MuseumBeyond the Old Line: the Stations, the Hakka Walled Villages and the Oyster Coast
DAWAN SHIJU HAKKA WALLED VILLAGE · DAWAN SHIJU
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Beyond the Old Line: the Stations, the Hakka Walled Villages and the Oyster Coast · 22.684°N 114.338°E
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A square Hakka fortress at Pingshan with more than 400 rooms, begun around 1763 by Zeng Chuanzhou and finished by 1791, still intact and still holding the hydraulic works built with it. The city calls it one of the largest square Hakka compounds in the country by ground area and the largest mid-Qing Hakka compound surviving in Shenzhen. It was listed as a city monument in 1984 and a provincial one in July 2002, restored in 2017, and named one of Shenzhen's ten featured cultural blocks in 2018.
AdmissionFreeFree (district news repost and platforms)Source: ipingshan.sznews.comCheck the official channel before you go
HoursReported 9:00-17:30, weekday lunch break 12-14; unofficialSource: ipingshan.sznews.comCheck the official channel before you go
ClosedReported closed MondaysSource: ipingshan.sznews.comCheck the official channel before you go
IDNone publishedCheck the official channel before you go
LandmarkDawan Shiju Hakka Walled Village (大万世居)
Address33 Dawan Road, Dawan Village, Pinghuan Community, Maluan Subdistrict, Pingshan District (深圳市坪山区马峦街道坪环社区大万村大万路33号)Verified · source published 2022-12Source ↗
EntranceMetro Line 14 runs direct from Gangxia North to Jinlong, about 1 km on foot; Line 16 Pinghuan station is about 600 m away (change from Line 14 at Pingshanwei)
Last verified 2026-09-23
How to book
No booking reported; not officially publishedCheck the official channel before you go
Paying on site
Nothing to buy; a district news repost and listing platforms give it as free and we found no ticketing channel
Language
No published English service; the city's bilingual 'Shenzhen Stories' page carries an English summary of the building's history