1. Shawan Town has a history of more than 800 years ans is quite well preserved, being an ancient town of Lingnan culture. It also has intangible cultural heritages and traditional cultural activities such as lion dance and brick carving, etc.
2. Dapeng City, which used to be a military fortress for sea defense in South China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Nowadays, it still remains the ancient gates, towers, streets and houses.
3. Huangpu Ancient Harbor, which is a window to the golden period of China’s maritime trade in the 17^th and 18^th centuries. And the ancient village there is an important historical and cultural relic, and a witness of glorious maritime trade history of Guangzhou.

First of all, Cantonese cuisine emphasizes the four words of “fresh, tender, crisp and smooth”, and the main purpose of cooking is to bring out the flavor of the ingredients themselves, and all seasonings are for the purpose of enhancing the flavor of the food itself.

Secondly, Cantonese cuisine emphasizes the therapeutic and nourishing effects of food. Cantonese people have soup in almost every meal.

In addition, one of the key concepts of Cantonese cuisine is to “complement from with form”, for example, eating eyes for eyesight.

The first emperor of Qin Dynasty united the six states, but at that time the land of Guangdong and Guangxi, separated from the central plains of Chinese civilization, has therefore preserved a fairly independent political system and cultural ecology since ancient times.

After the Yue people entered Lingnan, the primitive political pattern of clan tribes was still maintained here. Coupled with the complicated terrain, Qin Shi Huang had to find a way to build the Ling Canal connecting the Xiang and Li Rivers, and finally conquered the Lingnan land.

Cantonese people eat crocodiles, snakes, rats (bamboo rats, voles, etc.) and bugs (sand-worms, bamboo-warms, cinnamon cicadas, etc.), but all of these things are relatively niche or even just eaten by people from one small place. So not all Cantonese people eat everything.

As of 2021, Guangdong has a land area of 179,800 square kilometers and a total sea area of 419,000 square kilometers.