Guangzhou
Within China, the culture of the Cantonese people is a subset of the larger "Southern" or "Lingnan" cultural areas. Notable aspects of Guangzhou's cultural heritage include:
- Cantonese language, the local and prestige variant of Yue Chinese
- Cantonese cuisine, one of China's eight major culinary traditions[154][n 9]
- Cantonese opera, usually divided into martial and literary performances
- Xiguan, the area west of the former walled city
The old town of Guangzhou was near Baiyun Mountain on the east bank of the Pearl River (Zhujiang) about 80 miles (129 km) from its junction with the South China Sea and about 300 miles (483 km) below its head of navigation. It commanded the rich alluvial plain of the Pearl River Delta, with its connection to the sea protected at the Humen Strait. The present city spans 7,434.4 square kilometres (2,870.4 sq mi) on both sides of the river from 112° 57′ to 114° 03′ E longitude and 22° 26′ to 23° 56′ N latitude in south-central Guangdong. The Pearl is the 4th-largest river of China. Baiyun Mountain is now locally referred to as the city's "lung" (市肺).
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I went to Mainland China from Hong Kong and all I got was a photo of myself on a panda plate
I always imagined I first trip would be touching down in Beijing and checking out The Great Wall. Instead I found myself extremely bored in Hong Kong (a week there is far too long) and taking a day tour (I hate tours) to China to Guangzhou.It wasn't as glamorous as my travels with Linzy in
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