Panyu Tourism - Half-day tour of Shawan Ancient Town
When visiting Panyu, in addition to well-known attractions such as Changlong, Lotus Mountain, Yuyin Mountain House, and Dafushan, there is also the 4A scenic spot, Shawan Ancient Town! It's a great choice for a half-day leisure tour on a long weekend or weekend!
⭕️No entrance fee!
The ancient town is accessible from all directions, and there is no entrance fee. However, if there are a few attractions that require tickets, you can buy a 20 yuan pass to visit the houses.
⭕️Experience the atmosphere of the ancient town!
Shawan Ancient Town still retains local residences, and many people have been living here for generations. Here you can experience the real life scene of Shawan.
⭕️Must-visit attractions in Shawan Ancient Town!
Shawan Cultural Center, Clear Water Well, Sifang Pond, Wenfeng Tower, Liugeng Hall, Shawan Oyster Shell Wall, Weixiang, etc. Among them, Wenfeng Tower is one of the must-visit attractions for scholars, and many students who wish to be on the honor roll will come here to make a wish. There is also an old school under the Wenfeng Tower for visitors to tour. In fact, if you walk through the streets and alleys, you will find that the scenery to visit is right beside you.
⭕️Shawan Ancient Town Food Guide!
There are many local snacks to taste here, such as chicken olive, mung bean old popsicle, etc. There are also Shawan milk, double skin milk and other inherited flavors.
If you want to experience authentic Panyu cuisine, why not come to the Panyu dishes in the courtyard of the ancient town Xiyuan. ✔️Traditional Shawan Goose ✔️Shrimp Wax Steamed Egg ✔️Panyu Climbing Gold Mountain Soup ✔️Cow Milk Rice ✔️Panyu Lotus Root Three Treasures ✔️Ginger Milk are all classic delicious Panyu flavors!
It is now winter, and I highly recommend Panyu Climbing Gold Mountain Soup, a meat paste made from dace, dried tangerine peel and ham, and a bowl of dace soup, which is so delicious! The traditional Shawan goose truly interprets the taste of 'salty and fragrant inside'!
And there is a garden-style dining environment here, with greenery everywhere. After visiting Shawan Ancient Town, come here to rest and enjoy the food, it's really comfortable!
There are quite a lot of people going on National Day, very interesting. Shawan Ancient Town is a very interesting place, not far from the city center, there are many historical celebrities from here, it is a proper feng shui treasure!
The ancient town has a beautiful environment, you can feel the ancient fishing and farming civilization and imperial examination culture in Lingnan area, and you can feel the strong local spirit of home and country when you visit the academician memorial hall. Walk in the ancient town, enjoy the treasures of Lingnan culture and enjoy the millennium civilization.
It is the best combination of food and humanities. Several folk museums in Shawan are still worth punching in, especially the Left Gengtang, which is the cornerstone of Shawan's humanities. It is the Yinde accumulated by the first officials of Shawan to future generations, and it is also the inheritance of culture by future generations.
During the Spring Festival, many museums have not opened, tickets are not available, mainly to the most core point, but you can see the wonderful lion dance, or worth the ticket price!
Shawan Ancient Town, founded in the Song Dynasty, has formed and retained a unique Lingnan culture in the course of more than 800 years of development. Shawan Ancient Town has won the famous Chinese historical and cultural town, the township of Chinese folk art (piao color, the township of Guangdong music), the township of China's dragon and lion, the township of China's fish lamp art, the famous town of Chinese cultural tourism, the famous town of Guangdong, the most beautiful rural demonstration point in Guangdong (humanities and history), Guangdong tourism characteristic town, national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot and other honorary titles, is the only national historical and cultural town in Guangzhou. The ancient village pattern of "Shijie Shixiang" in Shawan Ancient Town is well preserved, and a large number of ancient buildings in the Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods have been preserved.