The tomb of Nanyue King in the Western Han Dynasty is located on Xianggang Mountain, Jiefang North Road, Guangzhou. It is the tomb of Zhao Qian, the second generation king of Nanyue in the early Western Han Dynasty. Zhao Heng, the grandson of Zhao Tuo, was called Wendi, who reigned from 137 BC to 122 BC. The tomb was discovered in1June, 983. After excavation, the Nanyue King Museum of the Western Han Dynasty was established in situ, which is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

In the excavation of 1983, the unearthed cultural relics include "Gold Seal of Emperor Wendi" and "Jade Seal of Zhao Qian", which proved the identity of the owner of the mausoleum. The excavation of the tomb of the King of Nanyue is considered as one of the five new archaeological discoveries in modern China. The tomb of Nanyue King in the Western Han Dynasty has been opened as a museum.

2. Flower Pagoda

The Flower Pagoda is located in Liu Rong Temple in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The tower was built in the third year of Liang Datong (AD 537) and was later destroyed by fire. Reconstruction in the fourth year of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1097). After that, it was repaired many times.

1980 During the comprehensive renovation, a brick engraved with the year number of the Northern Song Dynasty was found between the tower walls. Brick-wood structure, octagonal plane, nine floors on the outside, seventeen floors on the inside, hidden building, 57.6 meters high, pavilion-style. The tower is a vertical shaft structure, with the first floor diameter of12m and two steps.

The stairs in the tower are made to pass through the tower wall and surround the flat seat. The outer layer of each tower is surrounded by cloisters. The eaves of each floor are covered with green glazed tiles, and the eaves are slightly upturned, shaped like a bird spreading its wings, and the glass shines in the sun. The pillars are green and the walls are pink. The front of the whole tower is as bright as nine carved flowers.

At the top of the tower is a 9. 14m-high copper column cast in the 18th year of Yuan Zhizheng (A.D. 1358), which is densely covered with 1023 small relief Buddha, and a whole series of components weighing 5 tons, such as nine Nine Treasures bowls, nine-story Nine Treasures bowls, Shuanglongbao bowls and eight chains. This tower is magnificent, with a front like a row of flowers, tall and handsome.

The flower tower stands in the center of Guangzhou, which adds a lot of color to Guangzhou and gives you a bird's eye view of the city. The giant bronze Buddha statue and the bronze Guanyin statue in Liu Rong Temple are both ancient cultural relics with artistic value.

3. Guangxiao Temple

Guangxiao Temple is one of the famous ancient buildings in Guangdong, located at the northern end of Xiaoguang Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, near Jinghui Road. According to the records of Guangxiao Temple, it was originally the residence of Zhao Jiande, king of South Vietnam in the second century BC. During the Three Kingdoms period, the jade of Wu fell here and became a garden, known as Yu Garden in the world. After Yu Fan died, his family built a temple.

The name of this temple has been changed several times. Stop the temple at first. Long 'an Five Years in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (40 1) was called Wuyuan Temple. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Gan Ming Hojoki. In Southern Han Dynasty, it was called manjuji. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was called Gratitude Guangxiao Temple. Soon after, it was changed to Guangzi, and it was renamed Guangxiao Temple.

Guangxiao Temple has a rigorous architectural structure and a magnificent hall, especially many cultural relics. For example, the Daxiong Hall built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Shibo Spring excavated by Dharma in the Southern Dynasty, the Pufa Pagoda and Shijing Tower in the Tang Dynasty, the Thousand-Buddha Pagoda in the Southern Han Dynasty, the Sixth Ancestor Hall and the Sleeping Buddha Hall in the Song and Ming Dynasties, as well as inscriptions, Buddha statues, terminalia chebula trees and bodhi trees, are all precious Buddhist cultural relics.

196 1 year, the State Council was declared as a national key cultural relics protection unit. 1March 5, 986, with the approval of the State Council, the temple was managed by the religious department.

4. Zhenhai Tower

Zhenhai tower, also known as Wanghailou, is located in Longgang, Xiaopan, Yuexiu Mountain (Yuexiu Park), Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. It is one of the landmark buildings in Guangzhou and a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong Province. The whole building is 25m high and rectangular, with a width of 3 1m and a depth of 16m.

The lower two layers of walls are red sandstone and the upper three layers are brick walls. The external wall is lowered step by step, with five-story eaves, covered with green glazed tiles, colored glazed fish ridge in Shiwan and blue tiles on vermilion wall, which is magnificent and is known as "the first scene in Lingnan". Zhenhai tower is located in Longgang, a small dish in Yuexiu Mountain.

The building, also known as "Wanghai Building", was changed from "Wangjiang" to "Wanghai" because the river in Zhuhai was very wide at that time. Because the building is five stories high, it is also commonly known as "five stories". There are inscriptions in front of the building, and 12 ancient guns are displayed on the right. In the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1380), when Emperor Zhu Liangzu of Yongjia extended Guangzhou City, he extended the wall of the north city to Yuexiu Mountain and built a five-story building on the mountain, which was spectacular.

In the history of zhenhai tower, five buildings were destroyed. The existing buildings are all reinforced concrete structures, which were rebuilt by 1928 with wooden frames. 1929 became the Guangzhou Museum. 1950 changed its name to Guangzhou Museum, showing the historical materials of cultural relics developed in Guangzhou for more than 2,000 years, and showing them in different dynasties. 20 13 March, zhenhai tower was listed in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

5. Chen Academy

Chen Academy, commonly known as Chenjiaci, is located in Zhongshan No.7 Road, Guangzhou. Chen Academy was founded in the 14th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1888) and completed in the 20th year (1894).

Chen Academy is the largest, luxuriously decorated and well-preserved traditional Lingnan ancestral temple building in Guangdong, and is known as the "Pearl of Lingnan Architectural Art". It concentrates on the decorative arts of Guangdong folk architecture, and skillfully uses the decorative arts such as wood carving, brick carving, stone carving, gray sculpture, pottery sculpture, copper and iron casting and painting. This is a splendid hall of folk decorative arts.

There are as many as 284 architectural sculptures and ornaments in Chenjiaci, including 58 stone carvings, 57 wood carvings, 57 gray sculptures, 58 pottery sculptures, 4 brick carvings1piece, copper-iron castings 13 pieces and murals. Chenjiaci is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Chenjiaci is also the seat of Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, which is a national first-class museum. In addition to the long-term exhibition of Guangdong traditional sculpture art, Guangdong ivory sculpture art, Guangdong embroidery, Centennial Chen Academy, old Guangzhou home, etc., a museum has also been set up.

Various Guangdong folk handicrafts, such as Shiwan art pottery, Guangzhou woven gold colored porcelain, Chaozhou gold lacquer wood carving, Guangzhou embroidery and colored etched glass, are also exhibited from time to time.

Since 265438+20th century, Chen Academy has been selected as one of the "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng in the New Century" in the name of "the Ancient Temple of Prosperity", and has become the most cultural and artistic museum and famous tourist attraction in Lingnan area.

6. Zhang Yu College

Zhang Yu Academy was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, under the influence of Zhu Neo-Confucianism, it became the base for Zhu Chengxue to spread in Jiangxi. Academy was further developed in Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

In the Yuan Dynasty, because the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty regarded Neo-Confucianism as the way to govern the country and the people, they adopted the policy of advocating, fostering and strengthening control over the academies. At this stage, Zhang Yu Academy, like other academies in China, has developed to some extent.

In the early years of Ming dynasty, the rulers of Ming dynasty did not support or prohibit the academy, and the academy was in a state of stagnation. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it was forced to close down because of the government's policy of banning academies. Later, it was repaired by Jiangxi Governor Ling and Pan Jixun, and Song Yuanming changed to worship Confucianism, calling it "Mr. Twenty-four Temple".