What are the famous streets and their allusions and history in Shawan Town, Panyu District? What famous people lived there?

Shawan Ancient Town

Shawan is a famous ancient town in the Pearl River Delta. It was first built in the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years.

Shawan Ancient Town has preserved a large number of ancient buildings from the Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods. The residential buildings have many styles and are highly hydrophilic and practical. They are a typical representative of the architectural style of the Pearl River Delta. There are about 100 ancient ancestral halls in the town, as well as bamboo tubes, three rooms and two corridors, wok-ear houses, high-rise buildings, Western-style residences, free-style houses and other buildings. Among them, the Shawan Ancient Village, centered on Chepi Street and Anning West Street, is about 24,000 square meters and is a famous cultural and commercial site.

In 2010, Shawan Ancient Town was selected as one of the "Business Cards of Panyu's Top Ten Cities".

Shawan Town is located in the central part of the Pearl River Delta, within Panyu. It has a total area of ??52.7 square kilometers and a population of 120,000. It is adjacent to Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao.

Shawan Town is an ancient civilized town with a history of 800 years. Its long history has given birth to a brilliant culture. Since ancient times, Shawan has had a prosperous literary style, with numerous famous writers and rich cultural heritage. This land gave birth to the representative figures of Guangdong music, the "Three Heroes of He", and gave birth to famous songs such as "Dragon Race to Win the Gold", "Rain Beats the Banana"; Shawan Liugeng Hall, Baomo Garden, Sanshan The ancient temples can be called masterpieces of Lingnan architectural art; the colorful scenery of Shawan is worthy of being a famous folk art treasure; and there is also a mellow and tempting traditional snack - ginger milk... Because of this, Shawan enjoys the reputation of "Hometown of Culture". Since 1998, Shawan Town has been named the Hometown of Chinese Folk Art, the Hometown of Guangdong Music, the Hometown of Guangdong Lion Dances, the Hometown of Piaose Colors in Guangdong, an Advanced Sports Town in Guangdong Province, a High-Standard Civilized Demonstration Town in Guangzhou City, and a Guangdong Province High-Standard Civilized Demonstration Town. Civilized Demonstration Town and "Economically Strong Town" for the comprehensive strength of Guangdong's rural areas in 2000.

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Map of Shawan Town

Shawan Town is located in the central part of the Pearl River Delta, within Panyu. It has a total area of ??52.7 square kilometers and a population of 120,000. It is adjacent to Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao.

Shawan Town is an ancient civilized town with a history of 800 years. Its long history has given birth to a brilliant culture. Since ancient times, Shawan has had a prosperous literary style, with numerous famous writers and rich cultural heritage. This land gave birth to the representative figures of Guangdong music, the "Three Heroes of He", and gave birth to famous songs such as "Dragon Race to Win the Gold", "Rain Beats the Banana"; Shawan Liugeng Hall, Baomo Garden, Sanshan The ancient temples can be called masterpieces of Lingnan architectural art; the colorful scenery of Shawan is worthy of being a famous folk art treasure; and there is also a mellow and tempting traditional snack - ginger milk... Because of this, Shawan enjoys the reputation of "Hometown of Culture". Since 1998, Shawan Town has been named the Hometown of Chinese Folk Art, the Hometown of Guangdong Music, the Hometown of Guangdong Lion Dances, the Hometown of Piaose Colors in Guangdong, an Advanced Sports Town in Guangdong Province, a High-Standard Civilized Demonstration Town in Guangzhou City, and a Guangdong Province High-Standard Civilization Demonstration Town. Civilized Demonstration Town and "Economically Strong Town" for the comprehensive strength of Guangdong's rural areas in 2000.

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Shawan Town, relying on its unique cultural and historical advantages, reasonable urban layout, fast transportation network, and superior investment environment, has carefully built a An environment suitable for people to live and start businesses.

Economic Construction of Shawan Town

In October 2001, Shawan Town was jointly awarded the title of "National Demonstration Site for Creating Civilized Small Towns" by five units including the Central Propaganda Department. In 2003, the town achieved a total social output value of 10 billion yuan, a total industrial and agricultural output value of 8.91 billion yuan, a gross domestic product of 2.88 billion yuan, and fiscal revenue of 136 million yuan, all of which achieved double-digit increases. The tax revenue was 4. .02 billion, basically the same as the previous year.

The village economy of Shawan Town continues to develop steadily, benefiting from foreign investment and the growth of private and private teams. So far, there are 440 private enterprises and 137 foreign-invested and joint ventures in the town. Companies with investment amounts exceeding US$10 million include: American Heinz Delicious Food Co., Ltd., Jiakou Food (China) Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Ganglu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Shawan Jewelry Industrial Park and other large enterprises, which are important economies of Shawan. pillar.

Agricultural production and water conservancy construction have laid an economic foundation for Shawan. It has vigorously promoted the "fourth, fifth and sixth" agricultural projects, actively developed aquatic products, vegetables, livestock, flowers, landscaping and other projects, forming an The pattern of "three highs" agricultural production.

Tertiary industries such as real estate and tourism are booming. Panyu Olympic Garden, Debao Garden, Hejing Garden, Jinshawan Garden, New Century Garden and other large-scale residences of a certain scale provide people with ideal places to live and work in peace and contentment. "Guangdong Music", "Shawan Piaose", "Shawan Lion Dance", "Shawan Orchid" and Shawan ginger buried milk food culture have become the five major brands in the civilized ancient town.

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Farmland water conservancy in Shawan Town

Shawan Town has a reasonable production layout and balanced development of various agricultural sectors. As of 2002, the town's agricultural production layout is: 2,410 acres of early rice; 8,764 acres of perennial vegetables (including 3,337 acres of leeks, which will be reduced due to planting years and land fertility issues); 4,884 acres of flowers, which is 4 times that of 2000 (of which orchids accounted for about 10-15);

Other cash crops 2,765 acres (mainly lemons, sugar cane and bananas); aquaculture area 8,727 acres (including four major fish areas The area of ??eels accounts for 56.5, eels account for 19.3, and high-quality fish such as fork tail, mandarin fish, sunfish and soft-shell turtle account for 24.2).

Shawan Town regards the flower industry as a new growth point of the agricultural economy and vigorously promotes flower planting. The flower industry has received favorable opportunities for development. The planting area has increased significantly compared with previous years and is booming. Shawan Town officially registered and established the "Shawan Town Flower Association" on September 15, 2002, with the strong support of the District Agricultural Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau. It now has more than 350 registered members, radiating to Shiqiao and Huangge. and Hualong and other towns. On this basis, Shawan Town has strengthened the macro-control of the flower industry, made timely production adjustments based on market information, and proactively adapted to the market, allowing the flower industry to develop rapidly. 2002 was a bumper year for orchids in Shawan Town. The orchids had good momentum, rapid development, rising prices, and increased incomes for orchid households. It played a very good role in radiating and driving the orchids and won many awards in many large-scale competitions, gaining recognition from the outside world. unanimously praised. Experts estimate that the value of orchids in Shawan Town reaches 80 million yuan, and Shawan Town is known as the "Hometown of Orchids" by the outside world.

While vigorously developing the flower industry, Shawan Town continues to give full play to the original advantages of the poultry and livestock industry, tap market potential, strengthen entry and outflow management, and establish multi-level testing and monitoring systems and procedures to The poultry and livestock industry is further market-oriented, industrialized and standardized. While the town keeps in close contact with, cares about, supports and guides large poultry and livestock breeding households, it also pays attention to their role of radiation and demonstration, and comprehensively promotes the development of the poultry and livestock industry from point to point. Based on the favorable conditions of each village, experiments on the breeding of nocturnal cranes, turkeys, peacocks, guinea fowls, and fine-bred squabs were also carried out. Strive to create new agricultural brands and increase farmers' income.

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Shawan Power Supply Station, Shawan Town

The north of Shawan Town is separated from the central city of Panyu by a river. The first, second and third city bridges are connected to Shawan. Shinan and Shiliang highways pass through the town.

The road network of every village in the town now extends in all directions, and the traffic is very smooth. Shawan is 27 kilometers away from Guangzhou, 21 kilometers away from Foshan, 130 kilometers away from Shenzhen, and 64 nautical miles away from Hong Kong and Macau. Panyu City's substation and water plant are both located in Shawan. Shawan has two water plants with a daily water supply of 800,000 tons, high and low voltage power grids, and large and small water pipes spread throughout the town, which greatly exceeds the needs of the town's economic development and residents' main livelihood.

The unique embankment of Shawan Water Town is not only an embankment to resist typhoons and floods, but also a highway leading to the villages along the river. People call it the "Great Wall of Water Town".

The Shawan Bridge is one of the important bridges in Guangzhou City, with a total length of 1,168 meters. It is from Guangzhou City to the national-level Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone. It connects Guangzhou to Dongguan and Shenzhen via Panyu, and Guangzhou to Dongguan and Shenzhen via Panyu. The only way to visit Zhuhai.

The infrastructure construction in Shawan, including banks, telecommunications, medical care, water supply, power supply, public security, etc., meets the needs of various production and business operations of industry, agriculture and commerce.

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A strong town in education

Shawan Town insists on placing education in a strategic position of priority development, constantly increasing investment in education and improving school running The conditions and living conditions of teachers have formed a good atmosphere of respecting teachers and valuing education and vigorously developing education throughout the town. In the past three years, the town has invested more than 150 million yuan in education at all levels, and has built 10 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, including Xiangjun Middle School, Central Primary School, Shakeng Primary School, and Central Kindergarten. Approval of primary and secondary schools for expansion and renovation, and vigorous improvement of teachers’ living conditions. The town government was rated as an advanced unit in Guangdong Province's "Double Basics" work in 1997, and in 1998, it was rated as an advanced collective in Guangzhou City for respecting teachers and valuing education. In 1998, a number of primary and secondary schools were rated as first-class schools in Guangzhou and Panyu. Xiangxian Middle School’s college entrance examination scores ranked first among town-level schools in the city for three consecutive years. In 1999, it was designated by the Provincial Department of Education as one of the ten trials for promoting educational modernization in Guangdong Province. In June 2002, it successfully passed the evaluation of "Guangdong Province's Strong Education Town" and became the first "Guangdong Province's Strong Education Town" in Panyu District and even Guangzhou City.

Xiangxian Middle School is located next to Dishui Rock in the nature reserve, covering an area of ??103 acres. The school stands on the mountain, with rows of buildings, majestic buildings, pavilions and sculptures, green grass, and a garden scenery. It is worthy of being a good place to study and study. After sixty years of operation, the school has made great achievements all over the world, and a number of people who have studied and prospered the country have emerged, including academicians of the Academy of Sciences, members of the academic department, university presidents, mayors, and town mayors. In the past ten years, the school's education quality has increased sixfold in a row. It has won the first prize for Guangzhou's college entrance examination work twice and the second prize four times. It has sent qualified students to Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics four times. In 2000, Liu Jianpeng, a candidate for the college entrance examination, won the national award. Top scorer in Geography, with a high school enrollment rate of 85%. Participating in the provincial high school graduation examination, the pass rate and excellent rate exceeded the provincial average.

Xiangxian Middle School has a team of cadres and teachers with noble ethics, modern concepts, solid foundation, professional proficiency and high quality. The full-time teachers’ academic qualification rate is 100%. Currently, there are 2 on-the-job postgraduate students, 56 teachers with intermediate and senior professional titles, 1 provincial “famous teacher” training candidate, 1 Guangzhou city “famous principal” training candidate, 1 Panyu District “famous teacher” training candidate, and a Panyu District teacher There are 5 judges with intermediate professional titles, as well as a group of key teachers or subject leaders who are influential in Guangzhou City and Panyu District.

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Baomo Garden

Baomo Hall

It was built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At that time, it only occupied an area of 3 acres. Now it has been expanded to more than 160 acres, with the main line of promoting Bao Gong's upright official culture, with unique Lingnan garden architectural style and southern water town characteristics. There is a dazzling array of artistic masterpieces. The epitome of the Litchi Bay style of Guangzhou in the past and the Purple Cave Boat on the Pearl River in the Qing Dynasty are reappeared in the park.

He's Ancestral Hall

(Liugengtang) was built in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1275 AD), more than 700 years ago. The largest expansion and reconstruction took place in the 60th year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1721), covering a total area of ??more than 3,000 square meters. It is an ancient building composed of blue bricks, stone, wood and oysters. The last reconstruction in the Qing Dynasty was 170 years earlier than the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou. It is the ancestral temple of the He clan with ancient age, large scale, fine art and high style in Panyu District. Its characteristics: It is famous for its large number of columns, with 112 wooden and stone columns in one column. It brings together different styles of architectural art from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, embodies the blood, sweat and wisdom of the working people, plus superb brick, The wood and stone carving handicrafts shine with the brilliance of ancient oriental architectural art. In 1986, it was renovated and restored to its original appearance. In 1989, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province and has been open to the public for visits to this day.

The front of the archway is "Shi Shu Shi Ze" and the back is "Three Phoenixes Liu Fang", which were written by Chen Xianzhang (Chen Baisha), a Neo-Confucian of the Ming Dynasty. The wooden plaques of "Liu Geng Hall" and "Dazong Bo" were written by Chen Baisha and Zheng Yuncheng, a political official in Guangdong Province in the Ming Dynasty respectively.

Kui Xing Tower

Kui Xing Tower in Shawan Town

"Kui Xing Tower" in Shawan is also known as "Shui Lu Shan Qing Pavilion".

This is the architectural conception derived from the legends of "Carp Leaping over the Dragon Gate" and "Wen Kui" taking the top spot. It was built in the 60th year of Kangxi's reign, more than 280 years ago. The ancestors of the He family used this to inspire future generations to work hard and win the title.

"Pillars and Beams"——The Liugentang building is famous for its many pillars, which may be a metaphor for hoping that He will have more pillars.

Aoshan Ancient Building Complex

Located at the foot of Aoshan Mountain in Sanshan Village, Shawan Town, it consists of Baosi Temple, Aoshan Ancient Temple, Sheji Temple, Xianshi Ancient Temple, Shenlong Ancient Temple, Guanyin Temple It is a unique ancient temple complex composed of temples and other buildings. It is a Qing Dynasty building and is well preserved. Baosi Temple was built to commemorate the faults of the governor Wang Lai in the early Qing Dynasty who neglected Chen Qianhai and advocated lifting the ban and restoring the people, which saved countless lives and made the people grateful. The ancient temple of Xianshi, commonly known as "Luban Temple", once had many statues of Lu Ban and others holding rules, rules, axes and rulers, reflecting that most local villagers were engaged in the construction industry. Other buildings also have their own characteristics. The layout of the whole building is very Lingnan local color. The mural art, whether it is flowers and birds, landscapes or figure paintings, are lifelike and beautiful.