Huangpu ancient village and old port
Huangpu ancient port and village was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), it was the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road and the only treaty port until late Qing dynasty. If you are visiting or living in Guangzhou,…
Making friends while living in Guangzhou
When I first moved to Guangzhou in 2010, I came to a totally new place on my own. The only person I knew beforehand was a Finnish guy who had posted about this experience on a message forum. Besides that…
Summer Greetings from Guangzhou
Summer temperatures will continue in in Guangzhou, but in many ways Summer is now over. Summer courses have ended, Autumn semester is coming, our yearly trip to Finland is soon coming to an end. The day after tomorrow we will…
Liede Village banquet of hundreds of tables
900 years ago a group of people moved to Guangzhou from other parts of the province and settled close to the Pearl River. The Liede Village started to form. Fast forwarding 900 years the city of Guangzhou is spreading and…
