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 "Pig Waist Hill" near the half-moon beach in the ancient bay, it was named "Shawan". It was once called "Qingluo Township" because it was located next to Qingluozhang. In the development process of hundreds of years, the ancient town has created a long and splendid culture, and nurtured four famous cultural brands: Guangdong Music, Shawan Piaose, Shakeng Lion Dance and Shawan Orchid. Liugeng Hall, 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, and create a precious cultural landscape in Lingnan. Shawan ancient town has become an outstanding representative of Guangfu folk culture with the Pearl River Delta as its core.

Geography

Located in the middle of Panyu District, on the north bank of Shawan Waterway in Panyu, Pearl River Delta, east of Qingluo and south of Shiqiao River, it is just across the water from Shiqiao River 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

Founded in Song Dynasty, the village has a history of more than 8 years. First, Zhang and Lao settled in the central block of Shawan Town in the Song Dynasty. By the Southern Song Dynasty, the four surnames, He, Li, Wang and Li, had moved southward, and the population gradually increased.

■ Historical celebrities

Shawan Town not only has a long history, but also has many cultural celebrities. For example, in the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Changying's Wen Xi Cun Manuscript, and in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xiangkui wrote a collection of poems and books, and became a generation of Neo-Confucianism masters after Chen Baisha. Many of his works were included in the Sikuquanshu, and He Wenhan, who claimed to be a "red bean poet".

Folk custom and culture

The floating color in Shawan combines drama, acrobatics and decoration, and integrates mechanics, fine arts and smelting. It has been passed down from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to the present. 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 March of the lunar calendar, it is performed on the birthday of the Northern Emperor.

Shakeng Lion Dance Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the dragon and lion dances in Shakeng Village have continued 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 tourism season

belongs to the south subtropical maritime monsoon climate zone, and the annual rainfall is concentrated in summer. Summer is long, not too hot; Winter is short, not cold; In spring, you can wear single clothes as early as March and April; The temperature drops late in autumn, and it gradually gets cool after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Transportation

There are buses from Guangzhou Province, Guangzhou Bus Station and Shiqiao Dabei Road, passing through Shawan or Baomo Garden, which is very convenient.

Guangzhou-Shawan (by car) From Guangzhou to Shiqiao, you can reach Shawan via Shiqiao No.3 Bridge or Shiqiao Street, and it takes about 1 minutes to drive from Shiqiao. At Shiqiao, you can also take bus No.6 and go directly to Shawan.

Accommodation

There are various hotels in the local area and not far from Panyu City (Shiqiao), and the accommodation is quite convenient.

catering

in the food culture, Shawan's famous food such as ginger-buried milk, fish skin horn, milk cake, duck leg noodles and pancakes is a major feature of food culture.

ginger buried milk is the best in dairy products. The authentic Shawan ginger buried milk is cooked 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 Buried Milk in Qinfang Garden

It is located in Qinfang Garden on Zhonghua Avenue in Shawan, where ginger buried milk is the most famous. 3 yuan/Bowl. All the dishes and desserts here are cooked on the spot.

Fish skin horn The fish skin horn is very small, and it is made by mashing the mud fish meat, adding a little flour, rubbing it evenly and pressing it into thin slices, and then wrapping it with pig stuffing. It tastes good.

Steamed patties of milk Milk is a few white slices like round cakes, salty like a layer of milk skin, but the patties are very special, with a refreshing and tough taste, like "pork balls" for tea.

Steamed mandarin fish is a common dish, but it's different with the word "Ruiyuan". The pomfret comes from the pomfret raised in Ruiyuan, and its meat quality is very good. Coupled with the chef's careful preparation, the steamed mandarin fish tastes delicious, tender and delicious.

Entertainment

Guangdong music is as famous as Gone with the Wind and Lion Dance in Shawan, making Shawan known as "the hometown of China folk art". At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Shawan trained many famous Cantonese opera actresses. Every day in Zidong Boat in Baomo Garden, Cantonese opera lovers from Hong Kong, Macao and other places come here to sing operas and learn broad music.

recommended tour

One-day tour of Shawan Ancient Village

Shawan Ancient Street-Ancestral Hall-Baomo Garden (beautiful scenery and delicious food)-Shawan Hall. If you still have time, you can go to the Aoshan Ancient Temple

Features

● Baishiban Street

is paved with white slate, with gates in the lanes and gates in the streets, and there is a gatehouse gate between the squares, as well as the "god of the country". All the gatehouses are engraved with celebrity inscriptions. Such as Chen Baisha's "Three Huai Li".

● Ancestral Hall

There must be ancestral halls in almost every street in Gushawan Township. Among them, the Ho Grand Ancestral Hall, which is famous for its Liugeng Hall, and the following second-floor Kong An Hall, Yan Yan Hall, Guang Yu Hall, Li's loyalty hall and Wang Jia Grand Ancestral Hall are all rare ancient buildings.

● Aoshan Ancient Temple

Located at the foot of Aoshan, Sanshan Village, Shawan Town, it is composed of Baoen Temple and Guanyin Temple, 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 attractions

● Liugeng Hall

Located in Shawan Town, it was built in the Yuan Dynasty, which is the grand ancestral hall of the He clan and is known as the "Palace of Lingnan Comprehensive Arts". The name of the hall is named after the couplet of the ancestral hall: "Yinde is far from the ancestors, and the heart is left to the descendants."

■ Liugeng Hall

Tickets: 5 yuan/person

● Shawan Hall (Sanmen Hall)

Located at the eastern end of Anning West Street, it was built after the middle school in Qing Dynasty. Originally, it was the ancestral hall of the Ho Clan in Shawan, commonly known as "Private Club Hall", and Shawan people called it "Hall". Now it is a gathering place for composers, performers and amateurs of Guangdong music in Shawan.

Surrounding attractions

Panyu Museum

is located in the northwest of Shiqiao Town and built on the site of ancient tombs in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The museum is divided into exhibition area, tombs scenic area in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Panyu celebrity sculpture park area and folk customs area in the Pearl River Delta.

■ Panyu Museum

Opening hours: 9: -17: and closed on Mondays.

● Baomo Garden

Located in Zini Village, it was built in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, integrating Qing Palace culture, Lingnan gardening, Lingnan ancient buildings, Pearl River Delta water town characteristics and ancient and modern fine arts.

Baomo Garden

● Yuyin Mountain House

is located in North Street, Nancun Town, Panyu, also known as Yuyin Garden. Built in Tongzhi for six years in the Qing Dynasty, the gallery tower and the pavilion bridge of Xuanxie Mountain Stone were all accommodated in three acres of land with the features of "small and exquisite", "hidden but not exposed" and "shrinking the dragon into an inch", resulting in a wonderful and profound scenery.