800 years of Cantonese culture, possibly the most culturally rich village in Guangdong

🌟Highlights: Shawan Ancient Town was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and is a Lingnan cultural town with a history of over 800 years. It has preserved about 400 ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, including 1 provincial-level cultural relic protection unit, 14 municipal-level cultural relic protection units, and 109 cultural relic sites registered in the third national cultural relics survey. Shawan has a national intangible cultural heritage lion dance, Guangdong provincial intangible cultural heritage Shawan Piaose, brick carving, Shawan He Guangdong music, Shawan buffalo milk snack making skills, 5 provincial intangible cultural heritage inheritors, and 2 provincial intangible cultural heritage inheritance bases. With 800 years of farming culture and strong local characteristics, it has nurtured the brilliant Guangdong music, lion dance, sculpture, architecture, food, and more, almost a collection of Cantonese culture. If you like Cantonese culture, you must come here to experience it. ✅Must experience: He Clan Ancestral Hall (Liugeng Hall), Guangdong Music Memorial Hall (Sanren Hall), Wenfeng Tower, He Binglin Academician Memorial Hall, Shawan Ginger Milk, and Sour Ren Gan 👍Most recommended: With food and fun, you won't get tired of spending a day in Shawan Ancient Town. If you have time, be sure to wait until the lights come on and experience the wonderful night of Shawan Fish Lanterns: With bamboo as the bone, fish lanterns painted with colorful paper sway and meander on treetops, alleys, and streets, as if fish are swimming in the air, giving people a feeling of sinking into a colorful underwater world, a feeling of heaven and earth, magical and wonderful.