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Guangzhou Flower Market Time

Guangzhou Flower Market in Tianhe District, Yuexiu District, Yuexiu District traditional flower market.

Guangzhou flower market originated from the end of the Ming Dynasty flower dodu head, the mid-Qing Dynasty, in front of the clan office, now in front of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance, the emergence of the night flower market, the 1860s gradual adulthood night flower market, moved to today's Beijing Road. Flower market from the Lunar New Year's Eve until the twenty-eighth until New Year's Eve, Guangzhou people must go to the flower market every year to line the flower street for good luck in the coming year, especially to stroll the West Lake Flower Market, is the old Guangzhou customs and habits.

Located in Guangzhou City, Xihu Road, Education Road commercial area of the West Lake Flower Market, is the longest history of the traditional center of the flower market, enjoys a hundred years of reputation of the flower market, but also retained the traditional culture of the Guangfu style. 1956, in order to better carry forward the tradition of the flower market, scattered in the streets and alleys of the stores were centralized to the Taiping Road, the people with bamboo poles into the pagoda and the flower frame, called the Spring Flower Market.

Introduction of Guangzhou

Guangzhou City belongs to the hilly terrain, the terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, backed by the mountains and facing the sea, the northern part of the hilly mountainous area where forests are concentrated, the highest peak is the top of heaven in the north on the border of Conghua City and Longmen County, with an elevation of 1,210 meters above sea level. The northeastern part of the city is a low to medium mountainous area with Baiyun Mountain, which is known as the lung of the city; the central part is a hilly basin, and the southern part is a coastal alluvial plain, which is an integral part of the Pearl River Delta.

Guangzhou City has a variety of land types, wide suitability and complex topography. The terrain decreases from north to south, and the highest peak is the top of Tiantian in the north at the border between Conghua District and Longmen County, with an elevation of 1,210 meters. The northeastern part is a low to medium mountainous area, the central part is a hilly basin, and the southern part is a coastal alluvial plain, which is an integral part of the Pearl River Delta. Due to the interplay of various natural factors, diverse land types are formed.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangzhou