广州地处岭南地区,凭借优越的地理位置成为中国最重要的港口之一,并在鸦片战争之后被迫开放为通商口岸。外国资本主义的入侵使得晚清时期的广州发生了很大改变。另一方面,晚清时期思想观念的变革和现代印刷、传媒技术的发展,小说一改以往受轻视的地位而成为可以兴民救国的重要工具,小说创作繁荣起来。相当数量的小说记录了晚清时期城市的变化和发展,从这些描写广州的小说中,我们可以考察鸦片战争之后,受到外来文化观念和经济因素影响下的广州的城市和社会的风貌及其在近代历史上的特殊地位。 Located in the Lingnan region, Guangzhou became one of the most important ports in the PRC with its strategic location and was forced to open up to the treaty ports after the Opium War. The invasion of foreign capital led to a great change in Guangzhou in the late Qing period. On the other hand, the changes of ideology and the development of modern printing and media technology in the late Qing dynasty have made fiction an important tool for Xing Min to save the country. A considerable number of novels record the changes and development of cities in the late Qing Dynasty. From these novels describing Guangzhou, we can examine the urban and social outlook of Guangzhou after the Opium War and its impact on foreign culture and economy Special status in modern history.