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Buddhist pilgrims are encouraged to visit the city’s oldest religious site, Guangxiao Temple, which was originally built more than 1,600 years ago. |
SW visits Guangzhou
By Itsarin Tisantia
Photos by Peerawat Jariyasombat,
courtesy of Bangkok Post
Guangzhou, the capital city of China’s Guangdong province, boasts a great number of tourist attractions and cultural sites. The city is also famed for its Cantonese cuisine.
For This week’s Freeze Frame, SW takes a look at some of the highlights of Guangzhou.
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The world’s largest statute of the Goddess of Mercy is located in central Guangzhou. In 1994, the 40-metre high statute was cast with 120 tonnes of bronze and 180 taels of gold. |
Visitors can get a great view of the city from Canton Tower, which is 449 metres tall. |
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Guangdong Museum exhibits bronze statues, artworks, traditional costumes as well as dinosaur fossils found in the city. |
The Five Rams sculpture situated in Yuexiu Park is the symbol of Guangzhou. |
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Exercises
Find vocabulary words used in the story that are antonyms of the following words.
1. newest …………………
2. unpopular …………………
3. smallest …………………
4. discouraged …………………
Vocabulary
- cast (v): to shape hot liquid metal, etc. by pouring it into a hollow container
tael (n): a term that refers to part of the Chinese system of weights and currency
fossil (n): the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock
