Is Guangzhou Shamian fun? What's interesting about Guangzhou Shamian?

Lead: Is Guangzhou Shamian fun? What's interesting about Guangzhou Shamian? Guangzhou Shamian Island Tour Guide. Sand surface sand surface sand surface introduction sand surface was once called Shi Cuizhou. In the southwest of Guangzhou, it was originally a sandbar alluvial by the Pearl River, hence the name. Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties were important places for trade and sightseeing at home and abroad. After the Opium War, Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty became an Anglo-French Concession eleven years later (186 1). Now it is an important commercial port in Guangzhou. Shamian is a famous tourist area, scenic spot and leisure resort in Guangzhou, and it is also the location of White Swan Hotel. The island is well-afforested, with more than 50 ancient trees/KLOC-0, fresh air and good environmental sanitation, making it a paradise in Guangzhou. In terms of architecture, most of them were built at the end of 19, with western style and basically cultural relics. Now the US Consulate General in Guangzhou is also located in Shamian Island, which makes many foreigners work here, and the consulate is the only place in China where the United States can apply for immigration visas for China citizens. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), the municipal government set up a special organization to manage it. The building complex was approved by the Ministry of Construction, National Cultural Heritage Administration and China Architectural Society in 1990, and was announced as an excellent building unit in modern China. 1996 the State Council was declared as a national key cultural relics protection unit. There are more than 150 European-style buildings on Shamian Island, including 42 distinctive neo-baroque, imitation Gothic, coupon gallery, neoclassical and Chinese-Western architecture, which is the most exotic European-style building in Guangzhou. The building located at No.2-6 Shamian Street, commonly known as the Red House, was originally a club for foreign customs personnel and China nationals. It is three stories high, made of red bricks, with pointed attics in the north and south, imitating the British romantic architectural style of19th century. The building located at No.54 Shamian Street, formerly HSBC, is four stories high. The external wall of the second floor is built with columns to the third floor, and the southwest building has a dome pavilion. The building at No.48 Shamian Street is the most representative building, with three floors and reinforced concrete structure. The surrounding corridors are arched, and the outer walls are painted with washed stone meters. Shamian Street 14 Church of Our Lady of Luther is small in scale and simple in structure, but its entrance is still Gothic.