To learn about the history of Guangzhou, come to Yuexiu Park
Recorder: Ren Guorong
Date: January 23rd, Tuesday
Weather: 3~8 degrees, overcast with sporadic light rain, light breeze, the coldest day in Guangzhou since entering the twelfth lunar month this year
Dress: Winter clothes, wool sweater + woolen coat or thin down jacket
Cost: Free for the park, 10 yuan for Zhenhai Tower Guangzhou Museum.
Having avoided the severe cold weather in the north, I came to Guangzhou, only to encounter the coldest weather since the beginning of winter here. A friend said that they were still wearing single-layer clothes a few days ago, but today they have to wear down jackets. Fortunately, the clothes we wore from the north did not need to be changed, and they were just right for this weather!
This morning, I arrived at Yuexiu Park, where the entrance is decorated for the Spring Festival Lantern Festival, creating a festive atmosphere!
Yuexiu Park is the largest comprehensive park in Guangzhou.
Entering the park gate, you are greeted by a huge flower basket symbolizing 'attracting wealth and good fortune', indicating a new year of rolling wealth and happiness!
The paths in the park are newly decorated with various shapes of flowers, making one exclaim, 'This is indeed the City of Flowers!'
The highest point in the park, Zhenhai Tower, has stood on Panlong Hill in Guangzhou since the early Ming Dynasty, enduring over six hundred years of vicissitudes, and is a landmark of Guangzhou.
If there is a city that condenses its thousands of years of history into existing ancient buildings, which building can evoke the local people's memories of Guangzhou's history? Zhenhai Tower is undoubtedly the one!
Zhenhai Tower is known as the number one scenic spot in Lingnan. The tower is five stories high and is shaped like a 'tower in the form of a building, and a building in the shape of a tower'. It was built in the thirteenth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty (1380) by Zhu Liangzu, Marquis of Yongjia, originally named 'Wanghai Tower', and later renamed 'Zhenhai Tower', symbolizing the power to guard the sea.
Zhenhai Tower is the most intact, most imposing, and most ethnically characteristic ancient building in Guangzhou, standing 28 meters high and 31 meters wide, with five stories. The first and second floors are built of red sandstone strips, and the third floor and above are brick walls, with a unique and simple exterior. In front of the tower stand a pair of two-meter-high red sandstone lions, carved in the Ming Dynasty. From the top of the tower, one can see the Pearl River and Baiyun Mountain. In 1956, it was converted into the Guangzhou Museum.
To understand Guangzhou, one should start from Zhenhai Tower.
Stepping into Zhenhai Tower, the history of Guangzhou unfolds layer by layer before your eyes: as early as the Neolithic Age, ancestors thrived here; during the Qin and Han dynasties, the Nanyue Kingdom was established here, marking the first major development of Lingnan; in the Tang and Song dynasties, Guangzhou became a major port in the East, attracting foreign ships and merchants; with the arrival of the 'Age of Exploration', Ming and Qing Guangzhou became an important commercial port, and Canton was once seen as a symbol of 'China' in the eyes of Westerners; in modern times, Guangzhou, being at the forefront of adopting Western culture, became the earliest window to the West in the south of China; the brave and fearless people of Guangzhou turned this ancient city into a heroic city. Over thousands of years, Guangzhou has added a colorful and profound chapter to the historical scroll of Chinese civilization.
At this moment, standing atop the ancient landmark, listening to the history of Guangzhou, one feels warmth and respect for this city!
The Ancient City Wall of the Ming Dynasty
It is the only remaining section of the Ming Dynasty city wall in Guangzhou and is also the oldest existing city wall. It was built by Zhu Liangzu when he was stationed in Guangzhou in the early Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 600 years. This section of the wall is a historical heritage of Guangzhou's city walls and, together with Zhenhai Tower and the bell tower behind the Wuxian Temple, is considered one of the three major ground relics of early Ming Guangzhou.
The cannons in front of Zhenhai Tower Square have now become a scene for script murder games.
The Five Rams Sculpture
The Five Rams Sculpture stands on Muke Hill in the park and is a key cultural relic protected by Guangzhou. It was built in 1959 by three sculptors Yin Jichang, Chen Benzong, and Kong Qiuchuan. The main ram holds its head high, with a grain in its mouth and a smile in its eyes, while the other four rams surround it, either playing or grazing. The rams vary in size and posture, with beautiful shapes, and have become the symbol of Guangzhou city, which is also known as the City of Rams.
Due to time constraints, I only visited the above, but I already have a general understanding of the history of Guangzhou!
The lanterns will become more and more expensive, and why there is no discount after the fifteenth of the first month? Inexplicably, there are only a few light groups in the park that have more to see. The light groups of other points are like indiscriminately charged. It is especially strange that what dinosaur light groups are also considered a viewing attraction.
During the holiday, come to Yuexiu Park and experience the light show. You can connect to Yuexiu Mountain and the playground for a long time. You can enter the light show range later. Longnian lighting is the most impressive. You can also take a yacht and enjoy it at close range on the lake.
In the garden, there is a stone archway built in the Qing Dynasty, with the four words "the ancient Chu Pavilion" engraved on it, and many historical books regard "Chu Ting" (or "Chu Pavilion") as the prototype of Guangzhou. There are also Zhenhai Building, Ancient City Wall, Sifang Fort, Zhongshan Monument, Sun Yat-sen Reading and Governance Office, Wu Tingfang Tomb, Mingshao Wu Junchen Temple, Seaman Pavilion, Wuyang Stone Statue, Wuyang Legend Sculpture Statue, Spherical Water Tower and other attractions.
The light show in Yuexiu Park is really superb, the movement is suitable, and there are dinosaur shapes that children like. The light group at the gate is shocking, the fairy in the lake is wonderful, and the shape of the dragon is even more beautiful with LED dynamics.
DAY4 After dinner, I bought tickets for the light show in the review. 32. Trip.com can't be used on the same day. It usually seems that you can enter by appointment. There are many people at the main entrance, there are fences, and there are large queues to get in. It is quite difficult to take pictures. The lights are very good-looking, there is a WeChat positioning map, but we are afraid of tired, did not go up the mountain, came back around the lake, did not see the Wuyang sculpture, no cruise ship. There is a small night market inside, you can buy something to eat. Because Shenyang also has a light meeting, I feel that it is not particularly prominent here. Opposite is the South Vietnamese King Museum, did not go, it is said to be very good
The light show is worth seeing. Both elderly people are over 65 years old, free tickets, and half-price tickets for children. This is very warm and user-friendly. The lamp will be beautiful and spectacular, many years have not seen so many lights, such a wonderful lamp, poetry lamp is very creative, especially the dragon lamp, the momentum is spectacular, the dragon year is lucky! ! !