Xiguan Dawu, the grand mansions of high officials and rich businessmen living in Xiguan, (today's Liwan District), has been an unseparable part of the history of Guangzhou ever since it came into being.

In the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Xiguan was the area in Liwan District ranging from Xicun in the north and the Pearl River in the south, to Renmin Road in the east and Xiaobei River in the west, which also generally meant the area beyond the west city gate in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties. Xiguan was divided into Upper Xiguan and Lower Xiguan.

The number of ancient grand mansions of Xiguan has dropped from over 800 in its prime in the period between the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China to 100 at present, of which only about 10 mansions are worth preservation such as the one on No.15, Shisanfuzheng Street.

The typical Xiguan Dawu is built with three courtyards, and between each courtyard is a narrow lane. The first courtyard is for the door keepers, the sedan chair bearers, and other servants. There are usually three doors in the house. The first door, about half the size of the grand door, is made with wood and adored with hollowed-out ornaments. The second door is in fact a wooden fence, which as its name indicated protects the house from any people from coming in without the permission of the master. The third is the door in the real sense. This is a grand door, which was only closed at night.

If you go deeper into the house you will find the living rooms, the sitting room and the kitchen. In the Dawu, the sitting room is usually the center of the mansion, which boosts the highest ceiling, the most spacious room, and the grandest decorations. The sitting room on one side of the second floor, there is a special room to pray to the ancestors.

The walls were decorated with polished bricks and hollowed-out Manchow windows, whose colored glass reflects on the shinning wood furniture and bring about a special mystic atmosphere. The high walls were a break against the sudden downpours provide enough light and allow the free flow of air in the house.

The Dawu provided enough room for the house members. Take the Peng's Dawu at Dongshenfang for example, the mansion has 430 square meters space for its 13 family members and servants.

Located at Huifu West Road, the Wuxian Temple is a rice temple built to commemorate the five celestials of the legend. There is a footprint of the celestial. No.1 Lingnan Building inside the temple was first built in Hongwu years of Ming Dynasty, which is a structure conserved most complete in Guangzhou. There is an ancient copper bell (Ming Dynasty) that boasts the largest one existing in Guangdong Province.

Timian town is in Huadu district, with ranges of mountains, green running water fountain, flourish woods, various animals, fresh air, its natural scene is very beautiful. The mountain of Timian is like a huge tree, the main leisure areas in whole town are Prince mountain, purple rosy clouds mountain house, Gaobaizhang natural areas.

There is a purple rosy clouds mountain house in the northeast of Timian town. It is surrounded by ranges of mountains, the environment is sequestered and the air is fresh with waterfall and stream. It can steer clear of the uproar in the busy streets. There is an immortal human bridge in the east and front of large powerful treasure hall in the house.
 
From of old, Gaobaizhang is one of the eight scenes in Hua county, which is named “hundred zhang fine mountains” and famous with many strange stone and rocks. The wall of the most enormous rock of Gaobaizhang faces southeast. 160 years ago, one monk incised four words, namely “hundred zhang fine mountains” in the stone wall, the words are still legible, vigorous and mighty until now. Here the woods are flourish, spring is without cease, form multiple level cascade, a special scenery is represented.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is South China's largest museum in the medical science and technology category, consisting of four parts: the exhibition hall of the history of the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, the exhibition hall of medical history, the hall of traditional Chinese medicine specimens, and the medicine plantation, on a site of 5,500 square meters. The medicine plantation grows 2,500 medicinal plants of more than 1,000 different species. The museum is an important population science education base, featuring complete medical systems, a vast collection of exhibits, and prominent educational functions.

In 2002, the museum was declared the Guangzhou Science and Technology Popularization Base by the Guangzhou People's Government and included into the Ministry of Science and Education's National Key Medical and Health Monuments Program.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 3 per person
Address: No.12 Jichang Road, Guangzhou City
Traffic: Take Bus No.38, 58, 87, 103, 105, 124, 186, 244, 251, 254, 265, 273, 280, 284, 523, 805 or 886 and get off at the University of Chinese Medicine station.

The Nanyue King Mausoleum is located in Xianggang Hill (49.7 meters above sea level) on the western end of the Xiuyue Park on North Jiefang Road. The mausoleum, with a history of more than 2,000 years, was built for Zhao Muwei, the self-proclaimed “Wen Di” (Emperor Wen) and the second king of the Nanyue Kingdom, whose capital was based in Panyu in the early Western Han Dynasty, and the grandson of Qin-dynasty General Zhao Tuo, who unified Lingnan region. The mausoleum was discovered in 1983 when Xianggang Hill was leveled to make way for a dormitory building. It is buried about 20 meters below the hill.

The Nanyue King Mausoleum is the earliest and largest early Han-dynasty mausoleum ever discovered, featuring the richest burial objects even seen. It also contains a painted coffin chamber with murals. The coffin chamber is built entirely of stone. Artifacts uncovered from the mausoleum, particularly brassware and pottery, exhibit cultural features typical of the Yue ethnic group in South China.

The jade suit worn by the occupant of the mausoleum has been restored to its original condition. It's the earliest and only complete “silk-thread jade suit” among all Western Han jade suits ever found in China. A number of invaluable rare objects, including a blue plat glass panel, the world's first set of color print copperplate moulds and African ivorie, have also been uncovered from the mausoleum.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 12 per person
Address: No.867 North Jiefang Road, Guangzhou City
Traffic: Take Bus No.7, 24, 58, 87, 244, 273, 182, 519, 528 or 552 and get off at the Yuexiu Park station or Panfu Road station; alternatively, take Metro Line 2 and get off at the Yuexiu Park Exit E.