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#Guangzhou #SpiritFestival: During the evening, #incense is burnt in front of the doors households. Incense stands for prosperity in #Chinese #culture, so families believe that there is more prosperity in burning more incense. Activities during this month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mache form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting #spirits of the #ancestors.

Another #price #deceive, located in No.52 #ShangjiuRoad (#上九路52号), the price tag shows ￥3, but it turned out to be ￥9 per one when paid. It isn't clearly marking the price of products and induce others to buy. Please share this message so that can let your friends and relatives know the price swindling generally existed in China and be careful when shopping in #ShangxiajiuRoad pedestrian street in #Guangzhou. You can dial 12358 to the Guangzhou Price Bureau complain, however it always a fruitless effort in this invalidity of law-sanction country. (at 上九路52号(价格欺骗))

There is a saying in #Guangzhou that "Guangxiao Temple comes earlier than Guangzhou". With a history of over 1,600 years, the #temple is reputed as the #oldest and the #largest temple of #Buddhism in Guangzhou. Lots of eminent #monks in and abroad propagandized in the temple, including Xuanzang, the eminent monk in Tang Dynasty (618A.D- 907A.D) and #Bodhidharma, the 28th patriarch of Buddhism. The admission fee for this temple is 5 RMB, though it pays to be wary of the persistent beggars on your way in and out. (在 Bell Tower of Guangxiao Temple)

#Dragon #Boats #rowing on the #watercourse around Longtan Village in #Guangzhou during #DragonBoatFestival.

#Dragon #boats #rowing around Longtan #Village in #Guangzhou during #DragonBoatFestival

#NightView: #Traditional #Guangzhou #style #fruit #stall (at 珠光路)

Gathering #clouds and raging #storms over #Guangzhou #Shangxiajiu #PedestrianStreet (at 上下九步行街 Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street)

The #lake is the #source of the Baishuizhai #Waterfall in #Guangzhou, just like a verdant #jadeite embed in the #mountains. According to #legend, this pool in a #teardrop of #HoHsienKu, because when she become san immortal, she cries for missing her hometown. (at 白水寨风景名胜区白水仙瀑景区)

#Guangzhou #BaiShuiWaterfalls is the number-one #waterfall in terms of #water head in the Chinese #Mainland, you can choose to climb the "Number-one Ladder of South China" and the #wooden #boardwalks, altogether 9,999 steps. (at 白水寨)

#Pottery on the #ridge. #Guangzhou #ChenClanAcademy is notable for the rich #decoration which exist inside, outside the halls and in almost every #beams, #ridges, #walls and #columns. This make the Chen Clan Academy a large collection of #woodCarving, #stoneCarving, #brickCarving, #pottery, #plaster and #ironEngraving. (在 陈家祠广场)

#lightning #stroke near #Guangzhoutower in #Guangzhou (at 海军大院)

#Guangzhou #locals will usually #pick up the fallen #kapok #flowers and #dry them. They are being dried out and will eventually be eaten.

A #small and #undeveloped #isolated #island in #Guangzhou. (at 大吉沙)

A #Symbol of #Friendship, #Guangdong #Foreign #Affairs #Museum in #Shameen #Island of #Guangzhou. The museum is the first local museum dedicated to foreign affairs in China and many gifts with #exotic #features can be found here. (at Guangdong Foreign Affairs Museum)

#People #gather on the #banks of the #PearlRiver in #Guangzhou on Monday, to #pay #tribute to #ZhengYilong, who was #swept away by currents after #rescuing a #drowning #man on 1st March. (at 南方大厦站)

#Ancient #Ferry of Hua Zhou in #Guangzhou #XiaogangPark (at 晓港公园)

#DuiShanGarden was construction of the foundation began in 1929 and concluded in early 1931, almost with the construction of #SunYatsenMemorialHall at the same time, located in Zengbu Park, #Guangzhou. It also known as 'Little Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall' by folk. (at Duishan Garden)