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Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall
At Dongfeng Road in the center of Guangzhou is the memorial hall that was built with money raised by overseas Chinese and Guangzhou residents in honor of Dr. Sung Yat-sen. Construction began in 1929 on the former site of the building where Sun took power as China's Provisional President to become the father of modern China and the hall was completed in 1931. It is an octagonal structure with a distinct national style; covering a floor-space of 12,000 square meters, the 47-meter-high hall has more than 4,700 seats. A bronze statue of the national hero Sun Yat-sen is erected in front of the hall.


Chen Family Temple
The Chen's Family Temple is one of the finest examples of 18th century architecture with restoration extended to the smallest detail. It is situated at Eighth Zhongshan Road, Guangzhou and was built in 1890 or the sixteenth year of the Guangxu Reign of the Qing Dynasty. As the best preserved and most magnificent of all temples in existence in Guangdong Province, the temple with nice halls in six courtyards cover a space of more than 10,000 square meters. It has a well-conceived layout, imposing structures with an elaborate and elegant ornamentation; the temple is a combination of traditional Chinese architecture and a unique Guangdong style of decorative art. The buildings are embellished with a vast collection of wood, stone and brick carvings, clay and porcelain sculptures and cast-iron decorations.


South China Botanic Garden
This is the largest sub-tropical botanical garden in China. It is situated in the northeast suburb of Guangzhou at Longdong in a beautiful environment and is one of top ten tourist attractions in Guangzhou. The botanic garden has more than 5,000 species of plants introduced from home and abroad. It houses a collection of palm, bamboo, orchid, pteridophyte and shade plants