East London-- Guangzhou

Heyday of the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou was known as the "East London", China has attracted a lot of trade, tourism, envoy of the West. After the Opium War, there are still many Westerners to Guangzhou sightseeing. Marshal House Museum in Guangzhou recently held an exhibition on China by a British photographer RCHurley left a number of "Guangzhou 1899" precious old photographs as clues, the late Qing period outlined foreigners in Guangzhou Tourist route map.

First "discovered" the old Guangzhou landscape

Many foreign tourists, Guangzhou's first impression is the "water city."

From 1757 to 1840, the Guangzhou as China's only foreign trade port, China ships to be traced along the Pearl River in Guangzhou. Western trade in the most prosperous era of the scenery of the Pearl River has attracted a lot of people stop to China enjoy. From these photos can be found, after the Opium War in Guangzhou trade status despite increasing competition from the rise of the commercial port declined, but the Pearl is heavy as ever. Foreign steamship, ferry and from Pearl River, from the Mainland and passenger vessels, the marine population of Danjia and other kinds of boats and floats in the Pearl River on the steady stream of vessels, the formation of a different kind of scenery.

Another widespread concern is the West's waterways is East Ho Chung. Not only because it is one of the city's major water sources, but also because there is an important next to body - Bureau of Guangdong money.

Many photographs in the exhibition is the first "discovered" in the Old City view Guangzhou, such as an old city water off. Old Town, Guangzhou City, Ho has east, west, south 3, and its role on the one hand can be used for urban defense, on the other hand the city can be brought together six channels (ie six pulse drainage) of water into the Pearl River, has the role of drainage discharge. Six channels of communication the city, old city walls have water in all directions off the set. This ingenious design of urban waterways has been much interest in foreign tourists.

Old town and the sand: two sides of the Guangzhou City

Can be seen from the photos, Gongyuan, Cantonese Learning Palace, Longevity Palace, Manor House, flower tower, Guangxiao Temple, Yan Wei Temple, Sea Temple buildings, Chen Ancestral Temple in Guangzhou of these characteristics with Chinese customs and sights, not only the modern Traveler's goal, at the time the eyes of foreigners already living in the most important attractions of the series. They Guangzhou also interested in the ancient city walls, a large East Gate, a small East Gate, a large south gate, five-story all they have to inspect and survey the site.

Sand the face of it seems to be more friendly to foreigners. To the photo shoot the late 19th century, Shamian concession has basically complete public facilities, building mainly consulates, churches, banks, post office, telegraph office, businesses, hospitals, hotels and homes, as well as clubs, bars, tennis courts and swimming farms. These buildings have the most authentic classic European style, is the experience of foreign tourists in Guangzhou in the "exotic" place to go after important.

Shopping paradise for a hundred years ago there

Has a lot of foreign tourists to Guangzhou or willing to Qingping market, jade market, west off such a big market to find the Guangzhou Different customs. Like the late Qing era, the Western tourists shopping in Guangzhou not miss important issues. At that time a lot of shops are to install a doorpost small sign in English, indicating the store name or brief type of goods, apparently from a "trade" needs. In such circumstances, the Guangzhou West relations since the area is not only popular in the early English spoken on the translation of brochures, but also appeared in the early tour. Many foreign tourists have in their notes to record these native-born, without a teacher's guide are. Changle Street, 18 Guangzhou, just the names, early access to their records.