Guangzhou as the south of the earlier open to the outside world of the city, as early as the Qing Dynasty on the West Wind East gradually, in Yuexiu district and Liwan District can find a lot of old arcades and ocean floor, began in the Haizhu Bridge, and finally Shamian Island near the West Road along the river is more representative of the“ocean floor a street”.Along the River West Road near Haizhu Square location used to be lined with bars,long embankment Malaysia intersection to Shamian Island area is distributed aiqun building,south building, Guangdong customs site, postal Expo and other former landmarks.Because of the concentration of foreign buildings, and with the river, along the River West Road,“Guangzhou Bund”said the architectural atmosphere comparable to the Shanghai Bund.

Along the River West Road was once Guangzhou's more bustling commercial streets, before Tianhe city,zhengjia Square and other large shopping centers developed, the south building area was Guangzhou people's "Fashion Center”and“first shopping center”, with the successive rise of the new business district, the older South Building is no longer "popular fried chicken", along the River West Road is not as popular as before, but there are still.



Walk in the Haizhu Square next to the Yanjiang West road you can see Guangzhou's first Cross－River Bridge-Haizhu bridge.The bridge has a number of First, respectively, China's first steel structure opening and closing Bridge, one of the earliest Guangzhou central axis composition and so on.It is interesting that the bridge bridge body steel frame can be disassembled and moved, until the repair is completed and then re-installed together.

Although the Cross-River Bridge is now lined,but the cultural status of Haizhu bridge is still other bridges can not be compared.The bridge has become an iconic attraction on the Pearl River,but also to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the Pearl River observation deck, moving to change the scene, the visual effect is very different.

Located at the junction of changdi Avenue and Yanjiang West Road, aiqun building is an earlier high-rise building in Guangzhou with a triangular appearance that is very special and is rarely seen today.

Aiqun building has a history of more than 80 years, in the era of underdevelopment of the tourism and business industry, was once the benchmark of China's hotel industry, has the“crown of South China”in the world.In 1984, the building added a revolving restaurant, leading the moment of coquettish.With the rise of huanshi East Road and Zhujiang New Town, aiqun building this once "Guangzhou's tallest building" is no longer special in height, but as a historical building, whether it is the design, or its cultural stories are worth reading.

The South Building along the West Road at present seems to be only a low-rise building, but in the early period of the people is China's first skyscraper, than Shanghai sassun building, Tianjin advised industry field seven years earlier and six years, respectively.

The building is rich in European style, and the style of the Bund complex in Shanghai is highly similar.

As early as the early 20th century, the south building installed water supply, power generation and elevator system, the roof also built a Sky Garden, in that era was an initiative.This building in addition to attracting customers in the provincial capital, many tourists from the surrounding cities and towns also come to punch in when they enter the city, which is a fashionable thing.

The postal Expo next to the south building is a heritage protection unit, slightly mottled but not broken granite cornerstone and columns full of a sense of the age, the appearance of the building is simple yet atmospheric, and the surrounding modern buildings in stark contrast.

Postal expo area is not large,you can enter the internal visit for free,which has some introduction to the history of the development of Guangzhou post.

The former site of Guangdong customs along Jiangxi road is a European-style neoclassical building,because the roof has a clock telling the time, folk habits called it“big bell tower”.

This building and other old buildings along the river west road together to prop up the North Bank of the Pearl River“foreign facade”, is the main tourist punch.