Renmin Bridge

The First Battle of Canton (Chinese: 第一次廣州之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Canton, Guangdong Province, China, on 18 March 1841 during the First Opium War. The capture led to the hoisting of the Union Jack on the British factory in Canton and the resumption of trade between the British and the Chinese.

The Second Battle of Canton (Chinese: 第二次廣州之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Canton (Guangzhou), Guangdong province, China, in May 1841 during the First Opium War.

The Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel, Shamian Island (simplified Chinese: 沙面露德圣母堂; traditional Chinese: 沙面露德聖母堂; pinyin: Shāmiàn Lùdé Shèngmǔtáng; Jyutping: Saa1min2 Lou6dak1 Sing3mou5tong4) is a 20th-century gothic church. It is located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

The White Swan Hotel (simplified Chinese: 白天鹅宾馆; traditional Chinese: 白天鵝賓館; pinyin: báitiān'é bīnguǎn; Jyutping: baak6 tin1 ngo4 ban1 gun2) is a 28-story luxury hotel in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, located on Shamian Island, overlooking the Pearl River and facing the White Swan Pool. The hotel is reached by its own private 635 metres (2,083 ft) causeway.

Cultural Park station (simplified Chinese: 文化公园站; traditional Chinese: 文化公園站; pinyin: Wénhuà Gōngyuán zhàn) is an interchange station between Line 6 and Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground in the Liwan District and started operation on 28 December 2013.

Tongfuxi Station (Chinese: 同福西站; pinyin: Tóngfúxī Zhàn; lit. 'Tongfu West station') is a station on Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro, between Cultural Park station and Fenghuang Xincun station. It is located underground in the Haizhu District and started operation on 28 December 2019.

Julong Station (Chinese: 聚龙站; pinyin: Jùlóng Zhàn) is a station of Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground in the Liwan District and started operation on 26 November 2020. The station has an underground island platform. Platform 1 is for trains towards Jiaoxin, whilst platform 2 is for trains towards Wanshengwei. There are 3 exits, lettered A, B and D. Exits A & B are accessible. Exit A is located on Dekang Road, B & D are on Shicha Road.

Huangsha Station (simplified Chinese: 黄沙站; traditional Chinese: 黃沙站; Jyutping: wong2 saa1 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Wóngsā Jaahm) is a station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro and was the first Line 1 station to have platform screen doors installed. It started operations on 28 June 1997. It was the terminus of Line 1 when the Guangzhou Metro started the service in 1997. It is situated under the junction of Datong Road (Chinese: 大同路) and Liu'ersan Road (六二三路) in the Liwan District of Guangzhou. It is near Shamian Island, where the White Swan Hotel and many Western style buildings are. It became an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro in 2013.

Shamian Christian Church (Chinese: 沙面基督教堂; pinyin: Shmian Jīdūjiàotáng) is a Protestant church located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Nanfang Building (Chinese: 南方大厦) is a historic high-rise building in Guangzhou, China. At the time of its completion in 1922, it was the tallest building in the country. Since then, it has served as offices, department stores, electronics markets, and hotels.

Shamian (also romanized as Shameen or Shamin, both from its Cantonese pronunciation) is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The island's name literally means "sandy surface" in Chinese. The territory was divided into two concessions given to France and the United Kingdom by the Qing government in the 19th century (1859 to 1943). The island is a gazetted historical area that serves as a tranquil reminder of the colonial European period, with quiet pedestrian avenues flanked by trees and lined by historical buildings in various states of upkeep. The island is the location of several hotels, a youth hostel, restaurants and tourist shops selling curios and souvenirs.

The Thirteen Factories, also known as the Canton Factories, was a neighbourhood along the Pearl River in southwestern Guangzhou (Canton) in the Qing Empire from c. 1684 to 1856 around modern day Xiguan, in Guangzhou's Liwan District. These warehouses and stores were the principal and sole legal site of most Western trade with China from 1757 to 1842. The factories were destroyed by fire in 1822 by accident, in 1841 amid the First Opium War, and in 1856 at the onset of the Second Opium War. The factories' importance diminished after the opening of the treaty ports and the end of the Canton System under the terms of the 1842 Anglo-Chinese Treaty of Nanking. After the Second Opium War, the factories were not rebuilt at their former site south of Guangzhou's old walled city but moved, first to Henan Island across the Pearl River and then to Shamian Island south of Guangzhou's western suburbs. Their former site is now part of Guangzhou Cultural Park.