What stories have happened in Guangzhou over the past 2,000 years? Do you know what cultural relics have been unearthed in Guangzhou? Here are some recommended exhibitions for you to catch a glimpse of the history of Guangzhou!

Guangdong Zhuangyuan Cultural Exhibition (春風得意馬蹄疾——廣東狀元文化展)

(Photo: Guangzhou Luxun Museum)

The Chineseimperial examinations, a civil-service examination system that lasted for 1300 years in ancient China is the longest and most influential system in Chinese history. Zhuangyuan (狀元), the title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score of the imperial examination, was one of the lifelong pursuits of ancient scholars.

There are 14Zhuangyuans in Guangdong’s history, including two from the Panyu District of Guangzhou. Through the story of Guangdong’s Zhuangyuans, the Zhuangyuan culture and other parts, this exhibition systematically displays the cultural resources of imperial examination in Guangdong and presents the extraordinary trajectory of a Zhuangyuan’s life.

Venue:Guangzhou Luxun Museum(廣州魯迅紀念館)

Time: 9:00 — 17:00 (admission closed at 16:00), until February 28, 2022 (closed on Mondays)

Add.: No.215, Wenming Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (廣州市越秀區文明路215號)

Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 1, get off at Peasant Movement Institute Station and use Exit A; take Metro Line 6, get off at Tuanyida Square and use Exit A.

Guangzhou from an Archaeological Perspective (云山珠水間——考古發現的廣州)

(Photo: Guangzhou Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau)

This exhibition displays 751 sets of cultural relics in chronological order. With archaeological materials, it presents the lifestyle of Guangzhou people in the pre-Qin period, the cultural exchanges and interactions with neighboring areas, the development and changes of Guangzhou city since the Qin and Han Dynasties over 2,200 years, as well as the history of continuous overseas exchanges.

Venue: Southern Han Mausoleums Museum (南漢二陵博物館)

Time: 9:00 — 17:30 (admission closed at 17:00), long-term exhibition (closed on Mondays)

Add.: No. 8, Huashi 1st Road, Xiaoguwei Island, Higher Education Mega Center, Panyu District, Guangzhou (廣州市番禺區小谷圍島大學城華師一路8號 )

Nearest metro station: Take metro Line 4, get off at Higher Education Mega Center N. Station and use Exit C.

The history and culture of the Southern Han (漢風唐韻——五代南漢歷史與文化)

(Photo: Guangzhou Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau)

254 sets of exhibits are on display at this exhibition. Through archaeological materials, historical documents and the existing historic relics, it showcases the history ofSouthern Han, the palace and urban construction of the capital city Xing Wang Fu (now Guangzhou), and the shape and structure as well as the unearthed cultural relics of “three mausoleums” of Southern Han, so as to present a comprehensive and true history of that age.

Venue:Southern Han Mausoleums Museum (南漢二陵博物館)

Time: 9:00 — 17:30 (admission closed at 17:00), long-term exhibition (closed on Mondays)

Add.: No. 8, Huashi 1st Road, Xiaoguwei Island, Higher Education Mega Center, Panyu District, Guangzhou (廣州市番禺區小谷圍島大學城華師一路8號)

Nearest metro station: Take metro Line 4, get off at Higher Education Mega Center N. Station and use Exit C.

Guangzhou Historical Exhibition (城標·城史——廣州歷史陳列)

(Photo: Guangzhou Museum)

This exhibition systematically displays the cultural, customs and urban development of Guangzhou in the past five to six thousand years through nearly 1,000 cultural relics, photos and materials excavated and collected in the city.

Venue:Zhenhai Tower, Yuexiu Mountain, Guangzhou Museum (廣州博物館越秀山鎮海樓展區)

Time: 9:00 — 17:30 (admission closed at 17:00), long-term exhibition (closed on Mondays)

Add.: No. 960 Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (廣州市越秀區解放北路988號)

Nearest metro station:Take metro Line 2, get off at Yuexiu Park Station and use Exit B1.