Category: travel china
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The Most Beautiful Garden in Guangzhou: Bao Mo Garden
The Bao Mo Garden is a gorgeous garden in the Panyu district of Guangzhou. It was built at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911 AD) and designed to follow the traditional Chinese humanistic belief of the “harmonious union of God and man.” Here you’ll find charming bridges, mazes of paths, gorgeous rose…
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10 Things To Do In Guangzhou
Guangzhou is a giant city well-known for its business and trade opportunities, like the Canton Fair. It’s also thought to be a foodie’s dream city, because you can find literally any kind of cuisine: Cantonese, Vietnamese, Italian, Mexican, Korean – it’s all here. It’s not the first place you think of visiting, however, when you’re…
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Explore Guangzhou: Tin Hau Temple
An hour outside of Guangzhou you’ll find the Nansha Tin Hau Temple, a beautiful place to marvel at old architecture and explore Chinese history up close. How To Get Here: Take Line 4 to Jinzhou, then take bus 4 all the way to the temple (about 30 minutes). Line 4 just opened an extension so…
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Explore Guangzhou: Baiyun Mountain 白云山
I’ve lived in Guangzhou a little over three months now and there’s so much I want to see and do here – that’s why I chose to move to Guangzhou, after all! It’s a giant city that has a lot to offer,and I’m finally crossing some of those things off. So let’s explore Guangzhou. In…
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3 Day Trip to Yangshuo
I visited Yangshuo in the Guangxi Province for the first time a year and a half ago during the Dragon Boat Festival and I’ve been waiting for the chance to go back again! When my friends came to visit China from the US during the National Holiday this year I knew this would be the…
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5 Reasons You Should Visit Guangzhou
“WE’RE IN GUANGZHOU THE CITY OF DREAMS!!” It’s my catchphrase for Guangzhou and it’s a tad dramatic, but I love this city. I first visited Guangzhou last year when I went to see my friend Sharon, a Chinese student who studied at Harding in the US at the same time as me. Guangzhou is the…