Yuexiu District, from Guangzhou Avenue in the east, bordering the Tianhe District; south of the Pearl River, and Haizhu District across the river; west to Renmin Road, adjacent to Liwan District; north to the foot of Baiyunshan Mountain, adjacent to Baiyun District. In 2005, Yuexiu District has a total area of 32.82 square kilometers, with 22 administrative streets under the jurisdiction of Liuhua, Dongfeng, Hongqiao, Liurong, Guangwei, Guangta, Shishu, Peking, Daxin, Renmin, Donghu, Nonglin, Huanghuagang, Dadong, Datang, Baiyun, Zhuguang, Jianjian, Huale, Meihuacun, Mineral Spring, and Dengfeng, and a total registered population of 1.14 million people and a population density of 34,735 per square kilometer. 34,735 people per square kilometer.
Yuexiu District is the oldest city center of Guangzhou. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, the Nanhai County was established, and the county governor, Ren Xiong, chose the area between Baiyun Mountain and the Pearl River (in the present-day Yuexiu District) as the county seat, and built Panyu City (the ruins of which are located in Yuexiu District) in 214 B.C. Since then, there have been many changes and changes. Since then, Panyu City has been expanding in various historical dynasties, such as the westward expansion of Panyu City in Han Dynasty, the expansion of Panyu City in Song Dynasty (building Zicheng, East and West Wing Cities, and Yanyi City), the three walls of Panyu City in early Ming Dynasty, and the construction of a new city in Qing Dynasty, across the Xiushan Mountain, and so on. In more than 2000 years of China's feudal society, the development of Guangzhou city changes are mainly in the Yuexiu area. Because of the above geographical and historical reasons, so that the Yuexiu District has the following characteristics:
Since the Qin Dynasty set up the Nanhai County here, in this place, the Western Han Dynasty, the King of the South Vietnam Zhao Tuo built the South Vietnam Palace, the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu called the Emperor Guangying Palace, the successive dynasties from the Dongwu set up in Guangzhou, the Tang Dynasty set up the Lingnan Road, Song changed the Guangnan East Road, the Yuan set up a province of the Central Book of the line, the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty changed to Guangdong Province, accordingly set up a military, administrative center in the area of the Yuexiu; Sun Yat-sen in the Republic of China period when he was very President, the Presidential Palace is located in the southern foot of Mount Yuexiu (located in front of and behind the present Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall); Chinese people's *** and after the establishment of the country, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, as well as the China *** Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee is located in the Yuexiu area.
The Three Kingdoms when Yu turned to open the hall lectures, Wei, Jin, North and South Dynasties, a large number of overseas monks came to China, the translation of scriptures and preaching are in the light of filial piety temple. Since the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou has become a place of study for scholars in the province. Up to now, there are still many old palaces, academies and schools in Yuexiu District, such as Nanhai Academy, Yuexiu Academy, Yuehua Academy, Yingyuan Academy, Xihu Academy, Lujiang Academy, etc., which have become the best witnesses to the history, culture and Chinese and foreign cultures of Guangzhou.
Since Yuexiu District is basically the old city of Guangzhou, most of Guangzhou's historical relics and places of interest are gathered in the district. According to the statistics at the end of 1997, the historical relics protection units in Yuexiu District, there are five (7) national level; Guangxiao Temple, Huai Sheng Guang Tower, Sacred Heart Church, the old site of Guangzhou Commune and the site of Qin Dynasty Shipbuilding Workshop, Zhenhai Building, Five Immortals' Guan and the first building in Lingnan, the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty, the old site of the commanding headquarters of the "3-29" Uprising, and the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Monument; municipal level, there are 22; Yue Wangjing, Sanyuan Palace, Dafo Temple, Haoxian Mosque, City God Temple, ShaoWu JunShen Mound, General WangXing Tomb, LuJiang ShuYuan (HeJiaShi), Seamen's Pavilion, GuangFu Memorial Pavilion, Whampoa Military Academy School Office, Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance Building, YongAnHang, AiQun Hotel, DongAhotel, the Central Bank Building, the old site of the People's Liberation Army into the city of parade platform (City Hall), Guangzhou Liberation Commemorative statues and Jane's Ancestral Hall, Yuexiu Mountain's Five Sheep Stone Statue, the Water Tower, the site of the Sifang Battery. In addition, there are a number of internal control of cultural relics protection units *** there are 155, and about a quarter of them are distributed in the Yuexiu District 9.16 square kilometers domain.
Guangzhou is one of the earliest and largest foreign trade ports in China's feudal society, but also China's earliest customs officials (the Tang Dynasty, the city of Hublot) and the first customs (Hublot Division) of the city, the frequent foreign trade has created a commercial boom in Guangzhou, the Tang Dynasty, a large number of Persians, Arabs came to China for trade, overseas Chinese in today's Yuexiu Guangta Road, known as the Fanfang. In the Song Dynasty, the south of "Shuangmenji" (today's Beijing Road) developed into a commercial downtown, and Nanhaokou and Xi'ao (today's Shishu Street and the area of Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine) in the southwest of the city were the largest foreign trade wharf in Guangzhou, and the residence of the City Hublot Department, which was known as the "Department Store and the City of Wudu". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the area around Haoxian Street (then Chenghao) was full of stores and restaurants, similar to the Qinhuai River in Nanjing. Guangzhou's four modern commercial centers, there are three in Yuexiu District, namely, Beijing Road, Zhongshan Five Road, liberation of the four brand building, Changti - South People's Road. 1957, since 1957, the annual spring and autumn in Guangzhou, the China Export Commodities Fair are held in the jurisdiction of Yuexiu District. Since the reform and opening up, the jurisdiction of a number of distinctive commercial streets have been formed, such as famous at home and abroad materials gathered Taikang Road, Danan Road. Huifu Road, wholesale food market Yide Road, paper, ink a street, Tiancheng Road, etc.; Beijing Road, Zhongshan Road, the area around the five roads gradually become one of the busiest trade centers in Guangzhou and the ancient city of culture and tourism area; Liuhua place has also become a new commercial bustling zone in Guangzhou.
Before the adjustment of the administrative division of Guangzhou in 2001, the total area of Yuexiu District was 9.16 square kilometers, with a total population of 429,373, and a population density of 47,036 per square kilometer. The area of Guangta Street, Paper Row Street, Shishu Street and Jiefang South Street in Yuexiu District is the area where the Eight Banners soldiers and their descendants who were stationed in Guangdong from Beijing and Tianjin in batches since the twenty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1795) have been living. The area around Huaisheng Temple is called "Fanfang" in ancient books, inhabited by many descendants of Arabs and Persians who came to China for trade during the Tang and Song dynasties. Since the Ming Dynasty, the Hui and Manchu residents who came south from the north also concentrated in the area of the former Xiaodongying Temple, Nansheng Temple, and Haoxian Temple, making Yuexiu District the urban area with the largest population of ethnic minorities in Guangzhou. According to the results of the fifth national census in 2000, Yuexiu District, in addition to the Han, there are 26 ethnic minorities, such as Hui, Manchu, Zhuang *** 4277 people, accounting for 3.08% of the total number of ethnic minorities in the city of Guangzhou, accounting for the entire population of the district of 1.25%.