Shunde Hotels

Shunde district, Foshan city locates in the middle of Pearl River Delta, is close to Guangzhou and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and its area is about 806 square kilometers. The county was established here in the third year of Jingtai, Ming Dynasty (1452). In Mar. 1992, the history of the county governing was ended up in Shunde and then the city was established. In Jan. 2003, according to the united arrangement of the provincial Party Committee and provincial government of Guangdong, the city was cancelled and the district was set up. Currently, the whole district has 10 towns (street offices), 109 administrative villages and 88 residential areas, and its registered population sums up to 1,121,900, with floating population of 669,500 as well as more than 400,000 overseas Chinese and the people residing in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Most of its area is the alluvial plain formed by rivers and it possesses crossed rivers, fertile soil, moderate climate, and sufficient rain and its four seasons are warm like springtime. Since the implementation of reform and opening, Shunde people have made full use of their advantages on policy, geographic position and humanity, have created the new era of economic and social development, and have gradually made it develop from a traditional agricultural county into a rising industrial city. In Jul. 1999, Shunde was appointed by the provincial Party committee and provincial government of Guangdong as pilot city for taking the lead to basically realize modernization in 2005. In 2003, the whole district has achieved gross domestic product of 50.902 billion RMB (calculated on current price, the same below), and total industrial and agricultural production of 128.884 billion RMB, and total financial income of 7.937 billion RMB, among which local financial income accounts for 3.498 billion RMB, and workers' average salary of 16,513 RMB, peasants' average net income of 5,768 RMB as well as resident savings surplus in town and countryside of 64.155 billion RMB. Li Zichang(A. D.1436-1526), another name is Kongxiu. He's a native in Daliang Shunde. He was a famous painter in Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces in middle period of Ming Dynasty. He was good at drawing birds and domestic animals, worms and fish, birds and flowers. He partnered with Chen Baisha who was in Xinhui, at that time they were praised as "Best Calligraphy and Painting, Celestial Beings Mr. Chen and Mr. Li Each Respectively ". Zhao Xianming, his anther name is Danshan, a native in Longjiang. He's an old pupil of Chen Baisha. A successful candidate in Hongzhi, Ming Dynasty, he's an officer in south door ministry and the chief of Qujing Fu, Yunnan. He¡¯s good at calligraphy and his works was praised as " superb work ". Redpoll Hole Volume" was one of his works. Liang Yuanzhu (A.D. 1581-1628), with another name of Zhongyu or Senlang, he's a native in Lunjiao. He passed the highest imperial examinations in the second year of Tianqi, Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1622), was a supervision choush and then as another official post in Yunnan. He was good at calligraphy and drawing mountains and water, characters, pines and bamboos. Peng Ruiguan, a native in Longjiang. He's a famous expert of calligraphy and painting in Guandong and Guangxi provinces, his cursive regarded Huaisu's style as main body and Liu Gongqua's style as backbone, its break and roll is forceful and vigorous, and he was also good at drawing orchid, bamboo, tree and stone, drawing with calligraphy, it's called "Zhuben Style" at that time. He kept his identity hidden in all his life, seldom be known for more than 300 years. His Artistic achievements gradually were paid close attention to at home and abroad, and someone thought it is better than Zhang Ruitu¡¯s and Fushan's in recent years