Lingnan culture
Guangzhou is one of the first historical and cultural cities in China announced by the State Council. In the long history, many places of interest, such as Nanyue King's Tomb, Guangxiao Temple, zhenhai tower, Liu Rong Temple, Nanhai Temple, Wuxian Temple, Huaisheng Temple, Chenjia Temple, Sacred Heart Temple and Sanyuan Palace, have witnessed the historical and cultural city of Guangzhou. Guangzhou combines the essence of Chinese and foreign cultures and forms a unique Lingnan culture. Lingnan School of Painting, Lingnan Architecture, Lingnan Garden, Lingnan Bonsai, Guangdong Music, Cantonese Opera, Cantonese Cuisine, Urban Landscape and Living Customs all reflect the features of Lingnan culture.
Hanghua steet
Guangzhou is also called Flower City, and people in Guangzhou love flowers. Rich people will buy several pots of imported flowers of several thousand yuan each. Ordinary people should also provide a pot of kumquat, several daffodils and a plum blossom at the end of the year. On New Year's Eve, an old man and a small flower street is a tradition, and it is also the highlight of Guangzhou citizens.
Flower Street is also a visit to the Spring Flower Market. It takes a lot of effort to decorate it from three or four days before the New Year's Eve to the climax. After the opening of the flower market, when the lights were just turned on (traffic control was implemented), people walked in the flower street in an endless stream. At eight or nine o'clock, people were like a tidal wave, bustling and lively. The flower street is noisy and crowded, and it is inevitable to bump into each other, but people are polite, especially modest and tolerant, with smiles and joy on their faces. Generally speaking, most of them were mainlanders a few days ago, because most mainlanders want to watch the CCTV annual party. After visiting the flower market in New Year's Eve, I often go sighing and drinking tea at night. There are many kinds of flowers in the flower market.
As the name implies, Flower Street is mainly for sightseeing and appreciation. If you buy it, you must buy a little, but you can have more or less to show good luck. Therefore, when couples visit the flower market together, they will buy at most one or two roses, silver willows and lilies; Families choose local traditional kumquat, rich bamboo, peach blossom, rich tree, good luck and so on.
Miss Xiguan and Master Dongshan
Xiguan is outside the west gate of old Guangzhou, and Dongshan is outside the east gate. The two are far apart. Historically, there are obvious differences in cultural characteristics between the two places. Xiguan is a bustling downtown area with low terrain, water towns, dense river networks and dense population. There is a saying in Guangzhou called "Master Dongshan, Miss Xiguan", which means: Dongshan is a settlement of powerful people, and most of them are children of bureaucrats. Dongshan Mansion is an imitation Western-style villa built by some overseas Chinese and military and political bureaucrats in the early years of the Republic of China. It was built in Xinhepu and Lianyuan Road in Dongshan, Guangzhou, attracting dignitaries to live. "Master Dongshan" came from this; Xiguan is a bustling business district, and a rich lady dances. The girls here are real ladies. They are slender, soft in Cantonese, well-educated, and some can make some handicrafts. They respect their elders and have the traditional virtues of China. Garden-style houses and xiguan big house, power and wealth, modernity and tradition, are separate and complementary.
Arcade architectural style
1840 After the Opium War, the development of modern architecture in Guangzhou experienced several stages, such as the migration of western architecture, the revival of traditional architecture and the introduction of modernist architecture. Western architecture in Guangzhou has the following types, such as the Catholic Sacred Heart Hall (stone room) and other religious buildings; Guangzhou Postal Administration Building, Guangdong Customs Building, Municipal Government Building, Provincial Finance Department Building, Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Building and other public buildings; Such as xiguan big house, Zhulou, Dongshan Garden House and Xiaoyanglou; Memorial buildings such as Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Seamen's Hall; There are also buildings such as Aiqun Building, South Building, Chengxing Building, Provincial Building, Xinya Hotel and commercial arcades all over Guangzhou. In fact, commercial arcade architecture was first seen in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago, and then it became popular in Europe, and it didn't spread all over the world until modern times. Because the "arcade" part of the commercial building is built across the sidewalk in the first half of the building, it is connected with each other along the road to form a free-walking corridor, which can reach hundreds of meters or even one or two kilometers in length. There is a saying in Guangzhou that "a child will change his face in May", so "arcade" just adapted to this climate feature, which was popular all over Guangzhou for a while and gradually formed the main pattern of Guangzhou street view. The "arcade" buildings are concentrated in the commercial streets such as Shifu Road, Shangxiajiu Road, Zhongshan Road, Jiefang Road, Renmin South Road and Yide Road. The "arcade" in Xihaokou area has the most charm: Xinya Hotel, Nanfang Building and Aiqun Building are outstanding among the early "arcade" buildings in Guangzhou. Since the 1960s, this form has rarely been adopted in newly-built business districts in Guangzhou.
Xiguan laodawu
Old Guangzhou people call it Xiguan, which starts from Xicun in the north, the Pearl River in the south, Renmin Road in the east and Xiaobeijiang in the west. It is located outside the west gate of ancient Guangzhou. There are many typical traditional old houses in this area, which are called "Xiguan old house". These old houses used to be the residences of rich and powerful businessmen. They were tall and bright, combined with halls and beautifully decorated. There is a Qingyun lane on both sides of the big house, also known as cold lane, fire lane and water roll, which has the functions of ventilation, fire prevention, drainage, lighting, drying, transportation and planting flowers and trees. The number of existing ancient big houses in Xiguan has changed from more than 800 in the heyday of the late Qing Dynasty to less than 100, among which the big house at Shisanfuzheng Street 15 is worth visiting.
Quyi drama
Famous screenwriter Tang Tisheng's main entries: Cantonese Opera, Cantonese Opera, Nanyin and Salty Water Songs.
Cantonese opera originated from Southern Opera, widely spread in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese communities, and occupies an important position in Guangdong culture. After the lifting of the ban on Cantonese opera in Qing Dynasty, Cantonese opera artists established the Bahe Guild Hall in Huangsha, Guangzhou. Since then, Guangzhou has gradually become one of the centers of Cantonese opera activities, reaching its peak in the Republic of China, and a group of Cantonese opera artists moved to Hong Kong during the civil war. After the founding of New China, it was devastated by the Cultural Revolution, but it was paid attention to again after the reform and opening up, and it flourished again from1980s to1990s.
The famous Cantonese operas in Guangzhou are: The Queen Flower, The Purple Hairpin, The Peony Pavilion, The Moon-worshipping Pavilion, The Red Plum's Rebirth, The Butterfly Shadow and the Red Pear, The Bell Bells, The Red Cherry and the Broken Heart, The Blood Stayed Begonia Red, etc. Traditional Cantonese Opera Troupes in Guangzhou include Mr. Jue Opera Troupe, Guangdong Cantonese Opera Troupe, Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Troupe and Guangzhou Hongdu Cantonese Opera Troupe. The famous Cantonese Opera Troupes include Xue Juexian, Ma Shiceng, Jing Cibo, Liang Xingbo, Sun Ma Shizeng, Fang Yanfen, Xian Naihong, Lang and Luo Pinchao.