Water Cultural Landscape in Guangzhou and Its Meaning

Guangzhou City is located on the intersection of the Pearl River and the South China Sea.The Pearl River is its mother river.There are many cultural landscapes in Guangzhou City,such as the name of its mother river,its architecture and layout,words used in the dialects,worship of dragon and snakes,worship of Gods of Nanhai and Mazu Goddess,ethnic groups living on the river andthe sea,the work and life of boat dwellers,and etc.,which thoroughly shows the cultural styles of Guangzhou City with multi-cultural,open,mercantile,energetic and compatible features.It is a sort of precious historical cultural resources and supposed to be protected,developed and utilized in order to serve for constructing a cultural mark of Guangzhou City.