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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
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