What are the humanistic characteristics of Guangzhou?

1. National intangible cultural heritages in Guangzhou include:

Guangdong Music

Lingnan Guqin Art

Guangdong Waking Lions - Shakeng Waking Lions

Cantonese Opera

Lingnan Puppetry Performing Arts

Cantonese Opera

Cantonese Opera

Cantonese Embroidery

Ivory Carving

Guangzhou Gray Sculpture

Guangzhou Elemoloid Carving

Guangzhou Jade Carving

Herbal Tea Making Technique

Guangzhou Colored Porcelain Firing Technique

Guangzhou Hardwood Furniture Making Technique

Traditional Medicine Chen Li Ji Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture

Pan Gao Shou Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture

Kilimanji Festival

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2, Language

Guangzhou is the core of the Guangfu folklore and one of the birthplaces of Guangfu culture, and Cantonese can be spoken throughout the territory. The first World Guangfu People's Congress was held in November 2013 in Guangzhou. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, photographs taken by foreigners, maps and documents produced by them were labeled with place names and personal names in Cantonese Pinyin, and by the time the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China set it as the very local standard, the pinyin scheme was imperfect at the initial stage and the rules were obvious, and it was gradually perfected at the later stage, and the scheme was then transmitted to Hong Kong and became the Hong Kong Government Cantonese Pinyin. After the establishment of New China, Cantonese pinyin was outlawed, but it was retained in Hong Kong, Macau and overseas.

The Guangzhou dialect, also known as "Guangfu dialect" and "Baihua dialect" in the broad sense, belongs to the Guangfu dialect, which is the representative dialect of the Cantonese language, and is spoken in the Pearl River Delta centered on Guangzhou, parts of central and northern Guangdong, and southeastern Guangxi. The Guangzhou dialect in the narrow sense refers to the Guangzhou dialect, which is the Cantonese language spoken in the Guangzhou metropolitan area. The Hakka dialect is mainly found in Zengcheng District (accounting for nearly 40% of the local population), Huadu District, Conghua District, and there are also Hakka villages in Baiyun District, Tianhe District, Yuexiu District, and Panyu District; the residents of Guangzhou can basically speak Putonghua.

3, food

Guangzhou's food culture is famous in China. It is one of China's top ten gourmet capitals, the so-called "food in Guangzhou". There are food festivals in Guangzhou every year, and the food culture has a long history.

Guangzhou Cuisine

Guangzhou Cuisine is based on the collection of excellent folk food from all over Guangdong Province, constantly absorbing the essence of the major Chinese cuisines, drawing on the strengths of Western recipes, and integrating them into a family. Guangzhou Cuisine uses a wide range of materials, fine selection of materials, excellent skills, good at changing, and a variety of varieties. Canton cuisine is the main body and representative of Cantonese cuisine. The taste is mainly clear, fresh, tender, smooth, smooth, fragrant and crispy, paying attention to clear but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy. Seasonal strong, summer and autumn to strive for light, winter and spring favor rich. Famous dishes include: white cut chicken, roast goose, roast suckling pig, braised pigeon, barbecued pork with honey sauce, baked lobster in soup, steamed grouper, white-burned shrimp, ayi abalone, and dry-fried ox river.

Morning tea

Tea snacks "Drinking tea in Guangdong can not be forgotten." Guangzhou people love to drink tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, most of the greetings in other places are "Have you eaten?", while Guangzhou people often say "Have you had your tea?" (Have you had your tea?) Tea-drinking constitutes a major part of Lingnan culture. Tea drinking constitutes one of the distinctive characteristics of Lingnan culture from other cultures. Guangzhou people like to drink tea, such as morning tea, herbal tea and kung fu tea. People like to call their friends and go to tea houses to enjoy tea during holidays. Tea tasting is secondary to eating dim sum and chatting. Cantonese dim sum varieties, exquisite production, each with its own flavor. Famous points, famous snacks, famous flavors are numerous.

Specialty Snacks

Beef Brisket with Radish is a famous traditional snack in Guangzhou, which is made of white radish and fresh beef brisket, stewed for a long time with condiments. In some busy roads such as Beijing Road and Shangxiajiu Road, the fragrance of radish and beef brisket wafts through the streets.

Wonton Noodle: It is the common name for wonton in Guangzhou, and there are many snack stores of this kind of wonton noodle in the area of Shangxiangjiu Road, Xihua Road and Renmin Road (i.e. Xiguan), which is a famous snack in Xiguan. Because of this product soup flavor, wonton skin thin filling, egg surface has the feeling of popping teeth, and thus become the Guangzhou people breakfast, snack food. Wonton noodle also has a nickname called fine paste.

And congee: Wu Cham Kee for the Republic of China for the famous snack store, located in Liwan Wenchang Lane, its congee as well as the congee is the most famous, congee bottom with bamboo and white fruit earth fish, congee color white distinctive, rice and water blend, taste fresh and thick.

Boatboy congee: boatboy congee is a kind of Guangdong congee, delicious flavor.

Entertainment noodles: a specialty of Guangzhou snacks, Guangzhou people love to eat snacks, but also the size of the teahouse in Guangzhou, restaurants, morning tea and night market necessities. Because of the shape of pig intestines, Guangzhou people also called pig intestine noodles. It is said to have been created by Pantang Lotus Hall during the Anti-Japanese War, and is now available in snack stores, teahouses, restaurants and hotels.

Rice wrapped in lotus leaf: also known as lotus leaf rice, is a famous flavorful snack in Guangzhou. It is a lotus leaf wrapped rice and meat steamed. The lotus leaf is green, the rice ball is loose, and the rice is soft and fresh, with the fragrance of lotus leaf.

Old Restaurants

Guangzhou's catering industry is represented by the "Four Gardens", namely the East Garden Restaurant, the South Garden Restaurant, the West Garden Restaurant and the North Garden Restaurant, and supplemented by centuries-old restaurants such as the Canton Restaurant, the Panshi Restaurant, the Lianxianglou Restaurant, and the Tao Taoju Restaurant.

4. Music

Guangdong music, mainly in the Pearl River Delta, was formed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the basis of the local folk music of the "eight notes" and the accompaniment of Cantonese opera. Regular instrumental music includes the yuehu, qin, pipa, yangqin, dongxiao, throatpipe, sheng, wooden fish and bells.

5. Cantonese Opera

The opera has been widely spread in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese communities, and occupies an important position in Guangdong culture. After the Qing Dynasty lifted the ban on Cantonese Opera, Cantonese Opera artists set up the Bawo Hall in Huangsha, Guangzhou, and since then Guangzhou has gradually become one of the centers of Cantonese Opera activities. Famous Cantonese Opera productions in Guangzhou include: The Imperial Daughter's Flower, The Tale of the Purple Hairpin, The Shocking Dream of the Peony Pavilion, The Pavilion of Two Immortals Worshipping the Moon, The Story of the Rebirth of the Red Plum, The Story of the Butterfly's Shadow and Red Pear, The Fragrant Mound of the Cherries, Red Cherries Broken Hearts, and Blood Stained the Begonias Red, among many others. Historically, Guangzhou's Cantonese Opera troupes include Jue Xian Sheng Troupe, Guangdong Provincial Cantonese Opera Troupe, Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Troupe, Guangzhou Red Bean Cantonese Opera Troupe, and so on, and the famous Cantonese Opera performers include: Xue Jueshian, Ma Shi Zeng, Liang Jibe, Liang Sheng Bo, New Ma Shi Zeng, Fang Yan Fen, Red Thread Woman, Lang Kuan Yu, Luo Pinchao, and the famous scriptwriter, Tang Tieshou, and so on.

6. Painting

Lingnan School of Painting is a school of painters of Guangdong origin. This school of painting is under the impact of the Western art trend, modern China art innovation movement gradually formed. the late 19th century and early 20th century, China's modern education founders He Ziyuan, Qiu Fengjia, etc. broke through the confinement of the stubborn and conservative forces, and actively founding and promoting the new style of school, not only to cultivate a large number of progressive thinking and innovation of the social elite, but also gave birth to the "compromise between Chinese and Western, blending the ancient and modern". The Lingnan School of Painting, which "compromises the East and the West and blends the ancient and the modern", injected vitality into the culture of Lingnan and built up great energy for the Xinhai Revolution.

7. Architecture

Shimuro Sacred Heart Cathedral, located in the center of Guangzhou City on Yide Road, is the grandest and most characteristic cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Guangzhou. Built in 1863 and completed in 1888, it took 25 years to build and has a history of more than 130 years. The church is a "Gothic" style building, comparable to the world-famous Notre Dame in Paris, France.

Sha Mian, after a hundred years of history, has more than ten countries set up consulates in Sha Mian, nine foreign banks, more than 40 foreign banks operating in Sha Mian, Guangdong Customs House, Guangzhou Club and so on were established in Sha Mian one after another. Shamian witnessed the changes of modern history of Guangzhou, Shamian has become the epitome of China's modern history and the history of the Concession, Shamian Island, European-style buildings form a unique open-air architectural "museum".

Xiguan Daiya, commonly known as the old Daiya, is a traditional residential area rich in Lingnan characteristics built around Xiguan in Liwan District, mostly built by prestigious families, bureaucrats and tycoons. Most of the Xiguan houses were built during the Tongzhi and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, and they are mainly located in Duo Bao Road, Bao Hua Road, Long Jin Road West, Shang Shang Jiu Road and other places. The most famous Xiguan houses are "Liang Zizheng Di" located at No. 18, Baoyuan North Street, Deng Gongbao Di on Duo Bao Road and Zhong Jia Garden in the middle of Baohua Road, which no longer exists.

Dongshan houses are characterized by red brick walls, columned porches, teak doors and windows, and small courtyards. It is a unique residential architecture in Guangzhou, testifying to the history of the coexistence of multiple cultures in the city, and constituting a distinctive urban style here.

The tallest building in Guangzhou is the Canton Tower, with a total height of 600 meters. The second tallest building is the Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Financial Center, with a total height of 530 meters.

8. Legend

Guangzhou is also known as the "City of Five Rams" and the "City of Spikes". Legend has it that during the Zhou Dynasty, Guangzhou was plagued by years of famine, and the people had a hard time making a living. One day, five colorful clouds floated over the South China Sea, on which there were five immortals riding immortal sheep, which carried five-colored rice ears in their mouths. The immortals gave the ears of rice to the people and blessed the place to be free from famine forever. After the immortals left, the five immortal sheep stayed behind because of their attachment to the earth, and blessed the place with good weather. In order to thank the five immortals, the people built a "Five Immortals Guan" in the place where they stayed, in which there are statues of the five immortals, accompanied by stone statues of the five sheep.