Guangzhou’s Top 10 Iconic Landmarks

Guangzhou is oft-lauded as the "Southern Gate to China", one of the three megacities in China and other two are Beijing and Shanghai. The three metropolitan cities are competing for the tallest building and currently Shanghai is the winner with Shanghai Tower the tallest at 632 meters and Guangzhou Tower the second 600 meters.

"Zhenhai" literally means "control or suppress the sea". Here "sea" refers to Pearl River( or Zhujiang River and Zhu River ). Zhenhai Tower is also known as "Wanghai Tower" and here "Wanghai" mens "Overlooking the sea", viewing Zhujiang River. Historically Zhenhai Tower was reconstructed for 5 times. The present building was rebuilt in 1928, a reinforced concrete structure transformed from its former wooden building.

In 1950s, the building was turned into a city museum known as " Guangzhou Museum", displaying the materials and relics regarding to Guangzhou's development in the past 2000 years. It was listed as the National Protection Key Unit in March, 2013.

The Cathedral is a magnificent construction with walls and columns made of granite. It is well known both in the main land China,and oversea for its gothic architectural style and characteristic features of high towers, clusters of huge columns, pointed arches and stained glass windows.

It was founded 1863 and completed in 1888, date of the Feast of Sacred Heart which become the name of the Cathedral. It covers an area of some 2754 square meters, 35m west to east,78.69m high.

There are many beautiful views and historical relics in the park. The Five-Ram Sculpture is one of the most famous structures in Yuexiu Park. If you want to travel around Guangzhou, Yuexiu Park is a good place for you to know about the city.

The Five Ram Statue is one of the emblems and landmarks in Guangzhou. Legend has it that five celestial immortals riding on rams arrived in town with rice stems which they presented to locals to get rid of poverty and famine as a gift from heaven. The sculpture was completed in 1959, and made of over 130 blocks of granite, 11 meters tall.

Entrance Fee: free Opening Hours: 06:00-21:00 How to get there: You can get to the park by taking Bus No. 2, 5, 6, 10, 58, or 101, or taking Subway Line 2 to Yuexiu Gongyuan Station

The exterior of the hall contains some gardens, and decorative historical walls. It has many wide open spaces where the people of Guangzhou often go to spend some time relaxing.

Entrance Fee: CNY 10 Opening Hours:08:00-18:00 How to get there: take Subway Line 2 to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall; or take Buses No.2, 27, 42, 56, 62, 74, 80, 83, 133, 185, 204, 209, 224, 229, 261, 276, 284, 293, 297, 305, 518 or 543, Guangzhou

Now it is home to the Guangdong Folk Art. The Chen clan ancestral hall is famous for the ornate decoration which is presented inside and outside the halls. A large collection of wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, pottery, plaster and iron engraving are seen on the walls,beams, columns, ridges and soon, a trove of Chinese folk arts.

Entrance Fee: CNY 10 Opening Hours: 08:30-17:30 How to get there: take subway Line 1 to Chenjiaci Station

The Canton Tower is designed by the Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit of Information Based Architecture, together with Arup, the international design, engineering and business consulting firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The Canton tower is in a twisted shape or hyperboloid structure.

The Canton Tower is situated on the confluence of the city's new axis and Zhujiang Sightseeing Axis, about 125 meters south of the Pearl River (Zhujiang River or Zhu River).

This highest building was designed by Wilkinson Eyre. Its construction started in 20015 and was completed in 2010. It is a multi-function building used for conference, hotel and office buildings. It is situated in the financial business center along the city's new axis.

Its structural height includes two antenna-like spires on the top and completed in 1996. It is located along the city'snew axis, surrounded by other tall buildings, a symbol of Guangzhou's booming wealth and development.

The Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center has an area of 414000 square meters with the construction area of 395000 square meters. It has 13 exhibition halls with a total exhibition area of 130000 square meters.

It is a ultramodern building completed in 2002 with perfect combination of efficiency, intelligence, humanization and ecology. The main design principle of Exhibition Center is to promote the image of "flowing" of Pearl River. The wave like rooftop just likes the river flowing by. It meets the surrounding environment perfectly. This design principle is unique in all of the exhibition centres around the world.

It was designed by Zaha Hadid with the "Double Pebble". Its freestanding concrete auditorium set within an exposed granite and glass-clad steel frame took over five years to build.

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