Zip code: 510030 Huanghuagang Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Guangdong Museum of Art Guangzhou People's Park Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Cemetery Yuexiu District is located in the center of Guangzhou, with a total area of ??33.80 square kilometers, a permanent population of 1.0263 million, and a registered population of 1.1584 million (2007).
District People's Government on Yuehua Road, Postal Code: 510030.
Code: 440104.
Area code: 020.
Pinyin: Yuexiu Qu.
English: Yuexiu District.
Basic introduction Yuexiu District is the oldest central urban district in Guangzhou.
It is the commercial center of Guangzhou. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, Nanhai County was established. The county captain Renxiao selected an area between Baiyun Mountain and the Pearl River with mountains and sea (in today's Yuexiu area) as the county seat. It was built in 214 BC.
Starting from Panyu City (the ruins of Panyu City are in Yuexiu District).
Since then, the sea has changed, the Pearl River bank has moved south, the inner lake has been annihilated, the river has silted up, and the alluvial plain has continued to expand. Panyu City has also continued to expand in subsequent historical dynasties, such as the expansion of the city to the west in the Han Dynasty, and the four expansions of the city in the Song Dynasty (Zhuzi).
City, East, Two Wings City and Yanchi City), the Ming Dynasty built a new city across Xiushan and built thirteen gates, and the Qing Dynasty built a new city along the river, etc.
Yuexiu District starts from Guangzhou Avenue in the east and borders Tianhe District; it borders the Pearl River in the south and faces Haizhu District across the river; it reaches Renmin Road in the west and borders Liwan District; and it borders the foot of Baiyun Mountain in the north and borders Baiyun District.
It is the old central city of Guangzhou.
In 2005, Yuexiu District had a total area of ??32.82 square kilometers and governed Liuhua, Dongfeng, Hongqiao, Liurong, Guangwei, Guangta, Shishu, Beijing, Daxin, Renmin, East Lake, Nonglin, Huanghuagang, Dadong,
The 22 administrative streets of Datang, Baiyun, Zhuguang, Jianshe, Huale, Meihuacun, Mineral Spring and Dengfeng have a total registered population of 1.14 million and a population density of 34,735 people per square kilometer.
Yuexiu District is the oldest central urban area in Guangzhou. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, Nanhai County was established. The county captain Renxiao selected an area between Baiyun Mountain and the Pearl River with mountains and sea (in today's Yuexiu area) as the county government.
Panyu City was built in 214 BC (the ruins of Panyu City are in Yuexiu District).
Since then, the sea has changed, the Pearl River bank has moved south, the inner lake has been annihilated, the river has been silted up, and the alluvial plain has continued to expand. Panyu City has continued to expand in various historical dynasties. For example, the city was expanded to the west in the Han Dynasty, and the city was expanded many times in the Song Dynasty (Zhuzi).
City, East and West Wing City (Yanchi City), three city walls spanning the beautiful mountains in the early Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty, a new city built along the river in the Qing Dynasty, etc.
In China's feudal society for more than 2,000 years, the development and changes of Guangzhou City were mainly carried out in the Yuexiu area.
Due to the above geographical and historical reasons, Yuexiu District has the following characteristics: Since the Qin Dynasty established Nanhai County here, Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty, built the Palace of Nanyue State here, and Liu of the Southern Han Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor Guangyang Palace.
Since the establishment of Guangzhou in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Lingnan Road in the Tang Dynasty, Guangnan East Road in the Song Dynasty, Zhongshu Province in the Yuan Dynasty, and Guangdong Province in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the corresponding military and administrative centers were all located in the Yuexiu area; during the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen served as the Extraordinary President
At that time, the Presidential Palace was located at the southern foot of Yuexiu Mountain (located in front and behind today's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall); after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the People's Government of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou Municipality, the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress all established
In Yuexiu area.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Yu Fan opened a lecture hall, and in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large number of overseas eminent monks came to China to translate scriptures and preach in Guangxiao Temple.
Since the establishment of colleges and universities in the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou has become a place for scholars in the province to study and further their studies. To this day, Yuexiu District still retains many ancient ruins of academic palaces, academies, and schools, such as Nanhai Academy, Yuexiu Academy, Yuehua Academy, and Yinghua Academy.
Yuan Academy, West Lake Academy, Lujiang Academy, etc. have become the best witnesses of Guangzhou’s history and culture as well as Chinese and foreign cultural sites.
Since Yuexiu District is basically the old city of Guangzhou, most of Guangzhou's historical relics and places of interest are concentrated in the district.
According to statistics at the end of 1997, there are 5 (7) historical relics protection units in Yuexiu District at the national level; Guangxiao Temple, Huaishengguang Pagoda, Sacred Heart Church, the former site of Guangzhou Commune and the ruins of the Qin Dynasty shipbuilding workshop, Zhenhai Tower,
Five Immortals Temple and the first floor of Lingnan, the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty, the former site of the "March 29" Uprising Headquarters and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall monument; there are 22 at the municipal level; Guangdong Wangjing, Sanyuan Palace, the Great Buddha Temple, and Haopan Mosque
, City God's Temple, Shaowu Junchen Tomb, General Wang Xing's Tomb, Lujiang Academy (He Family Ancestral Hall), Sailor Pavilion, Liberation Memorial Pavilion, Huangpu Military Academy Office Site, Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance Building, Yong'an Hall, Aiqun Hotel, East Asia
Hotel, Central Bank Building, the former site of the People's Liberation Army's city-style review platform (city government office), Guangzhou Liberation Memorial Statue and Jian's Ancestral Temple, the Five Rams Stone Statue, Water Tower, and Sifang Fortress ruins in Yuexiu Mountain.
In addition, there are a group of 155 internally controlled cultural relics protection units, about a quarter of which are distributed within 9.16 square kilometers of Yuexiu District.
Guangzhou was one of the earliest and largest foreign trade ports in China's feudal society. It was also the first city in China to set up customs officials (Municipal Shipping Envoy in the Tang Dynasty) and the first customs (Municipal Shipping Department). Frequent foreign trade created Guangzhou's
Business prospered. In the Tang Dynasty, a large number of Persians and Arabs came to China for trade and settled in the area of ??Guangta Road in Yuexiu today, which was called Fanfang.