Shamian is an important commercial port of Guangzhou. After a hundred years, more than ten countries have set up consulates in Shamian, nine foreign banks and more than 40 foreign banks operate in Shamian, and Guangdong Customs club and Guangzhou club have been established in Shamian. As an important foreign-related place for hundreds of years, the small sand surface has witnessed the earth shaking diplomatic history of Guangdong and even China. We can find these precious historical relics in the Museum of history and today. Guangdong foreign affairs museum is the first local foreign affairs museum in China. It is a baroque style building built in 1890. It was originally the French Consulate in Guangzhou during the Republic of China. It is a class a cultural relic among the Shamian Buildings and a national key cultural relics protection unit. On November 26, 2012, the Guangdong foreign affairs museum officially opened at No. 20, Shamian South Street, Guangzhou. On that day, Zhao Yufang, vice governor of Guangdong Province, ye Dabo, deputy director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, and consuls General of Consulates General of various countries in Guangzhou attended the opening ceremony. Walking into the Guangdong foreign affairs museum, you will not only have the opportunity to understand many "water history" of Guangdong, a major foreign affairs Province in the past half century, but also see more than 200 precious gifts given to Guangdong Province by more than 100 provinces and states around the world. In addition to collecting pictures of Foreign Affairs gifts and important foreign affairs activities in Guangdong since the reform and opening up, the museum also specially uses the space of the rotating stairs to display more than ten old photos of sand noodles a hundred years ago, one of which records the figure of the Westernization translator dragging a long braid and wearing a coat a hundred years ago. This old photo hanging in the hall on the second floor not only completely reflects the scenery of Shamian West Bridge in those years, but also shows that the Westernization translators walking in the British and French consular area at that time still keep their clean clothes. The building was ill fated. In the past hundred years, the building has been rented as an office of a foreign enterprise, and the front hall has been changed into a barber shop. The wooden floor of the museum is still the wooden floor laid by the building a hundred years ago. In 1958, Zhou Enlai met with North Korean leader Kim Il Sung at the upstream steel plant of the predecessor of Guanggang. In 1986, Sihanouk and his wife planted worry free trees in South China Botanical Garden. In the same year, the queen visited Guangzhou and planted a tree of friendship with then governor ye Xuanping in Liuhua Lake... Many precious moments of Guangdong's diplomacy were fixed by light and shadow. Through the form of old photos, she told the citizens about the history of Guangdong's diplomacy in the past half century at the Guangdong foreign affairs museum, and skillfully decrypted the "cold knowledge" in the history of Guangdong's foreign affairs since the founding of new China, For example, Australia's New South Wales is the first province in the world to establish friendly province state relations with Guangdong Province. In 1979, Guangdong's first friendly Province State agreement was signed by letter. In addition to displaying the precious moments of Guangdong's diplomacy with a large number of old photos, the museum also exhibited more than 200 foreign affairs gifts given by 122 friendly provinces and states of Guangdong on different foreign affairs occasions. For example, a little red Trojan horse presented by Sweden to Guangdong Province is sold in IKEA, a well-known household brand. Foreign Affairs gifts focus on heart and mind, and often take local national crafts as the first choice. This kind of small Trojan horse has not ordinary artistic value in the eyes of Swedes. The price of this kind of small wooden horse is about 200 yuan in Sweden, and the price of this kind of small wooden horse is almost 200 yuan. A pure copper tea set presented by Morocco in 2007 has been oxidized for several years because of its pure copper texture, which is as black as smoke. The relevant person in charge said: "I have tried many methods, and finally it is Qufeng oil to restore its luster." After being wiped with dispelling wind oil, the copper tea ware reappears bright silver white. At present, Guangdong foreign affairs museum is open to the public free of charge. The opening hours are 9:00-11:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Groups with more than 20 people can also make an appointment by phone. If you want to see the sand face and explore the diplomatic history of modern Guangdong, you might as well go into the museum. I believe you will find many interesting and meaningful stories.
Edit：Li Ling Responsible editor：Chen Jie
Source：Outlook New Era
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