The cultural feature of Lingnan architecture is the organic combination of architecture and Lingnan garden, and the architecture has a light and transparent figure.

The cultural characteristics of Lingnan architecture are the organic combination of architecture and Lingnan gardens. The architecture has a light and transparent shape and is full of Lingnan traditional culture.

Guangzhou is located in the subtropical zone, with a hot and rainy climate, and is often hit by typhoons. Therefore, traditional buildings have great characteristics in solving ventilation, heat insulation, wind, rain and moisture. Lingnan architecture, represented by Guangzhou, has experienced four stages of development: the first stage is the academy and ancestral temple architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties; The second stage is xiguan big house, bamboo building and commercial arcade in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The third stage is the introduction of western architecture, and Chinese and foreign architects combine Chinese and western architecture; The fourth stage is the integration of Chinese and western architectural technologies after the founding of New China, which makes the past serve the present and foreign things serve China, making Lingnan architecture gradually enter the development stage of modern architecture and form a new style of Lingnan architecture with distinctive local characteristics. A large number of old, middle-aged and young Lingnan architects, represented by She (field on the left, moving on the right), Nan and Mo, have emerged. There are many representative works of Lingnan architecture in Guangzhou. Commercial arcade architecture fully demonstrates the characteristics of Lingnan city. Since 1950s, Beiyuan Hotel, Panxi Hotel, White Swan Hotel, Garden Hotel, China World Hotel, Oriental Hotel, Villa and Shuangyi Villa in Baiyun Mountain have sprung up in Guangzhou. A large number of garden hotels and hotels are excellent works of modern Lingnan architecture.