of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou was a prosperous city in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the starting port of the "Silk Road"

on the sea since the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Italian traveler

Edoric said that Guangzhou was three times larger than Venice, the world famous commercial city

at that time.

When the Qing Dynasty closed the country, Guangzhou was the only port open to the outside world

in China, monopolizing the country's foreign trade, and also China's earliest foreign trade port,

Guangzhou thirteen lines managed Guangzhou port.

Guangzhou is the source of China's modern and modern revolution. The famous Sanyuanli people's

anti-British struggle, the Huanghuagang Uprising and the Guangzhou Uprising all took place in

Guangzhou. Sun Yat-sen founded the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou.  Zhang Tailei,

Ye Ting, Ye Jianying, etc. led the Guangzhou uprising here, and established the Guangzhou Soviet

regime "Guangzhou Commune". Guangzhou was liberated on 14 October 1949. In 1982, The State

Council declared the ancient city of Guangzhou as a national historical and cultural city.

Guangzhou is also known as "Five sheep City" and "Ear City". There is a beautiful story about the

nickname of Guangzhou. It is said that during the Zhou Dynasty, Guangzhou suffered famine for

years and the people had no livelihood. One day over the South China Sea floating five colorful clouds,

there are five immortals riding fairy sheep, fairy sheep mouth holding five-color rice ears. The immortal

gave the people the ear of rice and blessed the land with no famine. After the fairy left, the five fairy

sheep remained because of their attachment to the human world, to bless the local wind and rain.

In order to thank the five immortals, the people built a "Five immortals view" in the place where they

stayed, with the statue of the five immortals, accompanied by the stone statue of the five sheep. Yuexiu

Park has "Five Sheep sculpture", this legend has been used in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games

mascot.

Guangzhou is located in the south of China, the central south of Guangdong Province, and the central

north edge of the Pearl River Delta. It is the confluence of Xijiang River, Beijiang River and Dongjiang

River, bordering the South China Sea, bordered by Boluo and Longmen counties in the east, Sanshui,

Nanhai and Shunde in the west, Qingyuan City, Fogang County and Xinfeng County in the north,

Dongguan City and Zhongshan City in the south, facing Hong Kong and Macao across the sea.

It is one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road. China's "South Gate" is the core city of

Guangzhou-Buddha metropolitan area, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao metropolitan area and Pearl

River Delta metropolitan area.

Guangzhou is located in east longitude 112 degrees 57 'to 114 degrees 3' and north latitude 22

degrees 26 'to 23 degrees 56'. The city center is located at 23 degrees 06 minutes 32 seconds

north latitude and 113 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds east longitude.

Guangzhou is a hilly area with high terrain in the northeast and low terrain in the southwest, with

mountains and sea facing the back. In the north, there are hills and mountains with dense forests.

The highest peak is the Paradise Top at the junction of Conghua City and Longmen County in the north.

In the northeast, there is Baiyun Mountain, which is called "city lung". The central part is a hilly basin,

and the southern part is a coastal alluvial plain, which is an integral part of the Pearl River Delta.

Guangzhou is located in the subtropical coast, the Tropic of Cancer through the central south,

belongs to the oceanic subtropical monsoon climate, characterized by warm and rainy, abundant

light and heat, long summer, short frost period. The annual average temperature is 20-22 degrees

Celsius, which is one of the smallest annual average temperature differences in China. The hottest

month of the year is July, with an average monthly temperature of 28.7 ° C. The coldest month is

January, with an average monthly temperature of 9-16 ° C. The average relative humidity is 77%,

and the annual rainfall in the urban area is about 1720 mm. Throughout the year, the rainy season

is from April to June, the weather is hot from July to September, the temperature is moderate in

October, November, and March, and the winter is cool from December to February. The same period

of water and heat throughout the year, abundant rainfall, conducive to plant growth, for the four

seasons evergreen, flowers and clusters of "flower city".