As the name suggests, Pearl River Park is named because the park is near Pearl River and Pearl River New City in Tianhe District, which is one of the results in Guangzhou 3-year-term transformations. It was opened in 2001. From Oct 1st, 2001 to Mar. 17th, 2002, the 4th Garden Expo was held here, which made the park famous since. Now, some sites of the Garden Expo are still maintained in the park.

The major scenery of Pearl River Park is centered on a hillside, which is full of flowers, and connected to flower belts in 4 colors. It seems like a magical flower vase and a stream of flowers. On the hilltop, there is a gleaming two-story wood house—“Baozhu Building”. Flexure is valued more than directness, which applied not only to articles but also to gardens. The rise at the gate functions as a hindrance to view of the following scenes, which arouses tourists' guess and expectation of the scenes.

Garden Expos have been held 4 times in China. The former 3 expos are held respectively in Dalian, Nanjing and Shanghai. The Expo held by Guangzhou has achieved 5 No.1s in sights, flowers, participation units, countries and period (2 months), which is also the largest one.

“Baozhu Building” is the summit of the park, whose stele is the masterpiece of Li Xiongcai—one of the scholars in Lingnan School of Painting. Tourists can have a further view upon a higher floor. In Baozhu Building, tourists can have a bird view of the whole scenes in the park, which is higher in northeast and lower in southwest, centered on Kuailu Lake. The west half includes magnolia, osmanthus and palm gardens. The south is filled with flowers and evergreen lands. At the northwest corner of Kuailu Lake, there are 5 water columns pointing upwards, like Baotu Spring in Jinan, which is pleasant. North side of the hill is filled with flowers, which bring about scent breezes for the building. In dusk, the splendid night piece in Pearl River New City can be overviewed in the building. Water views in the pavilion, tea taste and greenness on the top make Pearl River Park a splendid pearl on the north bank of Pearl River Park, to interact with the zigzag bridge “crescent out of cloud”, which bring limitless charm to Guangzhou.

The Nanyue Kingdom Palace is China's oldest imperial palace ever discovered. It's the essence of Guangzhou as a leading historic and cultural city, extremely valuable for researching China's ancient cities (especially Guangzhou in ancient times), the history of ancient architecture and the history of ancient workmanship. The remains of the Nanyue Kingdom Palace have bee designated by the State Council as a national-level protected cultural heritage site. At present, archeological excavation is well underway, archeological finds which have been obtained so far are being studied and showcased, and schemes for protection and utilization are being drawn up, with a view to transforming the ruins into a leading museum.

Address: No.316 Zhongshansi Road, Guangzhou City
Traffic: Take Bus No.22, 102, 107, 108, 191, 243 or 264 and get off at the Finance Department station; alternatively, take Metro Line 1 and get off at the Gongyuan front station.

The Panguwang Temple sits on Mountain Panguwang in Shiling Town in the Northwest of Huadu District. It is the relic site of ancient Pangu Kingdom in the Southern China Sea which is said to be the place where Punguwang firstly created the sky and land. There are many remaining relics and each of them has its own story behind. The repaired relics including the Panguwang Temple, the Pool of Holy Turtle, Pavilion at hill side, Axe testing rock and Dragon Mouth fountain.

The temple is very popular among pilgrims. It is very crowded on Panguwang Birthday on every lunar 28th of August. Tidal crowds of pilgrim would visit the temple for incense burning, fire crackers would also be burned continuously to celebrate the birthday of Panguwang—the world creator in Chinese legend. On the lunar 9th September, climbers would also climb up and down Mountain Panguwang to celebrate the Double Ninth festival.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 5 per person
Traffic: Take the buses to Shiling from Huadu terminus and then go by taxi.

The Tianhou Palace is situated at the foot of Dajiao Hill which was a military stronghold during the opium war. Newly opened, it is one of the most magnificent of its kind with a 14.5-metre tall statue of the Goddess of the Sea. The statue is made from 365 pieces of granite, one for each day of the year, symbolizing protection of the region all year round. According to legend, she came from a fishing background during the Song Dynasty and died while trying to save others from drowning. The palace was built in memory of this brave act.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 20 per person
Opening Hour: 8:00AM-17:30PM
Traffic: Take a bus to Nansha and at the terminus take a special route bus that departs every 5 minutes.

Nanhai God Temple, located at Miaotou Village in the Huangpu District of Guangzhou, is the only temple left from the four ancient Sea God Temples of China. It is of important value in the study of foreign trade in the ancient China as Guangzhou is known as the starting point of the ancient maritime silk road.

With a history of 1,400 years, the temple was the place where the ancient people gave offerings to the Sea God. This famous God Temple covers an area of over 30,000 square meters. Since the completion of the temple in the Sui Dynasty sacrificial ceremonies had been held in the temple presided over by officials appointed by the emperors, leaving many precious stone tablets. Other relics in the temple include a bronze drum, the jade seal of the Nanhai God and an iron bell. Old trees of rare species like ormosia and kapok also make the temple more attractive.

The Sunbathing Pavilion, which was one of the Eight Views in the Song Dynasty, is the ideal place to watch the sunrise. With the coastline receding to the south, the place where the pavilion stands has become a piece of beach. The present octagon-shaped pavilion was rebuilt in 1953, with stone inscriptions of Su Shi, a famous poet of the Song Dynasty and Chen Baisha, a Cantonese scholar of the Ming Dynasty inside.

Traffic: Buses No.210 and 227 can take you there.