Shawan ancient town

Shawan, founded in the Southern Song Dynasty, is an ancient town of Lingnan culture with a long history. It has the titles of hometown of Chinese folk art, famous historical and cultural town of China, famous orchid town of China, etc. There are more than 100 ancient ancestral halls represented by Liugeng hall in the town. The ancient village pattern of "stone steps and stone lanes" is well preserved, and a large number of ancient buildings in Ming, Qing and Republic of China are preserved. As the "hometown of folk sculpture" in Guangdong Province, Shawan ancient town has preserved a large number of fine arts such as brick carving, wood carving, stone carving, grey sculpture and mural, with Lingnan characteristics. In addition, Shawan also has intangible cultural heritages such as lion dance, Guangdong music, Shawan floats, brick carvings, and many traditional cultural activities, such as Beidi birthday, Aoyu dance, Dragon Boat picking and orchid raising, are active among the people.

Shawan ancient town

Shawan ancient town, located in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a cultural ancient town in Lingnan with a history of more than 800 years. It is rich in historical and cultural resources, and its folk art is well-known in southern China. He has been awarded the honorary titles of hometown of Chinese folk art, famous historical and cultural town of China, famous orchid town of China, national civilized town, National Health Town, etc. In June 2017, it was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction.

In more than 800 years of development history, Shawan ancient town has formed and retained Lingnan culture with traditional historical culture and folk culture as the main body. It is an outstanding representative of Guangfu culture with the Pearl River Delta as the core. It is rich in material and intangible cultural heritage resources. A large number of ancient buildings, commercial sites and residential sites such as ancestral halls and temples are well preserved, and Guangdong music, piaose and folk houses are well preserved Dragon and lion, orchid, diet and other folk arts and folk culture are flourishing for a long time.

Shawan ancient town tourism area covers an area of more than 2300 mu, of which the tourism core area covers about 265 mu.

History and culture

Shawan culture is a water culture with traditional historical culture and folk culture as the main body.

Shawan ancient town is rich in material and intangible cultural heritage resources, a large number of ancestral halls, temples and other ancient buildings and commercial sites, residential sites are well preserved. Guangdong music, piaose, dragon and lion, orchid, food and other folk arts and folk culture are flourishing for a long time.

It is known as "the hometown of Chinese folk art", "the hometown of Guangdong music", "the hometown of floating colors", "the hometown of Chinese dragon and lion", "the hometown of Guangdong folk art", "the hometown of folk sculpture" and "ancient villages in Guangdong Province".

Material cultural heritage

Walking into Shawan ancient town area, we can clearly analyze the historical context of the development of the ancient town. The existing streets and alleys are scattered, ancestral halls and ancient houses are dotted among them, and eaves are decorated with beams. The ancient village pattern of "stone steps and stone Alleys" in Shawan ancient town is well preserved, and a large number of ancient buildings in Ming, Qing and Republic of China are preserved. It is an outstanding representative of Guangfu culture in the center of the Pearl River Delta. The floating color here is known as a wonderful work of art in southern China.

There are more than 100 ancient ancestral halls with Liugeng hall as the typical representative in the town, as well as a tube of bamboo, three rooms and two corridors, wok ear house, high-rise buildings, western style houses, free style houses and other buildings. Shawan ancient town has preserved a large number of brick carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings, gray sculptures, murals and other fine arts, and its artistic style has strong Lingnan characteristics.

Shawan has one provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, 14 municipal level cultural relics protection units, and 109 cultural relics sites registered in the third national cultural relics survey.

Intangible cultural heritage

Shawan has national intangible cultural heritage lion dance and Guangdong music, and provincial intangible cultural heritage Shawan float color and brick carving. The inheritors of intangible cultural heritage include he Shiliang (brick carving), Zhou Zhenlong (Dragon and lion) and Li Hanming (piaose).

In addition, there are many traditional cultures active among the people, such as Beidi birthday, Aoyu dance, Dragon Boat picking, orchid raising, private partnership Bureau and so on.

In terms of food culture, Shawan ginger buried milk is famous in Hong Kong and Macao. Traditional dishes such as shredded chicken sprouts, Shawan Betz goose, black pepper goose, paparazzi porridge and milk feast are also very attractive.

Ancient town tourism

A number of ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties with historical and cultural value, such as liugengtang and jufulou, have been repaired. Four ancient buildings in qingshuijing area have been reproduced. 39 ancient streets and lanes, 5.2km long buried pipelines, the first phase of rain and sewage diversion and facade decoration of some streets and lanes have been preliminarily completed, and the greening landscape has been upgraded.

On New Year's day in 2012, the first phase of the project, focusing on Liugeng hall and qingshuijing square, will be officially opened to the public as scheduled, and two tourism routes will be launched in the first phase. Ten representative buildings, including Liugeng hall, Yanqing hall and Sanren hall, will be selected for exhibition to show Shawan's folk customs, ancestral temple culture, architectural art and deeds of important figures. At the same time, family hotels, parking lots, bus lines and other supporting facilities are also well equipped.

Ten pavilions with distinct themes have been built in the core area, including Shawan ancestral hall culture exhibition hall (Liugeng Hall), academician he Binglin memorial hall, Guangdong music Memorial Hall (Sanren Hall), etc., showing the magnificent ancestral hall culture, clan culture, architectural culture, farming culture, folk art, etc., fully demonstrating the style and rich historical and cultural heritage of Shawan ancient town.

Ancient town tourism also launched a humanized experience of eating, living, playing and enjoying. Four landmark antique buildings in Anning West Street, namely the big teahouse, Guannan building, Jinlong building and Qingluo guild hall, have become Shawan's characteristic teahouse and restaurant, as well as a family hotel, a special hand letter street and a leisure bar street.

There are more than 10000 people living in the core area of Guzhen street, about 60% of them are indigenous people, which is also a major feature of the cultural environment of Shawan ancient town.

Tourism in Shawan ancient town is different from natural scenery, artificial scenery and simple eating, drinking and playing. It is a concentrated display of the splendid history and culture of Shawan Town and a new experience of folk culture. It integrates the appreciation of ancient buildings, the absorption of historical and cultural knowledge, the experience of local customs and customs, and leisure and entertainment. It fully presents the unique charm of Lingnan culture and opens a new chapter of Panyu tourism.

Shawan ancient town charges 55 yuan from New Year's day in 2013

From the new year's day of 2013, Shawan ancient town scenic area will implement enclosure management. High streets and back lanes registered residence in the area. Even if they do not visit the toll stadiums such as the existing farming hall, they must spend 55 yuan on the tickets, so that they can wander around the streets of the old towns. As soon as the news came out, it was immediately questioned by many people. Many residents believed that the implementation of enclosure charges in Shawan ancient town not only brought inconvenience to the local villagers' life, but also worried about the adverse effect of "catching up".

Tourism highlights

1. Family hotel: continue the experience of ancient town

2. Keep the characteristic shops and take advantage of the scenic spots

In the ancient town block, there are 26 shops with the characteristics of "upper living and lower shop" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Besides the traditional characteristic shops such as "Dangdang wonton shop", "Zhuzhu photo studio", "Xinxin barber shop" and "milk queen shop", daxiangyong road will be built into a characteristic hand letter street, Anning middle road and Guangyu road will be built into a catering street, and Anning West Street will be built into a leisure bar street.

Scenic spots

Former residence of he Shaoxia

He Shaoxia's former residence is located in Panyu District of Guangzhou city

No. 7, Huiyan lane, chebei street, Beicun, Shawan Town, was built in the Qing Dynasty. It is a two-story blue brick building on the top of the hard mountain, with three rooms and two corridors at the bottom of the green brick and stone feet. The building area is about 105 square meters, with a width of 10.2 meters and a depth of 10.3 meters. The wall base and threshold are built with granite, and there are brick carvings on the stone gate forehead. The former residence is now occupied by his descendants and is well preserved. It is occupied by Zhu Weisen, nephew of he Shaoxia.

He Shaoxia (1894-1942), named zhenqu, was born in Shawan North Village. Born in a scholarly family, he has been influenced by Cantonese Opera since childhood. He is honest and has a rigorous style of study.

In September 2005, he Shaoxia's former residence was announced as a registered and protected cultural relic unit in Guangzhou.

Ancient town study

Ancient town study is the restoration of ancient "bubuzhai" culture, located in the early Ming Dynasty Jinshi he Zihai's original residence "jinshili" lane. It is a traditional "three rooms and two corridors" building in Shawan in the middle of Qing Dynasty. The study mainly teaches elementary knowledge and Confucianism, which is also an important part of the imperial examination education system in feudal society. The ancient town study reproduces the scenes of private schools in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China and the residence of teachers, which shows the tradition of Shawan attaching importance to education from one side.

China Shenmu Furniture Museum

Zhonghua Shenmu furniture museum is located in Youqi hall, 6 chebei street. The Chinese sacred tree is also known as "yinchenmu", which is called "ebony" by Shu people and enjoys the reputation of "plant mummy". In ancient times, dignitaries and scholars all regarded Chinese sacred wood furniture and artworks as heirloom's treasure and refuge from evil. There is a popular folk saying that "even if there is a box of jewelry, it is better than ebony". The exquisite furniture and artworks displayed in the museum are all made of Chinese sacred wood, which is very precious.

Chichang hall -- Water Margin story Hall

Chichang hall -- Shuihu story porcelain plate museum is located in chichang hall, No. 8, chebei street. It displays a set of national gift porcelain - "Shuihu story porcelain plate". In 1951, with Jingdezhen Jianguo porcelain company as the main body, only three sets of Shuihu story porcelain plates were fired, which were designed and manufactured with the participation of the porcelain elites from Liling, Tangshan and Chaozhou. At that time, one set was presented by Chairman Mao Zedong, the leader of the party and the state, to Stalin, chairman of the Soviet Council of ministers, and was treasured in the "National Museum of the Soviet Union"; one set, after many years of preservation, was still demanded separately and collected in various places; the other set was bought by an entrepreneur in 1983 with a huge sum of money, and today visitors can see its true features.

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