Shawan is a civilized ancient town in the Pearl River Delta, which is famous in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao. Because it was built on the "Zhuyaoshan" near the Guwan Half Moon Beach, it was named "Shawan". It was once called "Luo Qing Township" because it is located next to Qingluozhang. In the course of hundreds of years' development, the ancient town has created a long and splendid culture, giving birth to four major cultural brands: Cantonese Opera, Shawan Piaose, Shakeng Lion Dance and Shawan Orchid. Liugengtang, Baomo Garden and Sanshan Ancient Temple Group are the representatives of Lingnan architecture. Traditional snacks such as ginger, milk and fish skin horns are even more famous. These constitute Shawan's rich historical, cultural and tourism resources, creating a valuable Lingnan cultural landscape. Shawan ancient town has become an outstanding representative of Guangfu folk culture with the Pearl River Delta as the core.
geography
Located in the middle of Panyu District, on the north bank of Panyu Shawan Waterway in the Pearl River Delta, it is adjacent to Luo Qing in the east and Shiqiao River in the south, just across the water from Shiqiao in downtown Panyu. It is the gateway of Guangzhou to Shunde, Zhongshan and Zhuhai, and also an important transportation hub of Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao.
history
This village was built in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years. First, in the Song Dynasty, Zhang and Lao settled in the central block of Shawan Town. By the Southern Song Dynasty, the surnames He, Li, Wang and Li had moved southward one after another, and the population gradually increased.
■ Historical celebrities
Shawan Town not only has a long history, but also has many cultural celebrities. For example, Li's Wen Cun Draft in the Southern Song Dynasty and Wang Xiangkui's Biography of Poetry in the Ming Dynasty became a generation of Neo-Confucianism masters after Chen Baisha. Many of his works are included in Sikuquanshu, and he calls himself "Red Bean Poet" in Korean.
Folklore and culture
The floating color in Shawanli integrates drama, acrobatics and decoration, and integrates machinery, art and smelting. It spread from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty. It takes "boards" as a unit, each board is played by two or three children, and each board has a story. Every year, on the third day of the third lunar month, it is performed on the birthday of Emperor Bei.
Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the dragon and lion dances in Shakeng Village have lasted for hundreds of years. From students to elderly villagers, it is easy to pick up the lion's head and dance once. Every year on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Shakeng Village will hold a "Shakeng Lion Dance Lettuce Club".
Climate and tourist season
It belongs to the south subtropical maritime monsoon climate zone, and the annual rain is concentrated in summer. Summer is long, not too hot; Winter is short and not cold; In spring, you can wear light clothes as early as March and April; The temperature drops in late autumn, and it gradually cools after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
traffic
Buses in Guangzhou Province, Guangzhou Bus Station and Shiqiao Dabei Road are very convenient to reach and pass through Shawan or Baomo Garden.
Guangzhou-Shawan (by car) From Guangzhou to Shiqiao, you can reach Shawan via Shiqiao bridge three or Shiqiao Street, and it takes about 10 minutes by car from Shiqiao. At Shiqiao, you can also take bus No.6 and go directly to Shawan.
stay
There are all kinds of hotels in the local area and not far from Panyu city (Shiqiao), and the accommodation is quite convenient.
Food and drink
In food culture, Shawan's famous dishes such as ginger and milk, fish skin horns, milk cakes, duck leg noodles and pancakes are a major feature of food culture.
Ginger buried milk is the best in dairy products. Authentic Shawan ginger milk is boiled with Shawan buffalo milk and local ginger, and the taste of ginger milk is much heavier. This kind of food, which is both like tofu flower and steamed egg, is much smoother and sweeter than tofu flower and steamed egg.
■ Ginger buries milk in Qin Fang Garden
Qin Fang Garden, located on Zhonghua Avenue in Shawan, is the most famous place where ginger juice is buried. 3 yuan/Bowl. All the dishes and desserts here are cooked on the spot.
Fish skin hornfish skin angle is very small, which is made by mashing mud fish, adding a little flour, rubbing evenly, pressing into thin slices, and then wrapping with pork stuffing. It tastes good.
Steamed milk patties are white pieces like several round cakes, salty like a layer of milk skin, but the patties are very special, refreshing and tough, like "pork balls" for making tea.
Steamed mandarin fish is a very common dish, but it is different from the word "Ruiyuan". Pomfret comes from pomfret raised in Ruiyuan, and its meat quality is very good. Coupled with the chef's careful preparation, steamed mandarin fish tastes delicious, tender and delicious.
amusement
Guangdong music in Shawan is as famous as Gone with the Wind and Lion Dance, making Shawan known as "the hometown of Chinese folk art". In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Shawan trained many famous Cantonese opera actresses. On the Zidong Boat in Baomo Garden, Cantonese opera lovers from Hong Kong and Macao come here every day to sing operas and learn to enjoy music.
Recommended operation
One-day tour of Shawan ancient village
Shawan Ancient Street-Ancestral Hall (Liugengtang)-Baomo Garden (beautiful food)-Shawan Hall. If you still have time, you can visit the Aoshan Ancient Temple.
Special aspect
● Baishiban Street
They are all paved with white stone slabs. There are doors in the alley, doors in the street and doors in the gatehouse. There is a "God of the country" between the squares. All the gatehouses are engraved with celebrity inscriptions. Such as Chen Baisha's Three Li Huai.
● Ancestral Temple
Almost every street in Gushawan Township has ancestral halls, among which Ho's Grand Ancestral Hall, an tang on the second floor, Yan 'an Hall, Guangyu Hall, Lee's Loyalty Hall and Wang's Grand Ancestral Hall are rare ancient buildings.
● Aoshan Ancient Temple
Located at the foot of Aoshan Mountain in San Shancun, Shawan Town, it is composed of Hoonji and Kannonji, belonging to the Qing Dynasty architecture. Among them, the ancient teacher temple is commonly known as "Luban Temple", and there are many statues of Luban. Other buildings also have their own characteristics, and the architectural layout has the local characteristics of Lingnan.
Main attraction
● Liugeng Decoction
Shawan Town, built in the Yuan Dynasty, is the Ren Shi Ancestral Hall of Ho, and is known as the "Lingnan Comprehensive Art Hall". The name of the hall is named after the ancestral hall couplet: "Because of virtue, the ancestors are distant, and the heart is left behind."
■ Liugengtang
Admission: 5 yuan/person
● Shawan Hall (third hall)
Located at the eastern end of Anning West Street, it was built after middle school in Qing Dynasty. It turned out to be the Ho Ancestral Hall in Shawan, commonly known as the "Private Guild Hall", and Shawan people called it the "Guild Hall". Now it is a gathering place for Guangdong music composers, performers and amateurs in Shawan.
Surrounding scenic spots
Panyu Museum
Located in the northwest of stonebridge, it was built on the site of ancient tombs in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The museum is divided into exhibition area, Eastern Han tombs scenic area, Panyu celebrity sculpture park area and Pearl River Delta folk customs area.
■ Panyu Museum
Opening hours: 9: 00- 17: 00, closed on Monday.
● Baomo Garden
Located in Zini Village, it was built in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, integrating Qing Palace culture, Lingnan gardens, Lingnan ancient buildings, Pearl River Delta water town characteristics and ancient and modern art.
Baomoyuan
● Yu Yin Shan Ju
Located in North Street of Nancun Town, Panyu District, also known as Panyu. Built in the sixth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the veranda and Xiexuan Shiting Bridge are both accommodated on three acres of land, with the characteristics of "small and exquisite", "hidden but not exposed" and "shrinking the dragon into one inch", forming a profound and broad beautiful scenery.