广州在中国近代史上有着重要的地位。近代以来的许多重大历史事件,如两次鸦片战争、太平天国革命运动、戊戌变法、辛亥革命、北伐战争、广州起义等等,或者直接发生在这里,或者跟这里有着密切的关系;许多重要的历史人物,如林则徐、洪秀全、康有为、梁启超、孙中山等等,或者出 Guangzhou has an important position in the modern history of China. Many major historical events since the modern era, such as the two Opium Wars, the Taiping Revolutionary Movement, the Reform Movement of 1898, the Revolution of 1911, the Northern Expedition, the Guangzhou Uprising, etc., took place directly here or with a close relationship; many important historical People, such as Lin Zexu, Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen, etc., or out