29/9/12
After breakfast, we set course for our flight to Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is one of the three largest cities of China. Also known as “羊城”，the City of Goat.
Probably because the city is one that is surrounding by the sea which shares a same syllable in Mandarin.
After touchdown we are to head for lunch place immediately, as is a large city, traffic jams are expected, it took us more than an hour to reach our destination. However the sights seen as we drive around the city definitely is one that is interesting enough. China, yet the culture is so much different compare to the Northern China states. Here, the GuangDong dialect, or Cantonese is more spoken as in Hong Kong.
We had a wonderful Zhao ”潮“ style lunch in a restaurant built right next to a park, their meal are prone to be much saltier and also prefers porridge over rice, and their preferred appetizer are soups in contrast of elsewhere in Northern China wherein soup are meant to be served later in a meal.
As in all developed cities which shares advance public transportation systems, the public transport here even utilize electric buses...utilizing the cables above the road, the buses have large wires connected to them as they drive around the city, a sight to be seen.
After that we went to “陈家书院”, Chen Family Library. A building that survived the dynasty era of China meant for taking exams in the past for scholars. Today the building is used for the exhibitions for all sort of art creations by locals, porcelain sculptures, Ivory sculptured, etc.
After the exhibition building, we process to “六榕园”，another building, a temple that has survived and been rebuilt throughout the history of China's politic struggles for many decades.
The resting place for our one night in Guangzhou is our last location.
After breakfast, we set course for our flight to Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is one of the three largest cities of China. Also known as “羊城”，the City of Goat.
Probably because the city is one that is surrounding by the sea which shares a same syllable in Mandarin.
After touchdown we are to head for lunch place immediately, as is a large city, traffic jams are expected, it took us more than an hour to reach our destination. However the sights seen as we drive around the city definitely is one that is interesting enough. China, yet the culture is so much different compare to the Northern China states. Here, the GuangDong dialect, or Cantonese is more spoken as in Hong Kong.
We had a wonderful Zhao ”潮“ style lunch in a restaurant built right next to a park, their meal are prone to be much saltier and also prefers porridge over rice, and their preferred appetizer are soups in contrast of elsewhere in Northern China wherein soup are meant to be served later in a meal.
As in all developed cities which shares advance public transportation systems, the public transport here even utilize electric buses...utilizing the cables above the road, the buses have large wires connected to them as they drive around the city, a sight to be seen.
After that we went to “陈家书院”, Chen Family Library. A building that survived the dynasty era of China meant for taking exams in the past for scholars. Today the building is used for the exhibitions for all sort of art creations by locals, porcelain sculptures, Ivory sculptured, etc.
After the exhibition building, we process to “六榕园”，another building, a temple that has survived and been rebuilt throughout the history of China's politic struggles for many decades.
The resting place for our one night in Guangzhou is our last location.
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| Chen's Library. |
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| Part of Chinese culture, elaborated roof decors. |
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| Most of these sculptures depicts studying situation in the old days. |
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| At the Entrance. |
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| Liu Rong Temple. 6 tiers Pagoda. |
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| The modern Guangzhou Library. |
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| Museum, intricate designs on the exterior. |
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| An overview of the buildings around the park, Stadium that held the Commonwealth sport to the right. |
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| Killing time at the park waiting for our bus, the previous driver is familiar with the road around town. |
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| PiQiu, mythical creature of Chinese folklore, this one looks cute. |
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