The annual "Flower Market" is a tradition that has been going on for ages in Guangdong. This carnival, which has been going on for more than 200 years, has long been famous all over the world and has become a unique folkloric landscape in the country. The traditional flower market is open for three days before New Year's Eve, and each district of Guangzhou will have its own large-scale Spring Festival flower market, with ten miles of streets covered with flowers and a sea of people. Stroll in the flower market does not distinguish between day and night, go to the daytime good light, can enjoy the flowers, go to the night lively, can feel the atmosphere. The market is a great place for people to choose the best flowers for the year.
Traditional spring flower market
I usually go to the "Yuexiu West Lake Flower Market" on Beijing Road, which is located in the center of the city and is Guangzhou's oldest, best-known and liveliest flower market, so it's very convenient to shop, eat and watch a movie.
Traditional flower market
New Year's flowers
There are three classic New Year's flowers in Guangzhou: kumquat, peach blossom and daffodil.
Among the many New Year's flowers, kumquat is the most popular. In Cantonese, "kumquat" and "auspicious" have the same sound, symbolizing "great luck", and it is round, plump and fruitful with golden fruits, It is very popular and every family will buy a pot to bring home good luck.
Kumquats
"A tree of peach blossoms is full of spring", and the Cantonese word "peach blossom" is the same as "Hongtu", so buying peach blossoms is meant to be "a great success". Peach blossoms, just like Christmas trees, have become an indispensable annual flower for the old folks. A lot of unmarried people also like to carry a peach blossom home, and so on the next year good "peach blossom luck".
Peach
Daffodils for the flowers in the "elegant guest", also known as "marigolds and silver table", in the cold winter months to show green spitting, so that people feel warm and full of beauty, spring is full of flavor. Delegation round and auspicious. Naturally, it is also a favorite of people celebrating the New Year.
Daffodils
In addition to buying flowers, there are many exquisite handicrafts in the flower market, buy a transit windmill, the bigger the better, meaning that the New Year wind and water.
There is also a big Buddha temple next to the flower market, go in and worship for a new year.
Floral Plaza - Canton Tower Light Concert
Guangzhou's new central axis, by the Barbarian Waist Canton Tower, Haixinsha Asian Games opening site, 108-storey Guangzhou West Tower, the Guangzhou Opera House, Guangdong Provincial Museum of the composition of the Floral Plaza - Canton Tower Landscape Cluster is the new landmark scenic spot in Guangzhou. In this day can appreciate the exquisite beauty of the city, night to watch the Pearl River neon shadow, in the Festival of Lights during the city of flowers more can feel the sultry night of the demon.
Guangzhou Tower Light Concert
Flower City Plaza on the north bank of the Pearl River, the Little Barbarian Waist on the south bank of the Pearl River, although separated by water, but we all feel that this is a natural, mutually reflective of a whole. Slender hand in the grip of the Little Barbarian Waist, as if the God of the sea, standing in the new central axis of the city of Guangzhou and the Pearl River landscape at the intersection of the central axis, with a total height of 600 meters, enjoying the status of China's tallest, the world's third-highest tourist observation tower.
The laser show starts at 7:30 p.m. every night and is performed every half hour at every full hour. Accompanied by authentic Cantonese music, a beam of colorful laser transformations cross the multi-level lines and shapes, the small waist also dazzling color, from time to time, there are subtitles and patterns scrolling out the latest messages and blessings, of course, also inserted advertisements. The sparkle of the laser projections brought joy and happiness to a steady stream of people who came to watch the event.
Guangzhou Tower Light Concert
North of the square, the West Tower is also gorgeous with its crystal body, enjoying the most central location in the CBD financial district of Zhujiang New City. If you are in Guangzhou this Spring Festival, it is highly recommended to take a walk to Huacheng Square at night to experience the visual feast brought by the Canton Tower during the festival, when the Xiaoban Waist dazzles with laser dance, the most beautiful night view of Guangzhou is here!
Guangzhou Tower Light Concert
Yuexiu Park Yuexiu Lantern Festival
Flower City Guangzhou, is a more beautiful city the more the night, especially in the Lunar New Year Festival, the two classic places at the same time interpretation of the gorgeous chapters of the night of Guangzhou: one is the new central axis of Guangzhou's landmark building XiaobanWaist, every night dazzling colorful laser dance, will be fashionable Dynamic City of the new business card to the world; the other is the old central axis of Guangzhou's small Barbarian Waist, every night dazzling laser dance, will be fashionable Dynamic City of new card to pass to the The other is the center of Guangzhou's old central axis, Yuexiu Park, where the traditional Chinese New Year Lantern Festival is held year after year, warming the old Guangzhou people's strong nostalgic feelings as always!
In the Year of the Monkey, I went to the lantern festival, naturally, the theme of the lantern festival is directed to the Monkey King, reproducing the wonderful story of the Journey to the West, ideal for taking children to relive the mythological classics.
Yuexiu Park Yuexiu Lantern Festival
The main gate here, the light show is the most abundant, but also the lively area of the crowd, everyone is immersed in the festive atmosphere of the universal celebration.
Yuexiu Lantern Festival in Yuexiu Park
In the porcelain lantern exhibition area, elephants and vases symbolize the renewal of all elephants and auspicious lanterns, blessing the new year with smooth winds and rains and the country's prosperity and peace.
Yuexiu Park Yuexiu Lantern Festival
The high-color Waterfall Cave grouping, with its streaming star-filled lanterns, creates a fantastic effect, and it's wonderful to stroll through it.
Yuexiu Park Yuexiu Lantern Festival
The whole tour, which takes about two hours, is indeed a good place to go during the New Year's Eve when you come over after dinner to enjoy the lanterns. Or stay in Yuexiu Park for a day, enjoy the flowers and scenery during the day and the lanterns at night, and enjoy the visual feast that the old city's most central landmark location provides for everyone year after year.
There are two classic Guangzhou attractions not to be missed in Yuexiu Park: the Five Sheep Statue and the Five-story Building.
Yuexiu Park Yuexiu Lantern Festival
Litchiwanchong Water Flower Market
To say that the most authentic place to savor the culture of Canton, I would recommend Litchiwanchong, she is located in the hinterland of the Xiguan, a bridge away from the Liwan Lake Park, bringing together many celebrities, the former site of the famous parks, is the Xiguan House, Xiguan Miss, the Xiguan Five Treasures, the Xiguan food and Cantonese Opera, such as Cantonese opera and music, Lingnan Canton cultural flavors meteoric rise of place. It is a place where the Lingnan Guangfu culture and flavor meet.