Panyu: Shawan Ancient Town, Yuyin Garden and Chimelong · 22.905°N 113.330°E
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The great hall of the Shawan He clan: founded in 1275, rebuilt to its present five-bay, five-hall plan over 17 years from 1700, 3,334 m² — the largest and oldest ancestral hall in Panyu and, since October 2019, a national protected monument. In front, a moon terrace with fifteen carved stone panels; inside, a 300-year-old camphor-wood name board dug out of a flood dyke in 1984, Kangxi's sixteen maxims, and a dragon roof ridge the clan earned through a Song-dynasty imperial son-in-law. It is the one building in Shawan you pay to enter (on the ¥40 seven-hall ticket; single-hall tickets are no longer listed anywhere) and the one worth it.
AdmissionTicketed¥40 seven-hall ticket (¥30 online, ¥32 holidays); no single ticket listedVerified · source published 2020-07Source ↗
Hours9:00-17:30 (platform hours); parade day closed until 15:30Source: touch.travel.qunar.comCheck the official channel before you go
ClosedNone published; parade day 9:00-15:30 closed (2024)Source: klook.cnCheck the official channel before you go
IDNot stated for full-price tickets; concessions need the original IDCheck the official channel before you go
AddressShawan Ancient Town core, Beicun, Shawan Subdistrict, Panyu District (inside the ticketed area; South Gate at 64 Daxiangchong Rd)VerifiedSource ↗
EntranceFrom the South Gate walk north through the lanes (about 10 minutes); or bus 番29 to the 'Liugengtang' stop at the West Gate
Last verified 2026-09-16
How to book
Ticket at the hall door or at the Shawan South Gate visitor centre; the seven-hall combined ticket is the usual buySource: bm.manmankan.comCheck the official channel before you go
Beat the crowds
The hall square hosts the town's events — the Cantonese music gala, the Spring Festival 'silver-carrying' game, the Piaose parade start — and on those days the hall itself is either closed or full. An ordinary weekday morning has it nearly empty.
Language
Captions inside are Chinese; the operator's own explainer videos (by child volunteer guides) are Chinese. No English audio guide is published.