#Guangzhou Headlines #Shamian Island Day Trip Shamian Island was originally a sandbar, bordered by White Goose Tan in the south, connected to Shaji in the north, and was forced to be divided into the British and French concessions during the Second Opium War, and was an important merchant in Guangzhou

#Guangzhou Headlines #Shamian Island Day Tour

Shamian Island was originally a sandbar, south of The White Goose Tam, north and Shaji connected, the Second Opium War was forced to be divided into the British and French Concession, is an important commercial port in Guangzhou, after a hundred years, more than ten countries set up consulates here, is the epitome of the modern history of the mainland and the history of the concession, the island European style architecture formed a unique open-air building "museum".

Lourdes Catholic Church of Our Lady, Shamian Christ Church, Customs House, British Snow Factory, HSBC and other buildings are unique. On the island, like a Small European Town, cafes, churches, restaurants and bars all need to calm down and slow down, and see the landscape to perceive. The scenery is the same scene, unchanged for a hundred years, people are hurried guests, do not see the attention, always are passers-by.

Explore all the unknowns, with curiosity to open the "five senses", with the eyes to see, see the differences in the world, there are so many faces; use the ears to listen to the sounds around you that are different from the past, today in Shamian Island to hear all kinds of birdsong, crisp and pleasant, how long has life been in the lively city; with the nose to breathe, smell the smell that belongs to the city, the slightest wisp of breath floating on the street, are the popularity of the city's serious life; use the skin to lightly touch, open the pores, close to the more subtle differences and changes, The small details of the people here, the dust and flowers in the air, the efforts of the young leaves of the branches to grow, the hope and longing in the eyes of pedestrians, and the caresses of the sun as they pass through the branches are fascinating.

Sitting in Starbucks, surrounded by modern life, but in front of you is the laying out of history...