[2025 Guangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Liwan Museum (Updated Mar)

To enter the Liwan Museum, you must do a pre-booking. You may do so with your WeChat account on the spot and registration was relatively easy. There is no fee for touring the museum. The Liwan Museum consists of a cluster of three beautiful buildings, each in its own architectural style. The Former Residence of Jiangguangnai Jiang Guangnai was a key Republican (Kuomintang) general during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was a faithful follower of Dr. Sun Yatsen’s cause. In 1931, the September 18 incident resulted in Japan occupying the northeastern parts of China. In 1932, Japan also raised an offensive in Shanghai, and Jiang Guangnai led his troops to resist the Japanese. The Former Residence of Jiang Guangnai is a brick and wood building that combines both the styles of the Xiguan Old House and western architecture. There are three stories on the building, and each floor is open for visitation. It was built during the late Qing, early Republican period. The site is now well-restored and it is a very pleasant walk in the structure. Xiguan Old Mansion The proper name of the Xiguang Old Mansion within the Liwan Museum is Xiguan Folk Customs Museum. Of the three buildings in the Liwan Museum, I enjoyed the touring of the Xiguan Old Mansion the most. This rebuilt structure showcases the typical Xiguan Old Mansion with antique wooden furniture. The introduction on site was short, easy and amply served the purpose of unveiling the life of Old Xiguan. The Former Residence of Chen Lianbo Chen Lianbo was a banker and the grand building really reflects his wealth. His residence was built during the early Republican Period. He was once the comprador for HSBC (Europe). This house was once the meeting venue for Liwan Club, where foreign affairs officials, and highly important people from commerce and industries gathered. Finally, there was a display of an interesting miniature-landscape phenomenon inside the museum compound. The Flying Banyan on the Rockery shows an old banyan tree sinking its roots over the original stone landscape sculpture. #guangzhou #guangdong #liwanmuseum #liwan #china #history #xiguan #travel#familytravel#museums#china

#chinaattractions Liwan Museum is located on the banks of the scenic Litchi Bay. It was established in December 1996 and is the first district-level museum in Guangzhou. After years of development, the museum has formed a distribution pattern of “one museum and four districts”, demonstrating the deep historical heritage and unique cultural charm of Guangzhou's old town. Historical background The predecessor of the Liwan Museum was the old residence of Mr. Chen Lianzhong, the buyer of the Guangzhou HSBC Bank. The architectural style combines Chinese and Western elements, showing Guangzhou's historical changes and cultural blend. The architectural style of the museum is unique, full of Western classical atmosphere, combining the characteristics of Chinese courtyard and Western architecture. Introduction to architectural style and exhibition area The first exhibition area: located in Chen Lianzhong's old residence, it displays local characteristic cultural relics and temporary exhibitions. The second exhibition area: With the restored Xiguan Mansion as the main building, the life pattern and cultural landscape of the traditional Xiguan Mansion are reproduced through home furnishings and scene displays. The third exhibition area: Jiang Guangnai's former residence, showing the life of the general Jiang Guangnai and the historical sites in Liwan District. The fourth exhibition area: Chen Lianbo's old residence, showing the style of Guangzhou merchants, the architectural style is magnificent, suitable for taking pictures. Visit information The Liwan Museum is open all year round, from Tuesday to Sunday from 09:00-17:30, and closed on Mondays.The ticket price is 5 yuan, and it is free for the elderly and children over the age of 65. There are Liwan Lake Park and Panxi Wuyo near the museum, where visitors can enjoy the combination of history and nature. Collection of artifacts manufactured or left during ancient time in Liwan district and represented by museum of Liwan district is truly impressive. It is definately recommended to visit this museum on your route of exploration of Liwan hidden germs.

Guangzhou is a city that is particularly suitable for walking around and leisurely citywalk. If you want to take a walk in Guangzhou, I strongly recommend the combination of Shamian Park and Liwan Lake Park. It combines culture and nature, and is relaxing without hurting your legs. 📍Shamian Heritage building blocks, The building complex is a national key cultural relic protection unit and also a 5A scenic spot. With its unique European style and rich historical and cultural background, it is a must-visit destination for tourists in Guangzhou. 🌟A large number of 19th-century European-style buildings have been preserved, including neo-baroque, pseudo-Gothic, arcade, neoclassical and a combination of Chinese and Western styles. 🌟Featured buildings include the former site of the British Consulate, the former site of HSBC Bank, the former site of the Hong Kong Milk Company Ice Factory, the former site of the Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, the former site of the Guangzhou Club, the former site of Standard Chartered Bank, the former site of the Customs Building, and the former site of Jardine Matheson & Co., etc. 👍The buildings in Shamian are very concentrated, so taking a walk and visiting them saves energy. Some of the old buildings have cafes and restaurants where you can stop and have a drink. Free admission transportation Subway: Take Subway Line 1 or Line 6 to Huangsha Station Exit E. Public transportation: Bus No. 181, 64, 823, 57, etc. 📍Liwan Lake Park Free and open 🚉Transportation: Take bus No. 123, 538 or 209, and get off at No. 623 bus stop. Take three or four bus stops from Shamian to reach Liwan Lake Park. 🌟One of the most Lingnan-style parks in Guangzhou. Experience the Lingnan water village style. 🌟It consists of Xiaocui Lake, Yucui Lake, Ruyi Lake and Wuxiu Lake. 🌟There is a traditional Cantonese opera stage, and there are free Cantonese opera performances every afternoon. You can also take a walk around Liwan Lake and visit the Liwan Museum. 📍Liwan Museum It has a layout of "one museum and four areas". You can complete the overall visit of four old buildings by walking through the alleys, which is a special visiting experience.

❤Recommended: Lesser-known attractions in Guangzhou with fewer people, beautiful scenery, and great photo opportunities! 🧳Day 1: 🕙Morning: Guangzhou International Bio Island 🌟Highlights: A beautiful island with few people, featuring gardens such as Diecui Garden and Ink Garden, as well as various unmanned vehicles. 🚉Transportation: Take Metro Line 4 to Guanzhou Station. 💰Tickets: Free, open all day. 🕙Afternoon: Xiaozhou Village 🌟Highlights: A Lingnan water town with over 500 years of history, featuring oyster shell houses, century-old banyan trees, and artistic shops. Great for photos and strolling. 🚉Transportation: Take Metro Line 3 to Kecun Station (Exit C), then transfer to Bus 252; or take Metro Line 8 to Chigang Station (Exit D2), then transfer to Bus 45. 💰Tickets: Free. 🕙Evening: Haixin Bridge 🌟Highlights: A pedestrian bridge over the Pearl River connecting Ersha Island and Canton Tower, offering 360° views of the city at night. The lighting design is very modern. 🚉Transportation: Take the APM Line to Haixinsha Station (Exit A), then walk about 1 km. 💰Tickets: Free. --- 🧳Day 2: 🕙Morning: Dajisha Island 🌟Highlights: Guangzhou's "paradise," surrounded by water, with preserved natural rural scenery. Experience rural life. 🚉Transportation: Take Metro Line 5 to Yuzhu Station, then take a taxi to Yuzhu Wharf and take a ferry (ticket costs about CNY 10). 💰Tickets: Free to visit the island. 🕙Afternoon: 1978 Cultural and Creative Park 🌟Highlights: A cultural and creative park transformed from an old sugar paper factory, great for photos and experiencing industrial design. 🚉Transportation: Take Metro Line 21 to Zengcheng Square Station (Exit F), then transfer to Bus Zengcheng 17. 💰Tickets: Free. ❤Other Lesser-Known Attractions: 1. Shawan Ancient Town: A Lingnan ancient town with 800 years of history, preserving Ming and Qing architectural styles. 2. Da'ao Island: A pristine, lesser-known island accessible by boat, great for adventure and birdwatching. 3. Liwan Museum: A group of buildings with a Republic of China style, showcasing Xiguan culture. 4. Nanhai God Temple: The only sea god temple in Guangzhou, great for history enthusiasts.

Hey guys! Today, I want to share with you Liwan Museum, Liwan Lake Park, and the former residences of Chen Lianbo and Jiang Guangnai. 😍 Liwan Museum is full of history. Every exhibit seems to tell a story of the past. 📜 Here, you can learn about the history and culture of Liwan and feel the passage of time. 💎 Liwan Lake Park is a tranquil oasis. The lake is rippling with green waves, and the willows on the shore are swaying. 🌳 Walking here is very relaxing. 😌 The former residences of Chen Lianbo and Jiang Guangnai are full of legends. The ancient buildings and exquisite decorations make you feel like you have traveled back in time. 🏠 Come to Liwan and start a journey of history and culture! 💖

#guangzhouattractions Xiguan Mansion, a treasure in Liwan District in the west of Guangzhou City in the late Qing Dynasty, was a traditional residence exclusive to wealthy businessmen at that time and integrated the essence of Lingnan culture. Most of these gorgeous buildings were built during the Tongzhi and Guangxu years and stand silently along Duobao Road, Baohua Road, Longjin Road West and Shangxiajiu Road. In the Liwan Museum, a complete Xiguan House has been carefully restored to show its unique style. The big house is built of bricks and wood, with blue brick edging. The main entrance is majestic and decorated with granite, which makes it very majestic. The interior decoration is exquisite, the wood carvings are exquisite, the Manchurian windows and sill windows are inlaid with calligraphy and painting stained glass, and the mahogany furniture is gorgeous and elegant. Every detail reveals the profound Lingnan cultural heritage, making people indulge in this ancient charm and modern style. 📍Address: No. 84, Fengyuan North Street, Longjin West Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou City 🕒Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:30, admission closed at 17:00, closed on Mondays 🚇Public transportation: 11 minutes' walk from Metro Line 1 "Changshou Road" station, 15 minutes' walk from Metro Line 5 "Zhongshan 8th Road" station 🎫Tickets: Free

Today, we share the second exhibition area of the Liwan Museum — Xiguan Mansions. With the reconstructed Xiguan Mansion as the main building, it opened to the public in 2000. The exhibition partially recreates the typical pattern of traditional Xiguan Mansions and the living conditions and cultural landscape of Xiguan residences through household furnishings and situational displays. Xiguan Mansions, prevalent in the Xiguan area of Guangzhou during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, are known for their tall entrance halls, exquisite architecture, and meticulous decorations. They are acclaimed as the 'jewel of Lingnan residential architecture culture.' Xiguan Mansions are spacious and bright, combining halls with gardens, and are beautifully decorated. They are mostly brick-and-wood structures with blue brick bases and tall main doors inlaid with granite. The layout is based on the traditional central plains' main hall house form, generally extending in the depth direction, usually occupying a large area, rich in Xiguan characteristics, with architectural styles mostly Chinese. The basic structure includes a brick-and-wood framework, three sections, three gabled roofs, three bays on the front elevation, and a main door with a blue brick base and sliding lattice doors and stone door frames. Xiguan Mansions can also be seven sections deep, with living rooms, small halls, study rooms, and gardens inside, mainly built by compradors and merchants. The features of Xiguan Mansions include: a 'three-sided pass' layout; the 'three-piece head' consisting of a foot door, sliding lattice door, and main door; hard mountain roofs; threshold windows; blue brick bases; granite streets; patios; Qingyun alleys; wooden staircases; various traditional Guangzhou decorations and carvings. Entering a Xiguan Mansion, with over six meters of space height, there is no sense of oppression. Images 1-6 are of the side hall; images 7-10 are of the main hall; images 11-15 are of the dining hall; images 16-17 are of the study; images 18-20 are of the second floor and the rooftop.

Liwan Museum, established in December 1996, is the first district-level museum in Guangdong Province that mainly focuses on the collection, display, and research of Liwan's history, culture, and folklore. Through continuous development, the museum has formed a 'One Museum, Four Zones' distribution pattern, comprehensively showcasing the profound historical heritage and unique cultural charm of Liwan, the old city area of Guangzhou. One Museum, Four Zones: ① The first zone is the former residence of Chen Lianzhong ② The second zone is the Xiguan Mansion ③ The third zone is the former residence of Jiang Guangnai ④ The fourth zone is the former residence of Chen Lianbo Today, let's share the first exhibition zone. The museum building is the protected cultural heritage site of Chen Lianzhong's former residence, built in the early years of the Republic of China. It is a three-story brick and wood structure imitating European style, with arched doorways, European columns, and Chinese gardens that together create an architectural style where East meets West. It was opened to the public as a museum in 1996. The second floor of the building houses a collection of fine exhibits, displaying local cultural relics; the first floor is a temporary exhibition hall, regularly hosting historical and cultural exhibitions.

Litchi Bay in Guangzhou is becoming more and more beautiful, the newly opened Liwan Museum has added a wonderful weekend leisure destination, with distinctive early Republic of China-style courtyards and rich merchants' villa architecture. The exhibition areas display the hundred-year history, folklore, and collections of Guangzhou's Liwan, and each exhibition area is air-conditioned, truly a treasure spot for viewing exhibitions in the summer. ————————— 📍Location: Liwan Museum 📍Address: No. 84, Fengyuan North Street, Longjin West Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou 💰Ticket Price: Free (admission by appointment on-site) 🕐Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:30, closed on Mondays ————————— 📍Liwan Museum's 4 exhibition areas: 🔸Chen Lianbo Mansion (Exhibition Hall No. 1) The four-story Western-style garden building with a yellow exterior wall, inside there is a spiral staircase known as "the most beautiful spiral staircase in Guangzhou". Exhibition Hall No. 1 focuses on Guangzhou merchants, displaying various well-known old brands and characteristic collections of Guangzhou, the basement's old Guangzhou street projection is really unique, and when tired, you can also watch an old film in the basement cinema. 🔸Chen Liannong's Former Residence, Xiguan Mansions (Exhibition Halls No. 2-3) Chen Liannong's Former Residence and Xiguan Mansions are in the same exhibition area, right next to Exhibition Hall No. 1, Jiang Guangnai's Former Residence displays folk crafts of women from different eras, next door, the Xiguan Folklore Museum recreates the life in Xiguan mansions, Manchu windows, skywells, courtyard settings, and household items all reflect the life of Xiguan residents back then. 🔸Jiang Guangnai's Former Residence (Exhibition Hall No. 4) Coming out of the Xiguan Mansions, Jiang Guangnai's Former Residence is right beside, the early Republic of China brick wall building houses, inside it displays the deeds and daily life of Jiang Guangnai. 📸Photo Spots: Chen Lianbo Mansion's spiral staircase Chen Lianbo Mansion's second-floor corridor and balcony Chen Lianbo Mansion's second-floor window-side arrangements and leisure photo area Chen Lianbo Mansion's third-floor corridor and window-side Exterior of Chen Liannong's Former Residence 💕Photo Tips: 👉🏻Good weather is a natural filter, buildings under the blue sky look particularly beautiful. 👉🏻Some areas have exhibits on display, you can look but not sit down for photos. 👉🏻Please observe the rules during the exhibition, and do not obstruct others from viewing the exhibits while taking photos!

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📍Guangzhou | Baoyuan Road 📌One sentence: One Baoyuan Road, half of the history of Xiguan. Compared with Yongqingfang, this place can represent Xiguan more. There are more than a dozen Xiguan mansions hidden on the short 500-meter road😲. Here, you can see the Tantong door, carved glass windows and green brick stone feet everywhere👀. If you want to understand Guangzhou and take the children to know the real Xiguan mansion, come here👉. Now the entire Baoyuan Road, in addition to historical buildings, there are various restaurants and homestays. The one that is well preserved in appearance is the Mingqin Mansion at No. 141. It is influenced by European culture and is one of the representatives of the combination of Chinese and Western in Xiguan mansions🤩. From Baoyuan Road through Fengyuan Street, you can also go to Liwan Museum, Liwan Lake Park and Pantang Wuyue, to feel the unique humanistic atmosphere of old Guangzhou🎉

Guangzhou is still a popular destination for the National Day holiday! Although it's crowded, if you look carefully, you can still take beautiful photos away from the crowd! Let's take a deep walk in Liwan, Guangzhou together~ citywalk route: from Huangsha subway station B exit to Yongqingfang-Enning Road-Longjin West Road-Lizhiwan Park-Lizhiwan Grand Theater-Liwan Museum Along the way, you can encounter many different small shops, and you can find interesting little things by casually strolling around~ Taking the subway + walking is the correct way to deeply explore Guangzhou! 🧾Sharing some photo-taking tips: 1⃣️You can dress in a Chinese style, many girls in Hanfu look good, and the photos are very impressive 2⃣️Prepare some props, you can buy fans, small lanterns, etc. on the road, which add fun to the photos, basically you can buy them for 10-20💰 3⃣️Even if there are many people, you can still take beautiful photos away from the crowd! Find angles, use coverings to block the crowd, be patient, if it doesn't work, blurring the people in the post-production also has a sense of atmosphere!

The Liwan Museum in Guangzhou is truly a treasure! Immerse yourself in Guangzhou's history and culture in this museum, and gain a deeper understanding of the city! 🏛️ As soon as you step into the Liwan Museum, you will be shocked by its magnificent architecture. This museum preserves Guangzhou's long history and is full of cultural heritage. I strolled through the exhibition hall, admiring the antiques, artworks and cultural relics on display. Each exhibit seemed to be telling me the story of Guangzhou. This is really a place where people can feel the weight of history! 🌳 I felt a sense of tranquility and natural atmosphere in the museum. It is a good place to relax and appreciate the beautiful Xiguan characteristic buildings🏘️, while also thinking about the development and changes of the city of Guangzhou! 🌟 What surprised me most was the interactive experience area in the museum, where you can try on ancient costumes, etc. These activities allowed me to experience Guangzhou’s traditional culture firsthand and allowed me to more deeply integrate into the essence of this city! Liwan Museum is really a place full of surprises and charm! I spent a fulfilling and enjoyable time here. Not only did I have a deeper understanding of Guangzhou, but I also gained many good memories. If you have the opportunity to come to Guangzhou, don’t miss this treasure of magical time journey! 🏛️🌟 #Greater Bay Area Attractions

Xiguan, in the eyes of the old Guangzhou people, is the name of the area in the Liwan District, from the west to the west village, the south to the Pearl River, the east to the Renmin Road, and the west to the Xiaobei River. The ancient time refers to the west gate of Guangzhou City, which is now Zhongshan 6th Road and the junction of Zhongshan 7th Road and Renmin Road. The traditional old houses in this area are called "Xiguan Big House" by Guangzhou people. Most of these old houses have a long history and have witnessed the glory and vicissitudes of the city. The old Xiguan area of Guangzhou is a good place to go back and not tired, sometimes it is directed at a bowl of burdock, sometimes for the little things of the ancient spirits, sometimes In order to feel the atmosphere... The old Xiguans excitement is as recorded in the literature: Guangzhou Xiguan, meat forest wine sea, no cold weather, no day and night.