Foshan
Foshan is a provincial municipality in Guangdong Province, located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, the economic and trade center and comprehensive transportation hub of the west wing of the Pearl River Delta region.
Foshan is an important manufacturing base in China, a famous cultural city of Dragon Boat dragon and lion in China, a famous historical and cultural city of China, and also the birthplace of Cantonese opera, which belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, and the famous attractions include Zumiao Temple, Xiqiao Mountain, etc.
Ancient Tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Neolithic sites excavated in Foshan prove that humans had settled in Foshan more than 2,000 years ago. Foshan was named after the Tang Dynasty in Jin. In 628 (the second year of Tang Zhenguan), the local residents excavated 3 bronze Buddhas, which were considered to be only the mountain of The Buddha, so they rebuilt the temple here, and the name of Foshan began. In the Ming Dynasty, Foshan was already quite prosperous, and handicrafts and commerce were very developed. At that time, it and Hubei Hankou, Jiangxi Jingdezhen, Henan Zhuxian together known as China's four famous towns, the history of Foshan to textile, ceramics and casting and other handicrafts famous, silk products in the Ming and Qing Dynasties there is "Guangsha armor in the world" reputation, Foshan City Wansu "southern pottery capital" reputation. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Foshan became one of the birthplaces of China's modern national industry, and successively gave birth to China's first new-style silk reeling factory and the first match factory, and established the "Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company Zhuzui Factory". Foshan Lion Head, Foshan Za Lion and Foshan Lantern Color Craft are famous overseas, the Chinese Southern Lion is in Guangdong, Foshan is the birthplace of the Southern Lion, and has the reputation of "The King of the Lion King". Foshan's casting industry began in the Western Han Dynasty, and by the Ming Dynasty Foshan's casting technology had reached a very high level, becoming the smelting center of South China, and even "foshan smelting all over the world".
Night view of Foshan
The Xijiang, Beijiang and their tributaries in the Pearl River system run through the whole territory of Foshan and belong to the typical delta river network area.
Today, Foshan's economic development pattern has been supported by ten major industries as the main economic pillar, including: household appliances, optical mechatronics, electronic information and equipment manufacturing, ceramics and other building materials, textiles and clothing, metal materials processing and products, plastic products, chemicals and medicine, food and beverage, household goods manufacturing. Foshan is a famous manufacturing city led by industry and coordinated development of the three major industries, and "Made in Foshan" is well-known at home and abroad. After more than 30 years of reform and opening up, it has formed ten advantageous industries such as household appliances, machinery and equipment, metal material processing and products, ceramic building materials, textiles and clothing, electronic information, food and beverages, plastic products, fine chemicals and medicine, and household products manufacturing.
The private economy is an important force in Foshan's economy and is the main feature and advantage of Foshan that distinguishes it from other cities.
Foshan is one of the important commercial and trade centers in the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, a logistics demonstration city in the field of circulation in the country, and has a number of logistics transaction and distribution centers with large investment scale and strong radiation capacity.
Foshan scenery
Relying on the advantages of the industry to actively develop the headquarters economy, a number of well-known enterprises such as Midea Electrical Appliances, Wanhe Group, Dongpeng Ceramics, Xishan Furniture and so on have set up headquarters buildings in Foshan, and the headquarters base of China ceramic industry has been completed and operated.
Foshan is one of the six brand capitals in China, a demonstration city for the implementation of the national trademark strategy, a chinese brand economic city, the city has 46 well-known Trademarks in China, 65 Famous Brand products in China, and 673 national and industry standards. Well-known enterprises are: Fosu Group, Foshan Lighting, Osram Lighting, Foshan Ceramics, Pulihua Camera, Haitian Condiments, Huaxin Packaging, Eagle Ceramics, Dongpeng Ceramics, Kelong Electrical Appliances, Midea Electrical Appliances, Galanz Electrical Appliances, Chigo Air Conditioning, Wanjiale Water Heater, Jianlibao Beverage, Good Helper Automotive Electronics, Esquel Textile, China Resources Coatings, Foshan Rifeng, Country Garden Real Estate, Li Ning Sportswear, Federation. Gordon, etc.
Foshan has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, four seasons like spring, belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate, the average annual temperature of 23.2 °C, since ancient times is the land of rich fish and rice. Shunde is one of the largest freshwater breeding bases in the country, focusing on the development of high-quality and high-value species such as eels, turtles, osmanthus perch and so on. Every year, a large number of agricultural and sideline products are sold to Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, Southeast Asia and other places, the South China Sea is the main commodity grain base in Guangdong, and has now built a production base of high-quality rice, fruits, watermelons, tea, vegetables, pond fish, livestock and poultry and other agricultural commodities.
Foshan is not only rich in products, but also has beautiful scenery, with many tourist attractions and places of interest. Foshan river network is dense, the ecological environment is beautiful, is a unique Lingnan water town. Foshan Ancestral Temple, Xiqiao Mountain, Nanfeng Ancient Stove, Qinghui Garden, Soap Curtain Mountain, Nanguo Taoyuan, Chen Cun Flower World, Sanshui Lotus World were rated as "Foshan New Eight Scenic Spots". Among them, foshan ancestral temple integrates ancient ceramics, wood carving, casting and architectural art, and is known as the "palace of oriental art"; Xiqiao Mountain is a national scenic spot with the reputation of "the famous mountain of Southern Guangdong"; Shunde Qinghui Garden and Foshan Liangyuan were the four famous gardens in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty; Gaoming Soap Curtain Mountain was the highest peak in Foshan; Chencun Flower World was the largest flower production and trading base and flower culture theme park in southern China; Sanshui Lotus World is a lotus ecological garden with large scale and rich variety resources in the world. There are also lingnan tiandi (Donghuali), Kang Youwei's former residence, Baolin Temple, Lubaozu Temple, Daqitou Ancient Village, Huang Feihong Memorial Hall, Bruce Lee Memorial Hall and other cultural attractions. [25] There are also foshan ancestral temples built in the Song and Yuanfeng years (1078-1085), Shunde Qinghui Garden and Foshan Liang Garden, two of the four famous gardens in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty, Nanhai Xiqiao Mountain, a national scenic spot, as well as the Confucius Temple and Renshou Temple in the historical city, the Nanhai Kangyouwei Former Residence, the Shunde Xishan Temple, the Shunde Bruce Lee Memorial Hall, the Sanshui Lubao Xujiang Ancestral Temple, the Wen Pagoda, the Gaoming Wenchang Pagoda, and the Linggui Pagoda.
Foshan's new eight scenic spots are: Xiqiao Diecui (Nanhai Xiqiao Mountain), Ancestral Temple Sacred Area (Foshan Ancestral Temple), Qinghui Yuxiu (Shunde Qinghui Garden), Ancient Stove Salary (Chancheng Nanfeng Ancient Stove), Wonders of the Sea of Flowers (Shunde Flower World), Yunshui Lotus Fragrance (Sanshui Lotus World), Soap Curtain Lingyun (Gaoming Soap Curtain Mountain), Nanguo Taoyuan (Nanhai Taoyuan)
Foshan is the birthplace of the "Southern Red Bean" Cantonese opera. It gave birth to the pronoun of Cantonese opera artists - "Red Boat Children" and the earliest cantonese opera organization - Qionghua Guild Hall. The Cantonese opera singing of the "Private Partnership Bureau" organized by the non-governmental organizations is a major feature of Foshan culture and has been prosperous for a long time. The Qionghua Cantonese Opera Arts Festival held annually makes Foshan present the grand situation of "red boat mooring evening yarn, ten thousand people watching Qionghua".
Foshan is the "food town" of the Pearl River Delta, such as Foshan Za hoof, Foshan gong sesame cake, Daliang pheasant roll, Daliang brick sand, daliang ginger juice bumping milk, fried milk, double skin milk, xiaofeng cake, South China Sea fish raw, Dafu cake, Jiujiang pan-fried heap, Sanshui paparazzi duck, crystal dumplings, sweet shoot steamed cake, Xiqiao big cake, Foshan nine-layer cake, Shiwan fish breast, Foshan Zhuhou sauce, silkworm pupae, white sugar cotton cake, Ying Ke won noodles, Jinyuan restaurant sweet shoot steamed cake, Fenning white sugar cotton cake, Da Can Zhuangyuan and the first porridge, blind public cake, GaoMingse powder and many other snacks.
According to the specialties and tastes of different places, The people of Foshan have created many different styles of gourmet dishes. Foshan's Zhuhou food, Shunde's "Fengcheng (Daliang) fried", is famous. Many snacks in Foshan, such as Foshan blind cake, Daliang bungee, tie hoof, Daliang pheasant roll, fried milk, bungee sand, South Sea fish raw, Dafu cake, Jiujiang fried heap, etc. are well-known.