This modern day city of Guangzhou in China is a port on the Pearl River navigable to the South China Sea. It is 120 km North West of Hong Kong and as per the year 2000 census it has a population of approximately 17.85 million. This makes it the most populous province and the third most populous in all of mainland China.

Guangzhou covers a large land area and comes second only to Beijing and Shanghai. The first known city at Guangzhou is Panyu that was established in 214 B.C. As a modern day city, Guangzhou has various tourist attractions. These include the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees so called because the writer Su Shi wrote about the six banyan trees that he saw there.

An ancient Buddhist temple built in 537 B.C in the Liang dynasty can be seen in Guangzhou. It contains a flower pagoda (so named for its colorful exterior) as its main structure, built in 1097 and has an octagonal base. It was rebuilt in 1373 A.D. during the Ming dynasty after a fire had destroyed it partially and it was restored in 1900.

Another attraction in Guangzhou is The Museum Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han dynasty on Jietangbei road Yuexue district, which occupies 1.4 square kilometers and was built during the Han dynasty. It is a grand and elegant tomb and it belongs to King Wen of Nanyue of the Western Han dynasty who ruled between 206 B.C and 24 A.D.

Guangzhou has a humid and subtropical climate influenced by monsoon rains. The warmest months are between April and November with temperatures ranging from 23 degrees to 32 degrees centigrade.

Transportation in Guangzhou consists of four metro lines, ferries, buses and taxis. Cantonese is the official lingua franca. All these make Guangzhou a must see on the China tour.

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