The Origin of Guangzhou's Foreign Trade Culture @ Shisanhang

#Guangzhou Attractions "Foreign ships are all officials and merchants, and the Cross Gate is open to the two oceans. Five-thread and eight-thread Guangdong satin is good, and silver and money fill the Thirteen Lines." Qu Dajun, a famous scholar and poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, wrote a poem called "Guangzhou Bamboo Branch Poems". The prosperity of the Thirteen Factories in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty. When talking about the "glorious history" of Guangzhou's foreign trade, we cannot avoid the famous Guangzhou Thirteen Factories. Today, this story is hidden in the Guangzhou Thirteen Factories Museum in Guangzhou Cultural Park. The area where the Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum is located is the site of the Thirteen Hongs merchant district more than 300 years ago. From 1757 to 1842, the Thirteen Factories in Guangzhou were the Qing government's only special trade zone with Europe and the United States. Therefore, the Thirteen Hongs occupied an important position in China's Maritime Silk Road. The Guangzhou Thirteen Hong Museum collects and displays many fine crafts for export, including Cantonese colored porcelain, enamel, Cantonese embroidery, Cantonese furniture, ivory carvings, paper-cut paintings, silverware, etc., which tell the story of that glorious past. The museum houses more than 5,400 pieces (sets) of cultural relics, displaying the history of the Thirteen Hongs in the form of "cultural relics + documentary historical materials". Here you can learn about the cultural origins of Guangzhou as a commercial capital, and it is worth a visit. Detailed address: No. 37, Xidi 2nd Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou (free admission)