Guangdong History & Culture


Located in the southern part of China, Guangdong is one of China's most prosperous provinces dues to its excellet location. Major cities are Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Foshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Zhanjiang, Zhongshan, Zhaoqing, Qingyuan and Shaoguan, with Guangzhou the capital of the Province.

History of Guangdong
Guangdong with a long history. Originally, it was home for Qujiang Maba people 130,000 years ago. And also, it is the hometown for a great many of famous historic figures, including Hong Xiuquan, Liang Qichao, Kang Youwei, Sun Yat-sen and so on. By the records that many historic events were took place in Guangdong. For example, Opium war, the 1911 Revolution, the Taiping Rebellion, the 1898 Reform Movement, the Northern Expedition, and the Guangzhou Uprising....More

Culture of  Guangdong
Guangdong is the first province in China to conduct maritime trade and international migration. More than 30 million overseas Chinese from 160 countries and regions attribute their hometown to Guangdong. With the combination of overseas Chinese culture and local culture, the culture in Guangdong is unique and an important part of the Lingnan culture. The folk arts and customs also lay a rich foundation for Guangdong culture.
The wonderful Guandong opera, striking paintings, touching music and unique architectures make the province formed a peculiar Guangdong culture. In which, Guangdong opera is divided into three local opera, including Cantonese opera,Chao opera and Han opera.

Guangdong people have the custom of drinking tea, the long history of tea drinking tradition can be traced back 100 years to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). In those days, Guangdong locals uesd to go to a nearby teahouse, such as the " Two-Cent Teahouse" is very popular , where they need to pay only two cents for a pot of hot tea and some simple snacks.

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