Archive for February, 2010

Guangdong Olympic Sports Center

Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (in simplified Chinese广东奥林匹克体育中心) is located in Tianhe District of Guangzhou City. It is at south of the Guangdong Olympic Center Dongpu town, covering an area of 300,000 square meters. The Sports Center can accommodate 80,012 spectators, and here the Ninth National Games would be held with the opening ceremony and track and field, soccer, etc. game.

Guangdong Olympic Stadium uses a streamer design, covering the top two for the east-west steel roof trusses, weighing 11,000 tons, bending and is located at Tower 21 on. Central Field 21 Group column, symbolizing the first 21st century national sporting event held at this. There are freely flowing ribbon roof shapes such as dragon dance in mid-air, meaning the new century to take off in Guangdong.

Guangzhou Li Lake Park

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Guangzhou Li Lake Park (in simplified Chinese广州麓湖公园) is located at the northern margin, south of Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area, covering an area of 2,500,000 square meters, the water area of one of 210,000 square meters.

Guangzhou South China Botanical Garden

Guangzhou South China Botanical Garden (in simplified Chinese 广州华南植物园) was on of the four botanical gardens under Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was located in the east near the northern suburb of longan hole.
The great Garden was built in 1959, covering an area of 315 hectares, and there are valleys, hills, depressions, streams, lakes and streams. At home and abroad there is the introduction and cultivation of tropical and subtropical 2000 kinds of plants, together with a total of more than 4000 kinds of local plants. The Garden was divided into palm flora, flora left, bamboo specimens States, Yam Health flora, medicinal plants zones, gymnosperms areas, economic plant area, garden flora, tropical greenhouse plant area, anti-pollution plants and nursery areas, etc. part.
In 1986, it was rated as one of YangCheng Hakkei “Longdong Qiling.” Located on the northern outskirts of the city of East longan Yamashita hole stove, and the whole garden covers an area of 315 hectares, which is our country’s largest subtropical botanical garden.
Besides, the Garden was also rated “Eight YangCheng new” one, and the reputation of “Longdong Qilin.”
South China Botanical Garden in 1956 was approved to be built and the main mission is to engage in tropical and subtropical plants in the collection, introduction and research. The world is now more than 60 countries and regions near 300 Botanical Garden has set up the exchange of academic and seed business, introduction Tatsu 5000 kinds of plants at home and abroad has become an important base for the preservation of plants. According to the classification system of plants and ecological habits, respectively, with their own characteristics the Garden was designed to build dozens of exhibitions, viewing areas, such as palm flora, relict flora, bamboo flora, economic flora, gymnosperms areas, medicinal plants zones, tropical flora, aquatic plants area, Yin-sheng Lin Nature Reserve, subtropical evergreen monsoon forest areas.
It would be a great place for science lovers to visit and therefore, if you are one of them, don’t miss it!

Human Opium Destruction Pool

Human Opium Destroy Pool (in simplified Chinese 虎门销烟池) was located in Taiping Town, Dongguan at the mouth of the Pearl River south, north Bubulcus Hill, West to the town I pass.
In 19th century, Britain, Portugal and other armed smuggling opium into China Southern border. Substantial opium endangers the health of the people in our country, and numerous gold and silver outflows abroad, and this resulted in a decrease in the power of China. Qing Emperor Daoguang accept Lin’s suggestion of destroying the opium and therefore, Lin was sent to investigate and deal with Canton, forcing foreign opium traders of opium at Humen which had surrendered more than 20,000 containers, weighing a total of 1175 tons.
In order to destroy these harmful drugs, Lin specifically built the two large pond, with both length and width of 45 meters. Slate tiled pool, surrounded by piles column nailing one side of the pool with open culvert, and the pond had ditch after one pass. The destruction of opium smoke, the first water storage tanks, sprinkle salt into a bulk amount of concentrated brine water, opium pool stages with strong brine dissolves. Then re-enter the quicklime mixing caused by the response occurred immediately. Explosion opened its decomposition erode. Finally put these mixed waste residue washed with water, trickle-down does not stay. After three weeks, and finally almost completely destroyed. At that time (June 3, 1839 to 25 day) cigarette sales pool pool boards, wood piles and other relics are on display at the museum of the Opium War. Near to the pool was tobacco sales legislation which has “the people Humen Opium War and Anti-British Monument,”. Museum use of 141 objects, 130 historical photos, 19 charts, as well as 12 large-scale oil paintings and three large-scale scenes, vividly reproduces more than 150 years ago that shocked the world of war scenes.
If you were history lover and you would like to know why the Opium War was started, you should visit this site and you would understand how the conflict between China and foreign countries arose.

Guangzhou Atoll Reef

Guangzhou Atoll Reef (in simplified Chinese 广州海洋馆) located in Guangzhou zoo. The Atoll Reef was opened to public since 1997 and is a place with pleasure to watch the beautiful aquatic animals and a place for you to see the scientific research done by many scientists and on the other hand, it is a place with educational information and multi-functional purposes as a whole in order to display the exhibition of marine fish for the main features of the blue underwater world.
The whole museum covers an area of 150,000 square meters, which is quite big for a atoll reef. Therefore, there are many different kinds of animals being kept here. The museum, stocking of more than 200 kinds of rare fish and other unique marine life, is very famous in Guangzhou. The major landscape include the Cross Harbor Tunnel, deep-sea landscape, 18-meter-long cylinder of tropical corals, treasure-cylinder, touch pool, a freshwater world, Koi Pond, Shark Aquarium, sea lions paradise, and so on, so that visitors eye-opener, some fun .
Actually, atoll reef is always worthwhile to visit as there are many animals which you would seldom see. You would need to dive into a very deep region in the ocean if you would like to see some of these animals but now, you are able to see them by just paying about one hundred of dollars! Is that attractive?
Moreover, as mentioned above, the atoll reef was located in the Guangzhou zoo. Therefore, it is very convenient for animal-lovers as they could visit both places quickly. If you go to Guangzhou and you want to learn more about the eco-system in the urban areas, you should surely visit this museum and you would love it very much. For parents, if you would like your children learn more about the environment, you could take them to this museum as there are a lot of materials with educational meanings which would help your sons or daughters learn more about the wildlife as well as marine life.