Guangzhou, Çin: yıl boyunca neler var

Sakin — gezginler burayı sakin olarak anlatıyor, Çin genelinde Winter break (around Chinese New Year)

• Festival

  Spring Festival flower markets

  10–17 ŞubAy Yeni YılıKalabalık

  Eleven street markets across the districts sell peach branches, kumquats and narcissus in the last days before the new year, trading until the small hours of new year's eve. Walking the flower street is the local ritual, not the shopping. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — Spring Festival flower markets, Çin genelinde Winter break (around Chinese New Year)

• Sezon

  Hui Nan Tian, the damp return

  15 Şub – 10 Nis · geneldeSis sezonuRisk

  Warm sea air meeting surfaces still cold from winter puts a film of water on floors, walls and mirrors for days at a time. Laundry will not dry, marble lobbies turn slippery and hotels run dehumidifiers. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Spring Festival flower markets (10–17 Şub)

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

Mart ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 Şub – 10 Nis (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Qingming grave-sweeping holiday, Canton Fair, spring session

• Tatil

  Qingming grave-sweeping holiday

  3–7 Nis · geneldeResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  Three days off in early April with the whole delta on the road to the ancestral villages. The Baiyun cemeteries queue from dawn and intercity trains out of Guangzhou sell out a fortnight ahead. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, spring session

  15 Nis – 5 MayBüyük festivalKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  Three five-day phases of the world's largest trade fair, and the reason a hotel room in Guangzhou can cost four times its usual rate in late April. Book beds and taxis well before, or come in a different month. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 Şub – 10 Nis (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Canton Fair, spring session, May Day holiday

• Tatil

  May Day holiday

  1–5 MayAltın HaftaKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Kaynak ↗

• Doğa

  Lychee season

  20 May – 20 Tem · geneldeHasat

  The Pearl River delta is the lychee heartland and the fruit is sold by the branch on every corner from late May, cheapest at the end of June when the main varieties come in together.

• Festival

  Dragon boat month

  25 May – 25 Haz · geneldeSpor etkinliği

  The delta villages dig their long boats out of the creek mud in early summer and spend weeks visiting each other before the race day itself. Liede, Shawan and the tributaries are where it happens, not the tourist waterfront. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Canton Fair, spring session (15 Nis – 5 May)

Sakin — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

Haziran ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Lychee season (20 May – 20 Tem (genelde)), Dragon boat month (25 May – 25 Haz (genelde))

Kalabalık — Çin genelinde Summer break, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 Tem – 30 Eyl · geneldeKapanışlar

  A typhoon signal eight closes offices, schools and the ferries to Hong Kong for the day, and September is the month it is most likely. It rarely takes more than a day out of a trip. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Lychee season (20 May – 20 Tem (genelde))

Kalabalık — Çin genelinde Summer break, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

Ağustos ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Typhoon season (1 Tem – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — Mid-Autumn Festival, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25 EylIşık ve ateşKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon. It is a mainland public holiday, so trains and rooms tighten around it. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Typhoon season (1 Tem – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — National Day Golden Week, Canton Fair, autumn session

• Tatil

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 EkiKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  Seven days off nationally from 1 October and the biggest travel surge of the Chinese year. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead, hotel rates rise sharply, and the best-known sights run at their visitor caps. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, autumn session

  15 Eki – 4 KasBüyük festivalKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  The second session runs the same three phases across three weeks, and does the same thing to room rates. It overlaps the best weather of the year, which is exactly the problem. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Mid-Autumn Festival (25 Eyl)

Çok kalabalık — Canton Fair, autumn session, International Light Festival

• Festival

  International Light Festival

  10–30 Kas · geneldeIşık ve ateşKalabalık

  Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha. Free, but the island venues run on timed entry booked through a mini-programme days ahead, and the nearby metro exits queue after dark. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Canton Fair, autumn session (15 Eki – 4 Kas)

Kalabalık — Guangzhou Marathon, burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Guangzhou Marathon

  20 AraSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  Thirty thousand runners along the Pearl River on a Sunday in December, which closes the riverside roads and both bridges near Canton Tower for the morning. Kaynak ↗