GuangZhou 1 - City Briefing

[Quest]

okay, since no one's posting travel pics, I will start by posting my home city -- Guangzhou:

(for some reason, the server that hosted some of the pictures seems to be down at the moment)

Shopping Malls

Pearl River Night Cruise

ZhongShan Yi Lu

沙面 Colonial Island

Morning Excercise

ZhongShan Memorial Park

Sacred Heart Stone Church

Guangzhou Sports Center

丫髻沙 Bridge

TianHe(SkyRiver) Huge Artificial Water Fall

TianHe District

TianHe Sports Center

Guangzhou Olympic Center

NanYue tomb

陈家祠

Guangzhou Subway

荔湾艇仔粥

镇海楼

六榕寺

光孝寺

海幢寺

HUAISHENG MOSQUE

西关商廊上下九 Old Guangzhou streets

西关 alley

西关趟栊门

new Baiyun Airport

[Alhazred]

Thanks for sharing those pics!

[Haoqide]

Yeah, thanks Quest!

[Bamboo Grove]

Yes, excellent photos, Quest. However, I missed the rams, aren't they the symbol of Guangzhou? By the way, how extensive is the underground system.

[Quest]

You mean these rams

[Bamboo Grove]

Yes, that's perfect now.

[Ole]

"Every picture tells a story" !

thanks to Bamboo Groove.

Anybody wants to see a Guangzhou advertisement movie ?

http://www.investguangzhou.gov.cn/en/video.asp

have fun,

Ole

[Cyberian]

What is the legend (is it?) behind the 5 rams?

[Quest]

据广州旧志记载，周惠王令楚熊子恽统治岭南，南海臣服于楚，作楚庭以朝，所以广州又称楚庭。

据传，周夷王八年（公元前887年），广州曾一度出现连年灾荒，田野荒芜，农业失收，人民不得温饱。

忽然有一天，南海的天空忽然传来一阵悠扬的音乐，并出现五朵彩色祥云，上有五位仙人，身穿五色彩衣，分别骑著不同毛色的山羊，羊口衔著一茎六出的优良稻穗，降临楚庭。老百姓只当是海客来到，都拥上前去迎接。仙人们把种子交给他们，又传授种植稻谷的技术，并祝福：“愿这块地方永远没有饥荒”。祝罢仙人腾空飞逝，五只仙羊化成了彩色的石头。从此，广州便成了岭南最富庶的地方。

为永久纪念这些传播优良谷种的仙人与羊，人们在五羊化石的地方修建了一座五仙观，观内有五仙塑像，分持粳稻黍稷；那五只仙羊毛色绚丽，或立或蹲，身边还各有一块酷似羊形的彩石，相传即五只仙羊化成的石头。

http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/3/7/9/c13556.htm

[Cyberian]

According to the Guangzhou old will record, Zhou Huiwang 恽 is ruled Chu Xiongzi Lingnan, the South China Sea submits to Chu, is Chu Tingyi the dynasty, therefore Guangzhou calls Chu the courtyard. It is reported, the week 夷 tortoise year (887 B.C.), Guangzhou once appeared successive years the famine, the field goes out of cultivation, the agriculture lost receives, the people did not have the warm and sufficient condition. Suddenly one day, South China Sea's sky suddenly transmits a melodious music, and appears five colored auspicious clouds, on has five immortal, wears 五色 the colored clothing, separately rides the different Mao Se goat, Yang Kouxian stem six fine rice ears, arrives the Chu courtyard. The common people only when are the sailor arrive, all supports goes forward to greet. Immortal give the seed they, also teaches the planter rough rice the technology, and blessing: "Is willing this place forever not to have the famine". Wishes immortal to soar flies, five immortals sheep turned into the colored stone. From this time on, Guangzhou has then become the Lingnan richest most and populous place. For permanent commemoration these dissemination fine seed grains immortal and sheep, the people constructed five immortals view in five sheep fossils place, in view had five immortals casts, divided holds the japonica rice 稻黍 millet; That five immortals wool color is gorgeous, either stands or squats, the side also respectively has resembles Yang Xing together the color stone, hands down stone which namely five immortals sheep turns into.

This is what I got from a translator.

I still don't get what role the rams played.