Guangdong 廣東

Guǎngdōng 廣東 Other names include: Yuè 粵 (Abbreviation); Kwangtung (old Romanization)

Nearby Locations: Guǎngxī 廣西 province to the west Húnán 湖南 province to the north Jiāngxī 江西 province to the northeast Fújiàn 福建 province to the east

South China Region

Geography Portal

Guǎngdōng 廣東 is a province in the south of China. It has been an important economic and political region in the twentieth century, especially the area surrounding the Pearl river 珠江 delta.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Nánhuá Temple 南華寺 in the northern part of the province
• Yúnmén Temple 雲門寺, where Xūyún 虛雲 spent his final years

Other Notes

• Huáng Chànhuá 黃懺華, Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為, Wáng Hóngyuàn 王弘願 were born in this province
• Zhū Zǐqiáo 朱子橋 was governor of this province for a short time

References and Resources

• Kwang Tung [Guangdong] Province 1878 from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin