No, I do not know how to correctly pronounce this place...but Guangzhou is one of the places we will be flying into while in China. How do I know this already?? Well, it is where the US Consulate is located, and we will need to go there before we fly home for the last of the paperwork. I thought I would do some research, on what it looks like...here is what I found: looks pretty to me! Can't wait! One day....
Guangzhou (广州 Guǎngzhōu or just simply GZ) is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China and has a population of over 10 million (The official registered population is 7.3 million, with over 3 million unregistered residents), making it the third largest city in mainland China after Shanghai and Beijing. It is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau forming an urban tri-angle. In the era of tea clippers, Guangzhou was known in the West as "Canton". The food and the language of the area are still known as "Cantonese" and it is perfectly acceptable to use either the western or Chinese term interchangeably. The Cantonese are proud and hardworking people known throughout China and the world over for their famous cuisine and tack for business.
The city is famous for foreign trade and business doings, and holds China's largest trade fair, the Canton Fair. However, in between the seemingly endless skyscrapers, shopping malls and building sites there is a lot of culture and history. While Guangzhou is not usually high on the list of Asian tourist destinations, it is amazing how much the city actually has to offer.
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