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Contact information of Shawan ancient town: 0208- 1078225

Brief introduction of scenic spots in Shawan ancient town:

Shawan, an ancient town of Lingnan culture with a history of more than 800 years, is named because it is located on the side of the half-moon beach in the ancient bay. Shawan is located in the geometric center of the Pearl River Delta, separated from Panyu, Guangzhou by a river in the north, looking at Dongguan and Shenzhen in the east, Zhongshan and Zhuhai in the south and Nanhai in Shunde in the west, with convenient transportation.

According to historical records, it used to be just a small fishing village where fishermen gathered. By the Song Dynasty, the northwest of Shawan had become land, and the southeast was still shallow. After several generations of immigration, the land area has been expanding. In the sixth year of the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1233), Deming, the ancestor of He family, came here from the mainland, bought a large number of mountain and sea fields in Shawan, settled here and gave birth to offspring. Shawan has gradually become a land of plenty. Therefore, there is also a proverb in Panyu: "Shawan River has a son but no wife."

At the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, a large number of immigrants fled to Lingnan, and many of them moved to Shawan. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a large number of surnames emerged, and many surnames also developed into large families.

Since the reform and opening up, Shawan, with its superior natural conditions and convenient land and water transportation advantages, has witnessed sustained, stable and healthy development of various economic and social undertakings in villages and towns. The comprehensive strength of the region has been continuously enhanced, and economic and social development has leapt to the forefront of cities and towns in Guangdong Province.

Over the past few years, Shawan has successively won the honorary titles of National Civilized Town, China Historical and Cultural Town, China Folk Art Town, National Health Town, Guangdong Central Town, Guangdong Education Town, Guangdong Rural Comprehensive Strength and Economic Town. Lingnan Museum of Folk Architecture and Culture.

After more than 800 years, the typical commercial town pattern of "three streets and six cities" in Shawan ancient town in central Guangdong is still intact. There are about 70,000 ancient buildings in Shawan, such as Liugeng Hall of Ancient Temple, Qingshan Qingwen Pavilion of Gutashui, Anning West Street, Chebei Street, Shengping Ren Rui Lane, Gu Xiang, Gujing Qingshui Well and Aoshan Ancient Temple Group, among which there are rich artistic treasures of brick carving, grey carving, wood carving and mural painting, which fully shows the urban change history of the Pearl River Delta region since the Song Dynasty and can be called the museum of Lingnan folk architectural culture.

The village location of Shawan ancient town is backed by Qingluozhang, facing Shawan Waterway, with Wentagang in the middle, which is a typical traditional geomantic pattern of southern villages and towns. To see the ancient town of Shawan, you must go to Liugengtang. According to the investigation by the Cultural Relics Department of Panyu Museum, Liugeng Hall is a classic ancestral hall in central Guangdong with the longest existing age, the most rigorous layout, the largest scale, the most exquisite craftsmanship and the best preservation in Panyu, with a construction area of 3,334.45 square meters, which integrates the architectural features of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties into one, and can be called a comprehensive art hall.