Guangzhou is a national historical and cultural city, one of the historical and cultural cities, and has been the political, economic and cultural center of South China for more than 2,000 years. The following xiaobian sorted out the top ten historical celebrities in Guangzhou, let's take a look at it.
1. Zhan Tianyou (April 26, 1861 – April 24, 1919, born in Nanhai County, Guangzhou Province, Guangdong Province, former residence is located at No. 42, Sprout Lane, 12 fu west street, Enning Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou. He is an expert in modern railway engineering in China and is known as the first chief railway engineer in China. He was responsible for the construction of the Beijing-Zhang Railway and other projects, known as the "father of Chinese railways" and "the father of modern Chinese engineering".
2, Xian Xinghai (June 13, 1905 – October 30, 1945), male, ancestral home of Panyu, Guangdong (now part of Lan Nuo Town, Nansha District, Guangzhou), born in Macao, is a famous composer and pianist in modern China, known as "people's musician".
3. Deng Shichang (October 4, 1849 – September 17, 1894), male, Han ethnicity, guangdong Guangfu, born in Longdaowei Township, Panyu County, Guangdong (now Haizhu District, Guangzhou), general of the Beiyang Marine Division in the late Qing Dynasty, national hero.
4. Hong Xiuquan (January 1, 1814 – June 1, 1864) was the founder of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, and a national hero. He was born in 1814 in Hua County, Guangdong (present-day Huadu District, Guangzhou).
5. Liang Qichao, the new people of China and the master of the Freedom House. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, he was a thinker, politician, educator, historian and writer in modern China. He is one of the leaders of the Penghu Reform Law (Hundred Days Restoration) and a representative figure of the new legal scholars.
5, Peng Jiamu (1925 - June 17, 1980 (disappeared)), formerly known as Peng Jiamu, a native of Panyu District, Guangdong (now Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province), han ethnicity. He went to Xinjiang 15 times for scientific investigations, three times into Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Lop Nur for expeditions, and unfortunately disappeared in Lop Nur on June 17, 1980. In 2007, the suspected dried body of Peng Jiamu was found, which is now in the Dunhuang Museum.
6, Qu Dajun (1630-1696), Han chinese, Guangdong Panyu people. A famous scholar and poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, together with Chen Gongyin and Liang Peilan, was called "Lingnan Three Greats", and had the reputation of "Guangdong Xu Xiake". He carried out anti-Qing activities with Wei Geng and others. After avoiding disasters as a monk, he still changed his Confucian clothes in middle age. The poems have the legacy of Li Bai and Qu Yuan, and most of the works were destroyed in the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, and later generations compiled "Weng Shan Shi Wai", "Weng Shan Wen Wai", "Weng Shan Yi Wai", "Guangdong New Language" and "Four Dynasties Chengren Record", collectively known as the "Five Books of Qu Tuo".
7, Red Line Woman (December 27, 1924 – December 8, 2013), formerly known as Kwong Jianlian, female, Han ethnicity, ancestral home of Kaiping, Guangdong, is a famous Contemporary Chinese Cantonese opera performance artist and founder of Red School art. On December 8, 2013, he died of a sudden myocardial infarction in Guangzhou at the age of 89. The Red Line Woman is a generation of masters of Cantonese opera art, and the Red Line Woman created one of the most influential singing genres in the history of Chinese Cantonese opera - the Red School art, which has set an immortal monument for Lingnan Cantonese opera art and even Chinese civilization. His son, Ma Dingsheng, is a Hong Kong military commentator and anchor of Phoenix TV. Ma Dingsheng's ancestral home is Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong Province, and his parents are the top talents in the Cantonese opera industry, Ma Shi Zeng and the Red Line Girl.
8, He Xian (December 1, 1908 – December 6, 1983), a native of Panyu, Guangdong. In the early years, he ran a grain and oil store in Chen Village, Shunde County. He went to Macau in 1941 and after 1947 served as vice chairman and president of the Macau Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. After 1950, he served as a Chinese representative of the Political Affairs Committee and the Legislative Council of the Macao Government, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of East Asia, and a member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. His son, Ho Hau Wah, male, Han ethnicity, born on March 13, 1955 in Macao, a native of Panyu, Guangdong Province, was the first Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region and is currently the Vice Chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
9, Xie Xingfang, born on September 8, 1981 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, originally from Xinxing County, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province, is the world badminton champion.
10, Zhen Zidan, born on July 27, 1963 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is an actor, director and martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, China.