Nanyang (nán yáng 南阳) , located in the west of Henan Province (hé nán shěng 河南省), is a Water City. Bai River (bái hé 白河), the mother river of Nanyang, crosses the Nanyang center city. Bai River, together with Meixi River (méi xī hé 梅溪河), Sanli River (sān lǐ hé 三里河), and Wenliang River (wēn liáng hé 温良河) constitutes a network of rivers and lakes and also forms a unique city landscape.

In the end of the Warring States Period (475－221 BC), there was a strong country named Qin (秦). It wanted to annex other countries to unite China. In 228 BC, the Qin army captured a country and prepared to attack another country named Yan (燕). So the prince Dan (丹)of Yan sent a brave man called Jing Ke (荆轲) to assassinate the King of Qin.

Gunpowder (huǒ yào 火药) was invented in China rest on variable interpretations of certain passages in ancient manuscripts. Few substances in history have had as profound an effect on human history as gunpowder, and its discovery was an accident.

South China Normal University is an institution of higher learning with a long history and a rich legacy. Situated in Guangzhou, an open metropolis in South China, the University is imbued with Lingnan’s pioneering and pragmatic spirit. It has a tradition of elegant simplicity and a favourable learning atmosphere. In the past seventy years or so, the University has all along preserved its distinguishing characteristics, mainly concentrating on teacher-education and training, and has dedicated itself to training qualified teachers and professionals of other kind, viz., outstanding personnel of moral integrity, high thinking, inventive ability, with a sense of responsibility.