About Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou is a sprawling port city northwest of Hong Kong on the Pearl River. The city features avant-garde architecture such as Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House (known as the “double pebble”); the carved box-shaped Guangdong Museum; and the iconic Canton TV Tower skyscraper, resembling a thin hourglass. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, a temple complex from 1894, also houses the Guangdong Folk Arts Museum.

• Weather: 22°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 51% Humidity
• Postal code: 510000
• GDP (nominal): 2018
• Province: Guangdong Province
• City Flower: Bombax ceiba