Final Draft of group 5

1. Presented by Group
5:
Henry Liu
Russell Ling
Lauren Wong
Daniel Huante
Guangzhou/Canton (2nd Half)

2. Sun Yat-Sen
University
Sun Yat-sen University,
originally known as
Guangdong University, was
founded in 1924 by Dr.
Sun Yat-sen, a great
democratic revolutionary hero
of the 20th
century. The university is one
of the top ranked
universities in the People's
Republic of China.

3. Shudan, a Teochew student from
Sun Yat-Sen University, as well
as a new friend, gives a brief
description of how in the last
three decades, Guangdong
province is the site of one of the
largest migrations of people in
the world as Chinese from other
province migrate to the area,
while on our tour around the
University’s campus.
After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen,
the national government
that was set up during the first
cooperation between the
Communists and Nationalists
formally decreed to change its
name to Sun Yat-sen University
to commemorate, inherit, and
develop the revolutionary spirit
of Dr. Sun Yat-sen on July 17,
1926.

4. A SYSU student, also one of
our tour guides around SYSU
campus, briefly explains Sun
Yat-Sen University being a
name-brand institution of
higher education with fine
traditions in teaching and
learning. In addition, the
school motto is to “study
extensively; enquire
accurately; reflect carefully;
discriminate clearly; practice
earnestly.”
The tuition, per semester, for
attending Sun Yat-Sen
University is 8700 RMB, which
roughly converts to $1600
USD.

5. On our tour around SYSU
campus, we took a group
picture in front of the North
Gate of the North Gate
Square. This gate is the
pinnacle piece of attractive
architecture on the square
because on this memorial
gateway is the name of Sun
Yat-Sen etched in his own
handwriting.
Covering an area of 15,000
square kilometers, the North
Gate Square of Sun Yat-Sen
comprises the Memorial
Archway, School Badge and
the square.

6. Sun Yat-Sen University
consists of four campuses,
which sits along the Zhu
Jiang, in other words, the
Pearl River. The Pearl River is
named this because of all the
pearl colored shells that lie at
the bottom of the river in the
section that flows through the
city of Guangzhou. It is the
widest distributor within the
delta, although considerably
short. The waters that
converge east of the Bei Jiang
are first referred to as the
Pearl River just north
of Guangzhou.

7.  Near the end of our tour of SYSU, we paid a visit to their historical museum
that had many pictures and descriptions of Chinese revolutionary heroes and
events. The theme was focused on Minzu (nationalism), Minquan
(democracy), and Minsheng (welfare).

8. • During our time in Guangzhou,
we stayed in Zijingyuan Hotel
of Sun Yat-Sen University. Next
to the hotel was a class room
where students would attend
lectures and study throughout
the evening. Near the end of
our stay in Guangzhou, we
made a toast and said our
good-bye to Wu Jian, a new
friend from Xiamen University.
• Wu Jian’s Mandarin Chinese
skill was also an invaluable
asset to us in Guangzhou in
terms of communication and
navigating around the city.
Due to Mainland China’s
influence on Guangzhou to
communicate in Mandarin
Chinese instead, has led many
Guangzhou local to speak
Mandarin Chinese instead of
Cantonese Chinese. Even
Guangzhou media and TV
station has been switch to
Mandarin Chinese.

9. Food in Guangzhou ranged from being tender and creamy to succulent and savory. Some
dishes that we ate at restaurants consists of: taro-root boiled in a thick creamy stock,
steamed pork-filled dumplings, thinly sliced pork covered in a sweet & savory sauce, and
roasted chicken glazed with sugar and soy sauce.

10.  The Bruce Lee museum, located in
Shunde Guangdong, is regarded as
the largest museum in the world that
is dedicated to the life of the
legendary Bruce Lee.
 Shunde was a thriving place of
traditional agriculture but due to the
reform policy in 1978, Shunde was
given full control to its people. This
allowed Shunde to developed into an
industrial boomtown. This led
Shunde to be economically
competitive.
 Some of the products that Shunde
proudly manufacture are furniture
and electric appliances. Some of
Mainland China famous companies,
such as Kelon or Midea are stationed
here.
Bruce Lee Museum
and Shunde
Guangzhou

11.  Some famous people are originated
from Shunde such as Ip Man, Wong Fei
Hung and Bruce Lee.
 Ip Man was an exceptionally talented
martial art teacher. He opened up a few
martial art school and trained many
students, whom would later to become
famous martial arts in their own right,
including Bruce Lee. Ip Man was also a
police officer during his time in Foshan.
 Wong Fei Hung was also a famous
martial artist who blessed many
televisions and films with his martial art
skills. His martial art style is called the
Hung Gar. His martial art skills was so
great that some argued that he could
match Bruce Lee in a fight. Hung was
also a physician that owned a private
clinic in Foshan. Hung also has a
museum dedicated to him with the aims
of carrying on his legacy and his
medical ethics at Foshan.

12.  Throughout this part of the tour, our tour guide, Louis went into some details of Shunde. Louis
mentioned that the Shunde mayor, is considered to be the most nationalist in all of Guangzhou.
He only speak Cantonese Chinese, which helps the Cantonese Chinese language to thrive in
Shunde.
 Louis also mentioned that there was a time where women in Shunde refused to take marriage
with another man. They called themselves “self-combed woman.” Many women chose the route
of being single. This decision gave them the education, freedom, some level of independence
and a voice in a matter. In addition, it was also to support their family. During the silk
production era, many of these factories would refuse to hire married women. By staying single,
many women would ensure to their family that they would have a source of income in order to
survive. Pretty Chinese females were quite unfortunate during this time as they were forcibly
taken to marriage or have been forced to become concubines.

13.  The legacy of Bruce Lee was his contribution in promoting Chinese martial arts and kung
fu films. Both of Jackie Chan and Jet Li’s achievement pales in comparison in Bruce Lee
legacy.
 Due to his strong passion in films, Bruce Lee fought hard to build a good image of Asians
in Hollywood films and refused to partake in any roles that could negatively portrayed
Asians.
 Bruce Lee fought the stigma of poor Asian image that was originated from the Opium
War, where China lost to the British and European. Despite defeat, China resisted the
Western imperialism and colonization. This led the westerners to call China “the sick man
of Asia.” This referred that despite being a massive size country, China is weak and doing
far worse than some of their comparatively smaller neighboring country, such as Japan.
Bruce Lee fought hard for the nationalism of China, showing that China is not “the sick
man of Asia” anymore.
 Bruce Lee was recognized as one of the seven best martial artist in the 1970s and was
the only Chinese national, to be nominated as one of the most influential icons in the 20th
century.

14.  Some of Bruce Lee’s equipment for his training. He believed in absolute fitness and
physical conditioning. He felt that many athletics would focus on one aspect of
training, such as cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscles endurances and
muscular strength. He balanced all of these elements which made him more of a
well-rounded fighter and thus, made his skills in martial fighting to be at the highest
level.
 Bruce Lee basics styles of martial arts was taught in one of Ip Man’s school, who
was also a renowned martial artist teacher. Ip Man’s martial arts style was Wing
Chun. Bruce Lee only completed halfway through Ip Man’s courses before leaving
and decided to innovated and incorporated new moves which created his own style
of martial art.

15.  Bruce Lee was an alumni to our beloved
University of Washington.
 Bruce Lee majored in drama and
philosophy. His love of philosophy was so
great that he owned an library of books.
Due to his extensive knowledge of
philosophy, he incorporated many of it in
his personal life and his martial art
philosophy. Lee believed that everyone
should be constantly gaining knowledge in
order to become self-knowledge. This
seems be part of the reason of how he
lived his life. Even though he lived only for
32 years, he has accomplished many
achievements in such a short period of
time.
 Bruce Lee was also a believer of Taoism, in
which he felt that in order to be free and go
beyond your limit, once must think outside
of the box because that’s where true
knowledge lies. If a person only follows the
systems that the society has laid out, then
that person will not reach greatness.
 Bruce Lee faced difficulty in landing a
movie role due to Hollywood discrimination
of his ethnicity. He would eventually land
an supporting role in the movie “The Green
Hornet.” This movie was a huge success,
which helped him to become more
recognizable. He would later have more
negotiating power in landing more
favorable roles in his future films. In one
of his film “The Way of the Dragon,” he was
given complete control as the writer,
director, star and choreographer of the
fight scenes.

16.  Bruce Lee’s ancestry
originated in Shunde,
Guangzhou. Lee’s
grandfather built the house
with bricks and woods. It
was spacious and had rooms
to practice martial arts. It
covered about 51 sq meters.
It was overall, a very humble
home, where Bruce Lee had
only lived there for a short
period of time.

17.  Our tour guide, Louis, has mentioned a great deal of Shunde Cuisine. Many famous Cantonese chefs are from
Shunde, which made the place famous for being the precursor to the Cantonese dishes. Due to the frugal life
of Guangzhou people, Cantonese chefs has mastered diverse and complex cooking skills, which makes
seemingly easy cuisine into dishes that could be considered prestigious.
 Many of these dishes were uniquely tasty due to the many mixture flavors that would burst into anyone’s
mouth.
 Among them, one of the dishes, the Jun’an pork, the dish on the bottom right panel, is an example of how a
deceptively simple looking dish in Shunde, was imbued with many flavors. The chef would deboned the whole
pig, marinated them in five-spice powder, salt, and sugar, which would be steamed for an hour with charocal.
Then the pork would be thinly cut and be sprinkled with sesame seeds. This method of cooking intensified the
pork flavor while also giving the subtle taste of the sauces.

18. Chimelong Resort and Panyu
• The Chimelong Resort is in Panyu, which is a new district under the administration of Guangzhou.
• Panyu is one of the oldest city in China. Like Shunde, it is also very nationalist, and thus, the
Cantonese language thrives in Panyu.
• Panyu used to be a county-level before it became a district of Guangzhou. There are also many
archaeological evidences, which points that Panyu was a burgeoning commercial center.
• Due to the opening and reform policy in 1978 and Panyu’s excellent geographic settings, the
economy of Panyu has grown dramatically. Many investors launched more than 3000 prestigious
companies such as Siemens, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Hitachi, etc., in Panyu.
• Panyu’s three biggest pillar industries are photoelectron, jewelry processing, and chemistry
industry, made Panyu’s economy thrived in great success.
• Panyu is still developing, with many key constructions, such as The University Town, new railway
stations, metro line projects, expressways and Nansha Branch of Guangzhou Port, are expected to
be completed in the near future. Panyu is ambitious in their gentrification for continuing to
increase their economic strength.
• Panyu also have a rich cultural background as some of their famous historical people were born in
Panyu. One of the most famous musician in Panyu named Xian Xinghai, who created many
revolutionary songs during the Anti-Japanese War period, in which some of his songs are still
popular in China right now.
• Another historical figure in Panyu named Qu Dajun, was a popular poet and a famous scholar of
the Lingnan culture in the transitional period of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

19. The Chimelong water park is the biggest water park in China and
features multiple award winning rides. In the park men and women
wore different bathing suits then we do in the United States of
America. Women dressed more conservatively while men wore
speedos, and because of these cultural differences, some people felt
uncomfortable wearing long board shorts and bikinis compared to
what all the locals wore.

20. The Chimelong Paradise has over 60 attractions that include three
world breaking roller coasters. The roller coaster with the fastest
acceleration, the roller coaster with the most inversions, and the roller
coast with the biggest drop. It also has a 4D movie theater and shows
like the American Lumber Jack Show.

21. Guangzhou – Shop til’ You Drop!
If there is anything that the citizens of Guanzhou know how to do, it
is shopping! Although Americans are sometimes noted as the
ultimate consumers, there is no argument that the Chinese make it
a daily habit and enjoy shopping far more. For example, it is
common to eat a meal and then go shopping right after the meal.
This sometimes may occur up to twice a day! Most Chinese find
shopping important in the sense that it can reveal one’s
sophistication as it is deemed important to enjoy a luxurious life in
public. Compared to the average American consumer, it is more
important to show one’s taste rather than how one lives. So when it
comes down to shopping in China, especially in Guangzhou, one can
find just about anything they are looking for!

22. Shang-xia-jiu Pedestrian Shopping
Street
A unique shopping area where one can find all the necessities
ranging from clothes and shoes to ladies’ items. It is located in
the old site of Guangzhou and consists of old-fashion,
traditional architecture. Developed during the Ming Dynasty, it
is regarded as the second most famous street in Guangzhou.

23. Beijing Road
 Yet another famous
commercialized shopping
area located in the city
center of Guangzhou.
One can find just about
anything from food and
jewelry to clothes and
books. Most regard it as
the ideal shopping area
due to the large malls
such as Mayflower,
Xindaxin, and Grandbuy.
It is up kept by a
youthful population and
continue to economically
grow due to the
numerous businessmen
constantly going through
the street.

24. “Mall of the World”
It is located in Huacheng Square alongside of other incredible
creations of mankind such as the Canton Tower. The Mall of the
World is nothing short of amazing as it consists of over 400
shops within its walls, and it features a variety of merchandise
ranging from clothes to high end boutiques. Besides all of the
shopping one can do, people are able to enjoy themselves in a
wide array of luxury such as fine dining and 3D IMAX
entertainment.

25. Valley View Hotsprings Resort
Valley View Hot Spring Resort
is a unique getaway in the
sense that there are no other
hot springs like it. Located in
the Conghua Hot Spring Town
and on the edge of the Liuxi
River, this resort holds a
variety of hot springs
containing different
properties. One such spring is
of its only kind and contains
special minerals like no other.

26.  The properties that some of the springs contain are
considered medicinal in the sense of how it promotes
healthy bodies. As one sits in the pool of waters, the
body absorbs the minerals. It is through this method
do the minerals affect the body in a sense where it
can promote a healthier digestive system, skin care
and youthfulness, and even promote the immune
system to help back off illness such as the common
cold. It is common to see many folks utilize the
springs for the healthy benefits they provide.

27. The resort is a community all within itself. Aside from the hot
springs, there are multiple luxuries the resort can offer. The
restaurant consists of healthy, organic food concocted by
renowned chefs. A massage spa also comes along with staying at
the resort as well as games including table tennis and pool.