Mwachidule
Nthawi zonse malo ogulitsa kunja, mzinda wa Guangzhou unakhazikitsidwa panthawi ya Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). Pakafika chaka cha 200 AD, Amwenye ndi Aroma anali kubwera ku Guangzhou ndipo zaka zisanu ndi zisanu zotsatira, malonda adakula ndi anthu ambiri okhala pafupi ndi Middle East ndi Southeast Asia .
Europe Yadza Knocking
Achipwitikizi anali oyamba a ku Ulaya kuti akafike kukagula silika ndi zinyumba za Guangdong ndipo mu 1557 Macau anakhazikitsidwa monga malo ogwirira ntchito.
Pambuyo pa mayesero angapo, a British adagonjetsedwa ku Guangzhou ndipo mu 1685, boma la China la Imperial Qing linapereka kwa alendo akunja kufunafuna katundu wawo ndi kutsegula Guangzhou kumadzulo. Koma malonda anali chabe ku Guangzhou ndi alendo omwe ankangokhala ku Shamian Island.
Kodi Mumvapo Zakale za Canton?
Mwamsanga pambali pa dzina: Aurose amachitcha dera la Canton lomwe linachokera kumasulira kwa Chipwitikizi cha dzina la chigawo cha China, Guangdong. Canton anatchula dera ndi mzinda kumene anthu a ku Ulaya anakakamizika kukhala ndi kugulitsa. Masiku ano "Guangdong" amatanthauza chigawochi ndi "Guangzhou" amatanthauza dzina la mzinda umene poyamba unkadziwika kuti Canton.
Lowani Opium
Pokwiya chifukwa cha kusagwirizana kwa malonda, a British adapambana pa Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) mwa kutaya opiamu ku Guangzhou. Chi Chinese chinapanga chizoloŵezi chochita zinthu ndi zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, malonda anali olemera kwambiri kwa Chinese.
Anthu a ku Britain anali kudyetsa chida cha Chinese ndi mtengo wotsika mtengo wa Indian ndi kuthawa silika, porcelain ndi tiyi.
Nkhondo yoyamba ya Opium ndi Chipangano cha Nanking
Mng'alu waukulu kwambiri mu Qing's paw, mkulu wa boma analamulidwa kuthetsa malonda a opium ndipo mu 1839, asilikali a ku China adagonjetsa ndi kuwononga zipolopolo 20,000 za mankhwalawa.
A British sanachite bwino izi ndipo posachedwa nkhondo yoyamba ya Opium inagonjetsedwa ndi kupambana ndi magulu a azungu. Mgwirizano wa 1842 wa Nanking unadula Chilumba cha Hong Kong kupita ku British. Panthawi yovuta imeneyi, Cantonese zikwi zinachoka panyumba kukafuna chuma chawo ku US, Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia komanso South Africa.
Dr. Sun
M'zaka za zana la makumi awiri, Guangzhou anali malo a Chinese Nationalist Party yotchedwa Dr. Sun Yatsen. Dr. Sun, pulezidenti woyamba wa Republic of China pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Qing Dynasty, anali ochokera kumudzi wawung'ono kunja kwa Guangzhou.
Guangzhou Lero
Guangzhou lero akuvutika kuti agonjetse chithunzi chake monga mlongo wamng'ono wa Hong Kong. Nyumba yosungira chuma m'mayiko a kum'mwera kwa China, Guangzhou amasangalala ndi chuma chochuluka poyerekeza ndi zigawo zina za China ndipo ndi mzinda wokongola komanso wokongola kwambiri.