Below is the publicly available cultural, retail, transport and event information for the area, to help plan a half-day or full-day riverside route. Check same-day opening hours, exhibition schedules and reservation rules with each venue and official channels.
Three institutions under one roof — the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and the Literature Museum. Designed by He Jingtang's team as a "cultural vessel" of about 145,000 m², facing the White Swan Hotel.
Once a 0.3 km² sandbar, walled into an island in the mid-1800s and settled by foreign communities. Its European-style buildings make it the classic walking quarter on the north bank.
Founded in 1879, with seven lanes and nineteen grey-brick houses intact — one of the best-preserved Lingnan residential ensembles in Guangzhou, listed as a national traditional village in 2013.
The former Xietonghe Machine Works and later Guangzhou Diesel Engine Factory, converted into a creative park from 2009. The pale-yellow century-old workshop and grey-brick walls remain; "922" refers to the last three digits of 1922, when the main workshop was completed.
A former shipyard where docks, slipways, cranes and quays were kept in place. Some 22 hectares of closed industrial waterfront became public space (planning-survey figure; project materials also cite 180,000 m²); Slipway 1914 was designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates.
One converted from a provincial machinery plant, the other from 76 workshops of a hydrogen peroxide factory — among China's earliest industrial-heritage reuse projects.
Guangzhou's first MixC, with nearly 500 brands by the operator's count (opening-week reporting also cites more than 300) and roughly 60% first-in-market, flagship or bespoke stores. Its "one mall, one lane, one park" layout includes the conserved Etan Fang heritage block.
The Greater Bay Area's first Taikoo Li: an open, low-rise waterfront district woven around banyans, old warehouses and water. Phase I plans about 100 retailers, some 40% new to South China or Guangzhou; Phase II opens in stages from October 2027, adding more than 300 brands.
Located in Lingnan V Valley, it filled a gap in warehouse-club retail for the Guangzhou–Foshan catchment. The surrounding park hosts around 250 companies.
Jointly developed by Stars Commercial and Guangzhou International Medicine Port at 16 Dongsha Avenue. About 120,000 m² of retail over six floors and a basement, opened in January 2024 as the district's first large shopping centre.
Built by Guangzhou Port Group at 188 Shaluo Longwan Street, with about 110,000 m² of floor space. Opened on 8 September 2025, it took over wholesale seafood trading from the old Huangsha market, with centralised seawater, oxygen and cooling systems and three zones for wholesale, retail and visitors.
Above Kengkou station on Metro Line 1, developed by Guangzhou Metro with the mall run by Grandbuy. About 40,000 m² of retail opened in January 2019 as one of Fangcun's earlier one-stop retail complexes.
The first phase of Guangzhou International Medicine Port, with about 900,000 m² of floor space, opened in 2021. It centres on trade fairs for medicinal herbs, tonics and dried seafood and hosts more than 300 merchants.
A century-old slipway of the former Guangzhou Shipyard, renewed by Kengo Kuma's team with its gantry crane and slipway deck preserved. Opened as an arts landmark in November 2025; the retail block followed in October 2026 with mainland China's first Tsutaya book-selection space and ten Guangzhou-first independent brands. At 45 Donglang Street, about 200 m from a Line 11 station; free entry by mini-app booking.
Liby Group's headquarters at 2 Luju Road, completed in 2015, facing the White Swan Hotel across the river beside the Greater Bay Area Art Center. Designed by He Jingtang's team and named among Guangzhou's first super Grade-A office towers in 2021.
An interchange of Lines 1, 11 and 22, planned for a fourth. Six metro lines and thirteen stations serve the district, alongside the art center pier and Ruyifang Avenue.
The 11 km frontage is being connected end to end. The Baietan Area Development Plan (2020–2035) proposes a 15 km "Etanwan Emerald Necklace" greenway linking Julongwan, Dachongkou Creek and the Huadi River, with separate walking, running and cycling paths.
Held every year from 1996 to 2012 (from 2013 they were replaced by the Canton Tower light show; a few reports differ); revived in 2024 after a twelve-year pause. For the 2026 show, about 180,000 places across 17 viewing zones were allocated by ballot, with over 12 million views online.
The Smoke-and-Rain Well is the surviving trace of a Song-era Eight Sight, rediscovered in 2004. Zuiguan Park stands near the former Pan and Wu family gardens of the Thirteen Hongs merchants.
The Guangzhou terminus of the Yuehan Railway and the Guangsan Railway's Shiweitang terminus faced each other across the water, spawning the industrial belt. The Huangsha site is now the Guangzhou Railway Museum.
Mainland China's first Sino-foreign joint-venture five-star hotel, funded by Henry Fok, stands on the south bank of Shamian. Its "Home Water" atrium and the open-door crowds on day one are emblems of the reform era; it faces the Baietan Greater Bay Area Art Center across the river.
Housed in the century-old Huangsha station site at 3–5 Yujiang Road, Liwan, with exhibits on South China's railway history and rolling stock. The city government's Xiguan Citywalk route starts here.
Two public spaces within MixC Baietan's "one mall, one lane, one park" layout: Etan Fang is a conserved block around the century-old Peiying Academy site, and the roughly 30,000 m² Huadi Riverside Park opens onto the Pearl River.
A morning-tea cruise sailing at 9:30 and 11:30, boarding at piers such as Huangsha or the Baietan Art Center pier (boarding points may change during dock renovations; check same-day notices), serving Xiguan snacks such as water caltrop, water-chestnut cake and Liwan boat congee. Liwan District lists it as the first stop on its one-day Baietan route.
A 1950s grain warehouse complex whose timber trusses, gabled walls and red-brick facades were kept intact. Four warehouses were merged into a mixed-use urban exhibition hall, also known as the Baietan city gallery — the first renewal project in Julongwan.
Built between 1958 and 1962 and listed as a district-level immovable heritage site, the Yongkou pumping station kept its red-brick walls. It reopened in January 2025 as the Dachongkou Heritage Hall, hosting exhibitions, creative retail, workshops and markets.
A Qing-era three-span stone beam bridge about 25 m long and 2 m wide, nicknamed the "Dragon Gate" because successful examination candidates crossed it on their way home. Restored with minimal intervention, it now anchors a heritage trail along Dachongkou Creek and the riverside greenway.
Inside Hongxin 922 Creative Park, this museum grew out of the Xietonghe Machine Works buildings. It displays historic machinery, photographs and scenes of the original workshop floor, is free to enter, and serves as a Guangzhou science-education base.
The former Huangsha Pier was rebuilt by Guangzhou's ferry operator and a municipal developer in about 100 days, opening on a trial basis for the 2026 Spring Festival. The ground floor brings in Michelin-style Cantonese dining and speciality coffee, with dining and wine spaces plus river-view terraces above, linking Shamian's walking routes to the waterbus and facing the Baietan art center across the river.
Guangzhou's ferry operator runs two services between Huangsha Pier and the Baietan Art Center Pier: the S06 waterbus crossing for a 2-yuan fare, and a roughly 50-minute sightseeing cruise linking Baietan, Shamian and the riverfront skyline.
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