Administrative divisions of Liwan District

As of December 2005, Liwan District has jurisdiction over 22 streets: Shamian Street, Lingnan Street, Hualin Street, Duobao Street, Changhua Street, Fengyuan Street, Longjin Street, and Jinhua Street. , Caihong Street, Nanyuan Street, Xicun Street, Zhanqian Street, Qiaozhong Street, Baihedong Street, Chongkou Street, Huadi Street, Shiweitang Street, Chajiao Street, Dongzhao Street, Hailong Street, Dongsha Street, Zhongnan Street.

Liwan District is the central urban area of ??Guangzhou and a core functional area of ??an important national central city. It is connected to Yuexiu District in the east, Baiyun District in the northwest, and Nanhai District in Foshan City in the west. The land area is 59.1 square kilometers and the water and land area is 62.4 square kilometers. It has a permanent population of 891,500, and it has 22 administrative streets and 186 community committees.

Historical evolution of Liwan District:

Liwan District was historically located outside the west gate of Guangzhou Fucheng, commonly known as Xiguan. It was named after the beautiful scenery of "a bay of green water and red lychees on both sides" name. The Liwan area has access to the ocean from the outside, navigation to various places within the country, and smooth land and water transportation. The business, fishery, and farmers are well-positioned at the right time and place, and the people are prosperous. The wisdom of the people of the past dynasties has made Xiguan famous throughout the ages, leaving behind many historical sites and scenic spots with a long history. The humanities have continued to flourish and have endured through the ages.

In 196 BC, Lu Jia, a Han Dynasty official, came to Nannan and planted lotus roots and lychees beside the Xinzhong River not far from his Nicheng residence. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the lychees here became a fine tribute to the emperor and a gift from the court to foreign envoys. Therefore, this geomantic treasure land was called "Litchi Bay".

During the Ming Dynasty, this place was already an important port for China’s foreign trade and cultural exchanges. At that time, the "Huaiyuan Station", the management organization for Guangzhou's overseas trade, was located near today's Shibafu. It was specially used for overseas envoys to stay in China and became a residence for Chinese and foreign merchants to engage in trade.

In 1685 AD, the Qing government established the Guangdong Customs. In 1757, the Qing government implemented the "closed door" policy, but chartered the Thirteenth Bank of China as a Guangzhou commercial bank to engage in foreign trade. From 1757 to 1842, the Thirteenth Bank became the only legal foreign trade port of the Qing government for 85 years.

In 1859, due to the Second Opium War, Shamian was forced to be leased to Britain and France as a concession. Foreign businessmen settled in Shamian to directly carry out trade in China.

In the 10th year of the Republic of China (1922), the Guangzhou City Hall was established, and the Xiguan area belonged to Guangzhou City.

In the 34th year of the Republic of China (1946), the Shamian Concession was recovered.

After the founding of New China, the West District was established in 1952 and renamed Liwan District in August 1960. In 2002, the Guangzhou Municipal Government implemented administrative division adjustments and classified Datansha Island into Liwan District. In 2005, with the approval of the State Council, the administrative area of ??the original Fangcun District was placed under the jurisdiction of Liwan District.

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Regional characteristics of Liwan District:

Liwan has been a place of active foreign trade and Chinese and foreign culture since ancient times. It is known as the epitome and window of "Guangzhou as the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, the center of Lingnan culture, the source of the modern Chinese revolution and the forefront of China's reform and opening up".

Culture: The "Xilai Chu Di" with Zen Bodhidharma, the thousand-year-old Taoist temple "Renwei Ancestral Temple", the Ming Dynasty overseas trade management institution "Huaiyuan Station", national key cultural relics protection units and Lingnan architectural art The treasure house "Chen Family Ancestral Hall", the only foreign trade trading port in the Qing Dynasty "Thirteenth Street", "China's famous historical and cultural street" and the European-style historical building complex "Shamian" Lingnan generation famous garden "Haishan Fairy Pavilion".

The Cantonese Opera Art Holy Land "Bahe Guild Hall", the country's earliest silk weaving industry association "Nylon Guild Hall", China's earliest diesel engine factory "Xiehe Machinery Factory", China's earliest and largest department store "Nanfang Building", Xin China's first five-star hotel "White Swan Hotel", Guangzhou's first commercial pedestrian street "Shangxiajiu", and an important symbol of Lingnan architecture "Arcade Street".

Celebrities: Liwan is full of outstanding people and talented people. Political circles include Deng Huaxi, the young prince of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Youwei of the reform movement, He Xiangning, a famous revolutionary activist, and Zhou Wenyong, one of the leaders of the Guangzhou Uprising. Pan Shicheng, one of the five richest men in the Qing Dynasty, was a businessman and scholar in the economic circle. In the scientific and educational circles there are Zhan Tianyou, the father of the railway, and Li Wentian, a Qing scholar and calligrapher. Cantonese opera master Qian Liju in the art world, martial arts superstar Bruce Lee, etc.

Liang Yiwen, an obstetrics and gynecology expert who is known as the "Lin in the South and the North" in the medical field, and Zhang Zhujun, a revolutionary female doctor in the "Independence China Tree Army", etc. In the sports world, table tennis world champion Liang Lizhen, weightlifting world champion Chen Weiqiang, badminton world champion Yu Yaodong, etc. They were all born in Liwan, or grew up in Liwan, or their main living range is in Liwan.

Famous food: "The food is in Guangzhou, the taste is in Xiguan, and it comes from Pantang." During the Han Dynasty, lychees were presented as tribute to the emperor, and in the Southern Han Dynasty, the emperor held a "Red Cloud Banquet" in Changhua Garden. In the Ming Dynasty, Pantang's "Five Shows" (lotus roots, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, mushrooms, and wild bamboo shoots) were fragrant. In the Qing Dynasty, Liwan's small flower boat served various delicacies such as beef brisket noodles, wonton noodles, Tingzi porridge, fried noodles, fried field snails, sesame paste, etc.

Folk delicacies such as Emperor’s Cured Meat, Quxiang Bakery’s specialty pastries, Nanxin Double Skin Milk, Wu Zhanji Zhuangyuan and Di porridge, Yinji rice rolls, Shun Kee Bingshi coconut ice cream are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Teahouses and restaurants are scattered throughout the streets and alleys, and a number of time-honored Chinese brands such as Panxi Restaurant, Taotaoju, Lianxiang Restaurant, and Guangzhou Restaurant are world-renowned.

Business and commerce: There are 233 professional markets in the region, covering 18 commodity categories.

Tea, footwear, clothing, Chinese medicinal materials, jade, jewelry, flowers, ornaments, stationery, plastics, etc. rank among the country's leading brands.

Transportation: Liwan District is located in the west of the city center of Guangzhou and is the main entrance and exit connecting Foshan. The transportation network is crisscrossed: the west half of the inner ring road connecting the surrounding urban areas, the west half of the Ring Expressway and other rapid Trunk roads run through the Pearl River Bridge, Renmin Bridge, Hedong Bridge, Dongsha Bridge, Pearl River Tunnel, Zhoutouzui Tunnel and other bridges and tunnels on both sides of the Pearl River;

It connects the Airport Expressway and Guangqing Expressway from north to southwest. , Guangfo Radio, Longxi Avenue, Guangzhou-Zhuhai West Line, Dongxin Expressway and other major transportation exits; existing and planned subway lines 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 10, 13, 19 and Guangfo Line** *9 urban subways and 3 intercity light rails run through the Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaozhou Intercity Line, the Guangzhou-Foshan Jiangzhu Intercity Line, and the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity North Extension Line.

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