The Liwan Museum is an integrated museum collecting, displaying and studying objects relating to Xiguan's history, culture and customs. It stands on the site of the former residence of Mr. Chen Qianzhong, a comprador for the Guangzhou branch of the HSBC in the early Republic of China period. The residence is a perfect union of a Lingnan-style courtyard and western-style villa, containing a flying banyan tree on top of a stone hill, which is dubbed the "quintessential work of Lingnan stone hill landscaping." After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the residence served as an office for the Liwan district government and later as kindergarten for children of government employees. It was converted into the present Liwan Museum in 1996.
The museum has displays of Liwan customs and artistic conceptions of Xiguan residences and presents a substantial amount of documents and precious pictures and material objects, allowing visitors to gain an understanding of Xiguan's history, culture and folk customs, as well as the erstwhile local lifestyle.
The former residence of Chen Qianzhong was declared a Guangzhou municipal-level protected cultural heritage site in 1993.
※ Exhibition: Liwan customs and artistic conceptions of Xiguan residences
※ Scale: Site area 1,178m2
※ Address: 84 Fengyuan Street North, Longjinxi Road, Guangzhou
※ Opening Hours: 8:30-17:30
※ Admission: RMB 8
※ Tel: 81939917
※ Fax: 81954528
※ Transportation:
· Metro: take Metro Line 1 and get off at the Changshou station
· Bus: take Bus No. 2, 25, 55 or 66 and get off at the Pantang (Pantang Restaurant) station
(Translated by Guangzhou Association of Foreign Affairs Translators)
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