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Shawan Ancient Town 沙湾古镇Shāwān Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangzhou
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Shawan Ancient Town
Shawan is a Pearl River Delta town founded in the Song dynasty, whose old lanes and ancestral halls form a historic quarter known as a birthplace of Guangdong music and of ginger milk curd, a local dessert. Its centrepiece is Liugeng Hall, the ancestral hall of the He clan, founded in 1335 and rebuilt on a grand scale from 1698, with five courtyards of fine Lingnan stone, wood and brick carving.
How to get to Shawan Ancient Town
In Shawan, Panyu District, about 30 km south of central Guangzhou; Baomo Garden lies about 4 km to the west.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 20 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Baomo Garden 宝墨园 (under 10 km), Changlu Tourism and Leisure Park 长鹿旅游休博园 (under 10 km), Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort 长隆旅游度假区 (10 km), Qinghui Garden 清晖园 (10 km), Yuyin Shanfang (Yuyin Garden) 余荫山房 (10 km), Shunde Sugar Factory Early Buildings 顺德糖厂 (10 km).
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