Legend has it that the earliest place name in Guangzhou is "Chuting" (or "Chuting"). At present, under the Sun Yat-sen Monument in Yuexiu Mountain, there is a stone archway built in the Qing Dynasty with the words "Chu Pavilion in ancient times" engraved on it. Many historical records regard "Chuting" as the prototype of Guangzhou, which is the earliest title of Guangzhou, dating back to 2847.
Legend has it that five immortals, dressed in colorful clothes and riding colorful sheep, came to Chuting with one stem and six ears of excellent rice seeds and dedicated the ears of rice to the local people, wishing there would never be a famine here. After that, five immortals flew away and five sheep turned into stones.
There is a stone statue of Wuyang built in 1959 on the woodcut hill in Yuexiu Mountain, Guangzhou. This is created by the famous sculptor Yin Jichang and others according to the legend of Wuyang. The statue and its pedestal are 1 1 m high, and * * * is carved from 130 pieces of granite. The volume is about 53 cubic meters, and only a stone on the head of the main sheep weighs more than 4 thousand Jin.
Five sheep come in different sizes. The main sheep stood with its head high, with a sharp thorn in its mouth, smiling back at the world. Four other sheep are around it, playing games or eating grass, and the lamb is sucking the milk of the ewe. Wuyang has different postures, beautiful shapes, lifelike and interesting, which makes people linger and imagine.
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The geological structure of Guangzhou is quite complex and has good metallogenic conditions. There are 47 kinds of minerals and 820 deposits, including 22 large and medium-sized deposits. The main minerals are granite for building, limestone for cement, ceramic soil, potassium, albite, salt mine, mirabilite, nepheline syenite, fluorite, marble, mineral water and hot mineral water.
Guangzhou is rich in tourism resources, the most famous of which are flower city square, Guang Zhouta, Baiyun Mountain, Changlong Tourist Resort, Pearl River Night Tour, Chenjiaci, Baomo Garden, Shamian, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lingnan Impression Garden, Shawan Ancient Town, Yuexiu Park, Nanyue King Museum, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Whampoa Military Academy, Nansha Wetland Park, haizhu lake National Wetland Park, Conghua Hot Springs and so on.
Guangzhou has a long history of religion. Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity are all five major religions. Except Taoism, which is a local religion in China, others were introduced from abroad. Buddhism was first introduced to Guangzhou (255 years), followed by Taoism (306 years), Islam was introduced in the early Tang Dynasty, and Catholicism and Christianity were introduced to Guangzhou in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties respectively. Guangzhou has a profound religious and cultural heritage.
Guangzhou is one of the top ten gourmet capitals in China, and its people have the reputation of "Eating in Guangzhou". Guangzhou cuisine is the main body and representative of Cantonese cuisine, with extensive materials, fine selection of materials, superb skills, clear but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy. The taste is clear, fresh, tender, smooth, refreshing, fragrant and crisp, and the original flavor and fresh fragrance of the raw materials are pursued. It not only conforms to the climate characteristics of Guangdong, but also meets the requirements of modern nutrition. This is a scientific food culture.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangzhou (the capital and sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province)