In pics: Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, China's Guangdong
BY :Xinhua
UPDATED :2025-05-26
An aerial drone photo taken on May 13, 2025 shows a view of the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province.
Located on Enning Lu of Liwan district in southern Chinese city Guangzhou, the Yongqingfang is a historic downtown community revitalized by a renovation project launched by the local government in 2016. Its arcade-style buildings are standing monument to Guangzhou's interaction with the West during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Over the past decade, the area has withheld bulldozers and emerged as a new cultural hub popular among the young people.
In August 2020, Guangzhou's first intangible cultural heritage (ICH) district opened to the public in the Yongqingfang. The government aims to use the ICH district, which offers space for the display and sale of intangible cultural heritage traditions of Guangzhou, to promote the integration of culture and tourism, as well as the preservation and continuation of traditional craftsmanship.
An aerial drone photo taken on May 13, 2025 shows a view of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum in the Yongqingfang, Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
This combo photo shows a square in the Yongqingfang before renovation (above, undated file photo) and after renovation (below, taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Shuo on May 13, 2025) in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. (Xinhua)
People visit the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A tourist poses for a photo in the Yongqingfang, Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
The owner of a movable-type printing shop in the Yongqingfang displays one of his movable-type printing works in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
The owner of a movable-type printing shop in the Yongqingfang makes a movable-type printing decoration in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A foreign visitor takes a photo in the Yongqingfang, Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit Bruce Lee's ancestral home at the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
Tourists take a photo in the Yongqingfang, Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
This combo photo shows a street in the Yongqingfang before renovation (above, undated file photo) and after renovation (below, taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Shuo on May 13, 2025) in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. (Xinhua)
People visit the Yongqingfang in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
