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November 27, 2024
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Wooden sluice of Nanyue Kingdom
November 27, 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Archaeological site of the wooden sluice of Nanyue Kingdom, we are amazed that it is located at the basement of the shopping
mall. They have put a lot of efforts in preserving this water gate and now we can still see the ruins in the modern world setting.

Unearthed in the year 2000, the site was originally located at the southwest of the capital city of Nanyue Kingdom. With the function of flood controlling and city defense, the site is by far the one with the longest history, largest scale and most intact in preservation that has found in China. Pronounced as the national key protected cultural relics in 2006, the
site has been listed into the tentative list of the world heritage of China.Read more
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The Big Buddha Temple
November 27, 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Next to the archeological site of the water gate, we found the Big Buddha Temple. We dropped by there as we saw many go inside as well. The most impressive part of this temple was the giant jade mural at the front. Most areas inside do not allow photo-shooting but it is worth dropping by to see a more ‘modern’ temple.Read more
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Beijing Road Pedestrian Street
November 27, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
The most popular pedestrian street in Guangzhou, Beijing street. There’s still ancient ruins of the city street dating back to the 7th century. Nowadays, it’s a busy pedestrian street for people to go shopping.Read more
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Xianxian Mosque
November 28, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
An eye-opening trip in Guangzhou. We have never expected to find a ‘real’ mosque in China. We have visited different mosques in Chapter 1 of our journey. Visiting Xianxian mosque brought us back to the time in Central Asia. It is the largest mosque in Guangzhou. It was built during the Tang dynasty, it was also called the Hui-Hui cemetery as it was a cemetery honoring 40 famous Arabic Muslim missionaries who were buried there.

The highlight was that Saad bin Abi Waqqas’s tomb is in the area. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and was a close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the 7th free adult man to embrace Islam, which he did at the age of 17. He participated in all battles under Muhammad during their stay in Medina. We were surprised that many Muslims came here with their suitcases as they were passing through Guangzhou to visit the tomb. There are Muslims saying Quran in the tomb. At that point, we realized the importance of his tombs to all Muslims.Read more
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the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
November 28, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This museum houses the 2000-year-old tomb of the Nanyue King Zhao Mo in Guangzhou. He ruled from 137 BC to 122 BC, and his tomb was discovered in downtown Guangzhou in 1983.

The highlight of this visit is the Jade Burial Suit of King Zhao Mo. It was made up of 2291 pieces of jade. This garment is unique for its jade pieces connected by silk.Read more
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Canton Tower
November 28, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
The iconic Canton Tower, a must-visit place in Guangzhou. It is a 602-meter tall multipurpose observation tower. It was designed to look ‘female’ by its Dutch architects, earning it the nickname ‘slim waisted’.Read more
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Guangxiao Temple
November 29, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Guangxiao Temple is the earliest and most intact Buddhist temple in the Lingnan area. According to lore: "Guanaxiao Temple existed even before the city." During the Three Kingdoms period (220-280), Yu Fan, cavalry commandant of the Dongwu Kingdom, resided, lectured and planted Sterculia and Haritaki trees on this site, it was therefore called " Haritaki Woods". Later. it was transformed and renamed
as Zhizhi lemple and again Faxing lemple during the lang Dynasty and many other names before it was eventually called "Guangxiao Temple (Bright Filial Temple during the Southern Song Dynasty, which is still in use today. Guangxiao temple is an important Buddhist sanctuary where eminent Buddhist monks from home and abroad including Dharmayasas, Gunabhadra Sanzana, Dharma, the 6th pa
triarch Huineng and Yiling once resided, preached and translated sutras, a witness of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. It hosts a collection of historical relics such as the Bowl Wash Sprina, the Bodhi Tree, the Pen Grant Pavilion. the Southern Han Iron lowers, Yifa Pagoda and others. In 1961, it was listed in the hrst batch of national key cultural relics protection sites, and is now included on the Preliminary List of China's World Cultural Heritage Sites as a heritage site of Maritime Silk Road (China Section).Read more
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Liurong Temple
November 29, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Also named as Temple of the six Banyan Trees! The temple was burned down and rebuilt during the Northern Song dynasty. Around the same time, Su Shi (a famous Chinese Poet) composed a poem "Six Banyans" (Liu Rong) in honor of a visit to the temple. It was since renamed in honor of the famous poem.

The Flower Pagoda, the main structure of the temple, was built in 1097 and was named for its colorful exterior. The structure that had been there before had a square base, but the Flower Pagoda was designed with an octagonal one. It was rebuilt again in 1373 after another fire in the early Ming dynasty period and restored in 1900.Read more
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Trip end
November 29, 2024