Sunday, October 12, 2008
Guangzhou Gymnasium
The Guangzhou Gymnasium is an indoor arena in Guangzhou, China. The arena used mainly for basketball. The facility has a capacity of 10,000 people and was opened in 2001. It was designed by Paul Andreu.
Guangdong Provincial Museum
The Guangdong Provincial Museum is located on what was the original site of Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, on Wenming Road on the corner with Yuexiu Road.
There are two separate buildings. The building which housed the original Zhongshan university is now the Lu Xun Memorial Hall and contains an exhibition of objects related to Lu Xun and some other intellectuals who influenced Chinese modernization and indirectly prepared the way for the communist revolution. All notices are only in Chinese.
The new building to the right was initially built in 1957-1959 and greatly enlarged in 1992. It contains several distinct exhibitions and has notices in English. As you enter the main door, to the right, you can find an impressive historical exhibition of "Chaozhou wood carving" which is well worth seeing. On display are screens and other objects elaborately carved in wood as well as an explanation of the history and different techniques used in the art.
The next section on the ground floor is an exhibition of modern ceramic figures done in traditional Shiwan style. Each window is dedicated to a different artist with a brief biography and some examples of their work.
Upstairs there is a section dedicated to the history of the city of Guangzhou from prehistoric times to modern days. Guangzhou was always a center of trade with foreign nations and many of the objects from the semi-colonial years come from England .
Another section houses an exhibition of old Chinese pottery and china wares while yet another section contains posters in traditional Chinese calligraphy.
No photography is allowed in the museum. Admission fee in early 2004 was 15 yuan.
Sections
There are two separate buildings. The building which housed the original Zhongshan university is now the Lu Xun Memorial Hall and contains an exhibition of objects related to Lu Xun and some other intellectuals who influenced Chinese modernization and indirectly prepared the way for the communist revolution. All notices are only in Chinese.
The new building to the right was initially built in 1957-1959 and greatly enlarged in 1992. It contains several distinct exhibitions and has notices in English. As you enter the main door, to the right, you can find an impressive historical exhibition of "Chaozhou wood carving" which is well worth seeing. On display are screens and other objects elaborately carved in wood as well as an explanation of the history and different techniques used in the art.
The next section on the ground floor is an exhibition of modern ceramic figures done in traditional Shiwan style. Each window is dedicated to a different artist with a brief biography and some examples of their work.
Upstairs there is a section dedicated to the history of the city of Guangzhou from prehistoric times to modern days. Guangzhou was always a center of trade with foreign nations and many of the objects from the semi-colonial years come from England .
Another section houses an exhibition of old Chinese pottery and china wares while yet another section contains posters in traditional Chinese calligraphy.
Miscellaneous
No photography is allowed in the museum. Admission fee in early 2004 was 15 yuan.
Guangdong Province Museum
Guangdong Province Museum is located on 215 Wenming Rd., Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. It is a provincial general museum, founded in 1959 and with a land area of 43,000 square meters. It comprises three major parts: the museum, the relic of first national congress of Kuomintang and Lu Xun Memorial House. Other affiliated buildings include Red Tower and the observatory of Sun Yat-sen University.
Guangdong Olympic Stadium
The Guangdong Olympic Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Currently used mostly for matches, the stadium was built in 2001. It has a capacity of 80,012 with multi-colored seats, positioned in multiple sections, and are connected via a ribbon pattern.
The Guangdong Olympic Stadium was opened to the public for the ninth National Games of the People's Republic of China in 2001. It was originally planned to help host the 2008 Summer Olympics until a decision was made to construct the in Beijing. The original design for the Guangdong Olympic Stadium was announced in 1999. Taking Guangzhou's nickname, the ''Flower City'', the firm of Ellerbe Becket designed Guangdong Olympic Stadium's sunscreen roof to resemble layers of petals on a flower. The design firm stated in its press release: "The stadium bowl grows out of the ground to a sculpted upper edge, like the petals of a flower. Floating above the bowl is a shimmering ribbon of roof flowing like a wave over the s. It parts at the ends and holds the Olympic flame, suspended between the two ribbons. A hotel surrounds a circular opening in the roof that forms a vertical tower of light, which at night is visible for a great distance."
* Guangzhou Pharmaceutical hosted the Premier League champions Manchester United here on 27 July 2007.
* Guangzhou Pharmaceutical hosted Chelsea F.C. on 23 July 2008 in the latter's first ever trip to China.
* The stadium will host the upcoming 2010 Asian Games.
The Guangdong Olympic Stadium was opened to the public for the ninth National Games of the People's Republic of China in 2001. It was originally planned to help host the 2008 Summer Olympics until a decision was made to construct the in Beijing. The original design for the Guangdong Olympic Stadium was announced in 1999. Taking Guangzhou's nickname, the ''Flower City'', the firm of Ellerbe Becket designed Guangdong Olympic Stadium's sunscreen roof to resemble layers of petals on a flower. The design firm stated in its press release: "The stadium bowl grows out of the ground to a sculpted upper edge, like the petals of a flower. Floating above the bowl is a shimmering ribbon of roof flowing like a wave over the s. It parts at the ends and holds the Olympic flame, suspended between the two ribbons. A hotel surrounds a circular opening in the roof that forms a vertical tower of light, which at night is visible for a great distance."
Major events
* Guangzhou Pharmaceutical hosted the Premier League champions Manchester United here on 27 July 2007.
* Guangzhou Pharmaceutical hosted Chelsea F.C. on 23 July 2008 in the latter's first ever trip to China.
* The stadium will host the upcoming 2010 Asian Games.
China Hotel
The China Hotel is a hotel in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
It was built in 1979 by the Hong Kong listed conglomerate Hopewell Holdings Ltd under a novel contractual agreement that came to be known as Build-Operate-Transfer, a means of building and operating joint ventures with local authorities in China. This arrangement allowed a foreign partner to build a facility at its own expense, operated it for an agreed length of time to generate a return on its investment, then hand it over to a local partner at no cost.
The 5-star, 1,200 room hotel was, at the time, the largest and most modern hotel in mainland China and is located in Guangzhou's commercial district.
It was built in 1979 by the Hong Kong listed conglomerate Hopewell Holdings Ltd under a novel contractual agreement that came to be known as Build-Operate-Transfer, a means of building and operating joint ventures with local authorities in China. This arrangement allowed a foreign partner to build a facility at its own expense, operated it for an agreed length of time to generate a return on its investment, then hand it over to a local partner at no cost.
The 5-star, 1,200 room hotel was, at the time, the largest and most modern hotel in mainland China and is located in Guangzhou's commercial district.
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