Guangzhou is a famous culture city and a splendid tourism city with a history of more than 2,200 years and a homeland of overseas Chinese as well. It enjoys the name of "Flower City" as the superb geographic and climatic conditions in the South contribute to the natural beauty here.
As a city of heroes, Guangzhou has a reputation of great eminance in the modern history of China. The historical sites of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Huanghuagang 72 Martyr Cemetery, Guangzhou Luxun Memorial Hall, Peasant Movement Institute, Sanyuanli Anti-British Invasion, and the Former Site of Huangpu Military Academy are the witnesses of the modern history of China, and, together with Baiyun Mountain, Yuexiu Park, Liuhuahu Park, Lu Lake and South-China, constitute colorful landscape groups.
Meanwhile, Guangzhou was the starting point of the "Maritime Silk Road" and is an important port city for the opening and reform of China, making great contribution to the economic and cultural exchange and friendly contacts between China and the rest of the world and demonstrating everlasting prosperity.
The tourism industry of Guangzhou has been developing vigorously in recent years. The city gathers the essence of domestic and foreign cultures. In particular, such elements as Lingnan paintings, architectures, gardens, Cantonese music, opera, food and language collectively demonstrate the style of Lingnan culture. (Lingnan means "South China").
