Date:
October 15th – 6th November 2008
Venue:
China Import and Export Fair (Pazhou) Complex
Invitation Information Contact:
Tel: 86-20-26089999
Fax: 86-20-83335880
Email:info@cantonfair.org.cn
How to get to Canton Fair
- To Canton Fair (Pazhou) Complex
- By TAXI - From Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, It takes about 45 minutes and costs about RMB 160.;
- By Metro - From Guangzhou East Railway Station, please take Metro Line 3 to Kecun Station. Then transfer Metro Line 2 to Xingangdong Station.
- By Metro - From Guangzhou Railway Station, please take Metro Line 2 to Xingangdong Station.
- To Canton Fair (Liuhua) Complex
- By TAXI - From Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, It takes about 40 minutes and costs about RMB 100.
- By TAXI - From Guangzhou Railway Station, It takes about 5 minutes and costs about RMB 10.
- By TAXI - From Guangzhou East Railway Station, It takes about 20 minutes and costs about RMB 35.
- By AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS:Take NO.5- SHUTTLE BUS and get off at the stop of Yitai Square. It takes about 45 minutes and costs RMB 16.
- By NO.185, 271 or 280 BUS - It takes about 40 minutes and costs about RMB 2.
- By Metro - Take Metro Line 1 to Gongyuanqian Station. Then transfer Line 2 to Yuexiu Park Station.
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Resort in Guangzhou CityChen's Ancestral Temple
The ancestral temple for the whole clan of the Chen in Guangdong Province, also called Chen Clan Academy, was designed by Li Julin and built from 1890-1894, Qing Dynasty when Emperor Guangxu reigned over the country. The whole structure faces the south and covers 15,000 square meters with 6,400 square meters as principal section. Chen’s Ancestral Temple is known for its superb art of decoration for it epitomizes the folk decoration art of Guangdong. It is also famous for “three kinds of carving, three kinds of sculpture and one kind of iron casting”
Tomb of the Southern Yue's King is the tomb of the second king of the Southern Yue, Zhao Mo who styled himself the Civilian Emperor and who was grandson of Qing's general Zhao Tuo who united Lingnan area. This tomb has a history of 2,100 year.
The tomb was discovered in June 1983. After being excavated, the tomb museum of Southern Yue's king was built at the tomb's original site. This is an important heritage under the national protection. The museum covers an area of 14,000 square meters, including two sections, i.e. tomb's protection section and comprehensive display section.
back to topCruise on the Pearl River
The Pearl River is 2124 kilometers long, which comes from west to east, and it is the third greatest river in China. When it runs across Guangzhou city, it encounters a big stone island in the river. It looks like a pearl and its surface is smooth and full, thus its name "the Pearl River" comes.
The cruise on the Pearl River is the featured service initiated by Guangzhou Cruise Company, which is a tour to particular Chinese Southland. Over several decades, the business has developed into one of the most famous sites in travel industry, and its perfect facilities and thoughtful service has made cruise on the Pearl River a newly brand in visiting modern
Guangzhou city. Until now, Guangzhou Cruise Company has several appropriative travel wharfs, such as Tianzi, Xidi, Fangcun and Zhongda (Zhongshan University) wharf, and 17 ships and yachts, including a series of "Bright Pearl" luxurious ships and "White Gull" luxurious yacht in European style, and it is the largest company in scale with the most wharfs and ships in number, and its service is standard.
The West Garden, the Guangxiao Temple(光孝寺) , is one of the oldest Buddhist temple in southern China and the Sixth Patriarch,Hui neng once lived and preached here..A Dim Sum meal for lunch.Afterwards visit the Jade carving street and Shang-Xia-Jiu Walking Shopping street..Late afternoon transfer back to the hotel.
The Zhaoqing (Zhaoqing is a beautifull city to the west of Guangzhou, takes about 2 hours by bus) Visit the Star Lake, the Seven Star Crags and underground river. late afternoon back to Guangzhou, and transfer to the hotel. End of the trip
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