Monthly Archives: September 2013

Guangzhou Xiguan preserves lots of traditional architectures of ancient styles

As the ancient town of Guangzhou, Xiguan is located in Liwan district with its north to Xicun, south to Pearl River, east to Renmin Road and west to Xiaobei River. Now it has become a place for people to memorize the history of Guangzhou. Are you ready for Canton fair 2013? If you have no time to travel in China,  Welcome to Xiguan when you come to Guangdong for Guangzhou Fair.

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Xiguan is the ancient Guangzhou town and is located in the Liwan district. Today it is a historic and a very important location memorizing and highlighting the important history of the country. It is known mainly for the well preserved traditional architecture and ancient styles of houses.
Today’s Litchi Bay is exuding renewed vitality and elegance on the back of its rich cultural heritage and local people’s hard work. It’s a symbol of the millennia-old Xiguan culture, having borne witness to Xiguan culture and history and the evolution of ecology and civilization.
The history of litchi planting in the Litchi Bay dates back to 196 BC. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, litchi fruits produced here were tributes to the emperor and gifts for foreign diplomats, hence the name “Litchi Bay” or “Litchi Shoals” for this fertile land.

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Xiguan preserves lots of traditional architectures of ancient styles. Xiguan Mansion is one of the representations. The facade of a Xiguan Mansion was generally built with grey bricks, and the main wooden door is accompanied by a Tanglong (horizontal wooden bars) and a pair of ‘café style’ outer doors at the entrance. The interior is very symmetrically structured; from the front to the back of the house there are as follows: the portal, the hallway, the main hall, the first room, the second hall and the back room. There is also a patio and garden inside. Hardwood furniture, carved wooden ornaments, stained glass Manchuia windows, and many other Cantonese features come together to create an old Guangzhou style house. In the past, only the well-to-do families of businessmen or officials could live in these grand and magnificent places.

The Canton Fair has strengthened China’s economic ties with the rest of the world

The Canton Fair is one of the largest trade fairs in the world it enables buyers from the US to meet and select suppliers from China. It is held twice a year, once in Spring and once in Fall. The fair is the longest established event of its kind in China and dates back to 1957. Over 20,000 Chinese foreign trade entities are represented; all have respectable records of working for export markets and a sound financial history. Welcome to Guangzhou For Canton Fair 2013, During Canton Fair, Cantontradefair.com could offer:
Free Airport Pick-up to Downtown Hotels
Book Hotel Package, get FREE ticket for Pearl River Night Cruise170
The Canton Fair has strengthened China’s economic ties with the rest of the world, and Guangzhou’s consulates have played their part in this process. Consulate staff regularly attend important ceremonies and accompany commercial groups as they visit the Fair. By working closely with the China Foreign Trade Center, consulates also help promote the Fair and significantly boost the participation of overseas companies.
The fair showcases an incredible range and number of products in each industry, from innovative new designs to familiar classics. Each vendor brings in samples of their product, so you can have the chance to assess their style and quality. If you have a product that you have designed yourself, you can also bring along a sample or pictures, and find a suitable producer.

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The Canton Fair is the ideal platform because there are different services to meet the entrepreneurs of the agreements, joint ventures, licensing agreements and offers many more talks, the eternal part of business ownership are signs. This not only helps you improve your own business style, but also gives you an overview of how the makers of the world and win deals in the course of their business.

The Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is well connected with the important cities of the world

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is situated in the northern Renhe Town, Baiyun District. It is now the largest, best equipped and most modernized civil air terminal in China. It is about 28 kilometers (17.4 miles) away from downtown of Guangzhou, covers an area of 15 square kilometers (about 5.8 square miles), including a 4E standard flight area, two runways and a terminal of 320 thousands square meters (about 79 acres). It has a flow volume of about 25 millions passengers per year and serves 24 hours a day. Its air routes from Guangzhou to over 100 domestic and international cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Kunming, Chongqing, Haikou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Guiyang, Ningbo and Lianyungang, etc. The direct international flights are to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Osaka, Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Tokyo, Jakarta, Taipei, Hong Kong, Sydney, Amsterdam, Frankfort and Paris, etc. Welcome to Guangzhou for Guangzhou fair 2013, During Canton Fair, Cantontradefair.com could offer:
Free Airport Pick-up to Downtown Hotels
Book Hotel Package, get FREE ticket for Pearl River Night Cruise

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The Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is located in the Guangdong Province in China. The airport is served by various prominent airline carriers and is well connected with the important cities of the world. The Guangzhou City in which this airport is located houses some of the most famous tourist attractions in the country. The city is a thriving hub and hosts many cultural and artistic events. The enormous parks and gardens in Guangzhou City are the must see places in the country. There are also many historical and cultural sites that represent the beauty and heritage of the ancient tradition of China. You can travel to these places and enjoy the ancient charm of China by hiring a car.
There are beautiful and splendid parks and gardens in the Guangzhou City that are fashioned according to the Chinese tradition and architecture. Some of the most famous among these are the Yuexiu Park, Dong Shanhu Park, LIwanhu Park, Yuntai Garden, South China Botanical Garden and many more.

The Temple of Six Banyan Trees in Guangzhou

The Temple of Six Banyan Trees has a long history as a monastery and is well know within China and abroad by those who have an interest in this area. The site contains majestic towers, dense trees, plenty of antiques and valuable heritage from famous people throughout its history. It is one of four Buddhist temple complexes in Guangzhou with the other three being Guangxiao Temple, Hualin Temple and Haizhuang Temple. The Canton Trade Fair will be held in October, Welcome to The Temple of Six Banyan Trees when you come to Guangzhou for the Canton Fair 2013.

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Originally built in 537, the temple has been rebuilt several times, and the name has also been changed several times from Changshou Temple (meaning Longevity Temple) to Jinghui Temple and finally the current name. It is a name given by the great litterateur Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279). It is said that he visited the temple while returning to the north. During the visit, he found six banyan trees there particularly striking. The vitality of the trees put him in a good mood and cheered him up. When the abbot of the temple invited him to suggest a name, Su Dongpo wrote down its present name. Finally, the temple changed its former name (Jinghui Temple) to the name Temple of the Six Banyan Trees. A pagoda in the temple is known variously as Six Banyan Pagoda or Flowery Pagoda.
The architecture that catches the visitors’ eyes most is the Six Banyan Pagoda. It is a pagoda where Buddhist relics are placed. Its roofs curve upwards and look like dark red flower petals. The tip of the pagoda is like stamens, while the whole construction looks like a huge stigma high in the air. Therefore, people like to call it the Flowery Pagoda. The pagoda not only has a nice appearance, but also provides visitors a good place to overlook enchanting scenery around.
To the west of the Six Banyan Pagoda is Daxiong Baodian Hall – the main hall of the temple. The three biggest copper Buddhist statues placed there are among the biggest and most ancient Buddhist statues in Guangdong. The middle one is Sakyamuni, to the left, the Amitabha and to the right, the Apothecary Buddha. They stand for present, past and future.

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After entering by the mountain gate, the Tianwang Hall is the first hall you will see. The Laughing Buddha is there with smile all over his face to welcome visitors. Behind it is the Weituo Hall. According to legend, Weituo was a general who recaptured the Buddhist relics which had been stolen. He keeps a straight face, looking very serious and frightful, in distinct contrast with the Laughing Buddha.
The Temple of Six Banyan Trees has a long history in Guangzhou and is an ancient monastery famous at home and abroad. There are majestic towers, dense trees, plenty of antiques and valuable heritage from those famous people in the history.
Address: 87, Xiurong Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Opening Hours: 8:00-17:00
Transportations: Subway line i and get off at GongyuanQianzhan Station. Bus, you can take 56,58 Liurong Station or take 5、7、29、85、86、88、102、104、107、124、180、203、217、243、244、253、273、519、552 to ZhongshanLiulu Station.

Canton Fair Complex is the largest exhibition center in Asia

Canton Fair, also known as China Import and Export Fair, is China’s number one fair and first stop for business. It is China’s largest biannual trade fair held in Guangzhou at the China Import and Export Fair Complex. China Import and Export Fair Complex is the largest exhibition center in Asia at 12, 174, 000 square feet, which also contains one of the world’s largest exhibition halls at 1,700,000.5 square feet.
The Pazhou Complex covers a total area of about 700,000m2 with 16 exhibition halls, ranking it as the largest exhibition center in Asia. The unparalleled wave like rooftop resembles the flowing of Pearl River, and also displays the dynamic spirit of the Guangzhou city.

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In 2013, 113th and 114th Canton Fair will be held agian in Guangzhou Pazhou Complex, the Spring Canton Fair (113th Canton Fair) will be held Apr. 15 – 19, Apr. 23 – 27 & May 1 – May 5, 2013.
Venues: China Import and Export Fair Complex
(No. 380 Yuejiang Zhong Road, Guangzhou, China)
Categories:
International Pavilion
Texture & Garments
Consumer Goods
Industrial Products
Medicines & Health Products
Gifts

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Metro:You can arrive at the Canton Fair Complex directly by taking Metro Line 8 and get off at the Xingangdong Station or the Pazhou Station.
Taxi:The minimum fare is 7 RMB(including 2.3km), and 2.6 RMB per km, and you have to pay 2 RMB for additional fuel charge.
Canton Fair Buyers enjoy free shuttle bus or hotel bus.

Xinghai Concert Hall puts on an amazing array of concerts featuring national and international performers

Home of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Concert Hall puts on an amazing array of concerts featuring national and international performers. Next to the Guangzhou Museum of Art, the concert hall is surrounded by a fantastic sculpture garden.

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The Concert Hall comprises of one 1009 seat Symphony Hall and one 500 seat Chamber Music Hall. In addition, there are other facilities such as the music exhibition center, multi-purpose conference room, rehearsal halls and piano practice rooms. The Xinghai Concert Hall has not only become a 1st class music hall in China, it is also an important performance venue for the Xinghai Conservatory of Music’s various musical courses and arts.

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The hyperbolic paraboloids shell forms the unique shape of the concert hall. The pyramid-shaped glass wall on the facade shows the brilliantly sacred and enthusiastic artistic flavor of symphonies. The spacious platform and the slope surrounding a pool, etc. make the construction harmonious with the Linjiang Arts Center Square.

The Canton Fair has strengthened China’s economic ties with the rest of the world

Canton Fair is an import and export convention that brings people from all over the world to Guangzhou looking for Chinese products to import from China or to find buyers in China for their own products. Needless to say it turns Guangzhou into hell on earth twice a year. The Canton fair runs from about April to the beginning of May in the spring and from October to November in the fall. 162
Within the last few 56 years, the Canton Fair has grown into to turn common important events for small- and medium-sized businesses working to attain lucrative China market and grow their competitiveness belonging to the world. Welcome to Guangzhou, Cantontradefair.com offers Canton fair hotels with big discount.
The Canton Fair has strengthened China’s economic ties with the rest of the world, and Guangzhou’s consulates have played their part in this process. Consulate staff regularly attend important ceremonies and accompany commercial groups as they visit the Fair. By working closely with the China Foreign Trade Center, consulates also help promote the Fair and significantly boost the participation of overseas companies.

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To ensure the quality of this fair, exhibition zones are specialized so that products from the same category of an enterprise can only apply for one exhibition zone and the ranges of the five exhibition zones are classified into categories, including small machinery, engineering machinery, and construction and decoration materials.
Canton fair is a major event in China which attracts numerous foreign purchasers to seek deals every year. It is also a barometer for the situation of China’s exports, indicating the changes in foreign orders.

Keyuan Garden is one of the famous gardens of Guangdong

Keyuan Garden is one of the four famous gardens of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Guangdong Province. The Canton Fair will be held in October, Welcome to Keyuan Garden when you come to Guangzhou for the Canton Fair 2013.

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With its perfectly manicured gardens, winding paths, pavilions and kiosks, Keyuan Garden is simply divine. Built by Zhang Jingxiu in 1850, it is one of the four famous gardens of the Qing dynasty in Guangdong province and is landscaped into a triangular-shape complete with blue bricks. All features of the garden—hills, lakes, buildings, trees and plants—blend harmoniously with the surroundings and a series of paths extend in all directions. The garden is now under state protection as a national cultural treasure.
Aside from enjoying the serenity that the peaceful environment brings, it is also a great thing to go for a leisurely walk around the garden. The Dongguan Ke Garden showcases not only different types of plants and flowers. This is a good site to see various structures which still follow the traditional architecture from ancient China.

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Covering an area of 2,200 square meters, the garden has dozens of traditional buildings in it, as well as pavilions, pools, and bridges. It is divided into four parts, including three building groups and one yard. The three building groups are located in the southeast, west, and north of the garden, respectively. The yard is in the middle. You can also walk along the corridor around the yard, through which you will find all the scenes of the garden.

Zengcheng white kiosk is a very beautiful scenery

Whitewater Village is located in the scenic area City of Zengcheng near Guangzhou, The mountains of northern paitan Town, is a provincial-level scenic area, an area of about 170 square kilometers, The Tropic of cancer Through them, known as the magnificent jade on the Tropic of cancer, is a mountain scenic area. Are you ready for Canton fair 2013? Maybe you can go to Zengcheng white kiosk to enjoy the fresh air when you come to guangzhou for Canton Fair.

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Zengcheng white kiosk is the most beautiful scenery, where there are 9,999 stone steps climbing the “ladder the first days of the South” and the famous waterfall of white narcissus. Standing on the foot, looked up and saw the mountain like a waterfall from heaven Article bringing a White Dragon, and like a fairy Satisfy white lotus flower, standing against the breeze, very beautiful!

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Zengcheng white kiosk, due to the recent rain plenty more attractive waterfall white narcissus, not only can watch breathtaking spectacle fairies enjoy the waterfalls throughout the peaks, rocks, Silk wonderful scenery, but also enjoy the hydrophilic Bathing, happy riding in a healthy low-carbon green road trip, pick Autumn sweet seductive pumila fruit.

Visiting Trade Fairs in China is an investment that worth to make

The Canton Fair is China’s largest trade fair. Buyers from all over the world flock to Guangzhou, Guangdong to attend this bi-annual event. The fair boasts an enormous selection of suppliers from dozens of industries. Last session had over 24,000 exhibitors and over 200,000 overseas buyers. For overseas buyers sourcing in China, this is excellent starting point in your trip to China. Welcome to Guangzhou for 114th Canton Fair. 222
The Canton Fair is the ideal platform because it offers various tools needed by employers to reach agreements, joint ventures, licensing agreements signed and many other negotiations, which are an eternal part of the property companies.
China is world renowned for its trading capabilities be it their government or individual Chinese citizens. Trading means a lot to any ordinary Chinese – they make anything worth selling. And what better way to sell and buy than in trade shows. China trade shows are in hundreds annually. Just name an industry and there are China trade shows for that.

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  Visit the Canton (Guangzhou) Spring and Autumn Fairs if you can. Visiting Trade Fairs in China is really an investment that is worth to make, building and strengthening business relationships in China is something money alone cannot make, it takes time and effort, but what you reap from that is invaluable.

Guangzhou Science City is a technology center developed with support from the Guangzhou government

Guangzhou Science City is a technology center developed with support from the Guangzhou government. The Guangzhou government is trying to make the Science City an important destination for IT R&D, outsourcing in China. Welcom to Guangzhou Science City when you come to Guangzhou for Guangzhou fair 2013. Cantontradefair.com offers Canton fair hotels with big discount.

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Guangzhou Science City is officially started to be built on December 28, 1998. Its total planning area is 37.47 square kilometers. It is the core of Guangzhou Hi-tech industry Development Zone and important base, representative project and economic growing point for the future development of high and new technology industry in Guangzhou. And it will be built into multi-functional modern new-type city area for leisure and tourism. The key industry guidance of Guangzhou Science City includes computer and software industry, biology and pharmaceutical industry, photoelectron industry, new material industry, environmental equipment industry, etc. .As the key project of the future development of high and new technology industry in Guangdong province and Guangzhou city, and also as the important research and development and industrialization base of Guangdong provincial photoelectron information industry, currently a batch of high-level sci-tech projects have been established in GSC, including Taiwan Lite-on Science & Technology Park, Jinpeng Electronics, Southtec, Rowa Electronics, LG and etc..

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For a higher concentration of electronic information industry, the Science City has planned another area of 8.73sq.km., which will be used to build an electronic information industrial base. The sound industrial environment in Guangzhou constantly attracts the world’s large-scale electronic information enterprises to settle in the Development District—-ST STMicroelectronics from France has signed up to establish an integrated circuit research and development center in the Science City; Sony (China) has invested 30 million USD to establish Sony Electronics Huanan Co., Ltd., which engages in design and manufacturing of electronic products; Sanyo Electric intends to invest 20 million USD to build an enterprise specializing in auto electronic products manufacturing in Huangpu District; Nanco Electronics, the first manufacturer of 8-inch integrated circuit chip in China, has invested 586 million USD totally, including 186 million USD for the initial phase.

The Western Han Nanyue King’s tomb is so far the largest color-painting stone tomb of Southern China

The Western Han Nanyue King’s Tomb Museum is situated on the Jiefang North Road of Guangzhou, on the Xianggang Hill which is to the west of Yuexiu Park. The tomb is so far the largest color-painting stone tomb of Southern China. The Tomb was buried 20 meters (65.6 feet) below the Xianggang Hill and there are seven chambers. It was discovered in June 1983 and has been considered as one of the five top archaeological discoveries of China during these years. Welcom to The Western Han Nanyue King’s Tomb Museum when you come to Guangzhou for Canton trade fair. Cantontradefair.com offers Canton fair hotels with big discount.389
The tomb of Zhao Mei is well hidden, thanks to its being located 20 meters under the Xianggang Hill. It was during an excavation in 1983 that the place came into light. It has seven chambers, and its stone walls are decorated by various colored murals. It took about 750 stones to build the mausoleum that occupies a 14,000 square meter space. But these wall drawings are not all; you will also find more than 1000 relics and artifacts inside the tomb. The most famous of these are made in terra cotta, while you will also find a few made of bronze. The bronze items include serial bells – about three sets, 36 mirrors, and 36 vessels. These bronze vessels were used in the funeral along with jade garments. There are three seals made of gold in the tomb. The terra cotta pieces represent the Nanyue Culture or the Yue Culture of Southern China.

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A silk-jade garment made up of 2,291 pieces of jade is the spotlight of the mausoleum. It is acknowledged that jade garments with pieces connected by gold, silver, or copper are not uncommon. But this garment is unique for its jade pieces connected by silk which makes it the only one of its kind in the world. Nor are historical records available to verify other jade garments connected by silk thread. In addition, the style of buttons down the front is unique among unearthed jade garments. This silk-sewn-jade garment shows the early development of jade garments as well as development of the Nanyue culture.