Street & district
Beijing Road
- Hours
- The pedestrian area is open 24 hours; shops keep their own schedules.
- Price
- Pedestrian-street admission: CNY 0; shopping and separately ticketed attractions cost extra.
- How to visit
- This is a public outdoor pedestrian street. No booking is needed for the street; nearby shops, museums, and temples may have their own hours and rules.
- Hours
- Free entry
- Hours
- About 120–240 min
Why it is worth the detour
A bustling commercial street in Guangzhou's Yuexiu District, known for its historical significance and vibrant shopping scene.
Beijing Road is a lively street in Guangzhou's Yuexiu District, combining culture, entertainment, and commerce. It is a historic commercial center with a rich history and a wide variety of shops and eateries.
What else is close by
The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.
150 m
Dafo Temple
Dafo Temple is known for its historical significance and large copper Buddha statues.
400 m
Site of Nanyue Kingdom Palace
The Nanyue King Museum is best known for its archaeological exhibits of the ancient Nanyue Kingdom, including the well-preserved tomb of King Zhao Mo.
850 m
Former Site of the First National Congress of the Kuomintang
Sun Yat-sen convened the Kuomintang's transformative 1924 congress inside this clock-towered school building, formalizing cooperation with Chinese Communists and the policies of alliance with Soviet Russia and support for workers and peasants. Three years later Lu Xun lived in the same building and wrote about its old clock tower, giving the revolutionary venue an unexpected literary afterlife. ([wglj.gz.gov.cn](https://wglj.gz.gov.cn/visitgz/f/res/doc/%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E8%B7%AF%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E6%A0%B8%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%BA%E5%AF%BC%E6%B8%B8%E8%AF%8D.pdf?utm_source=openai))
900 m
Peasant Movement Training Institute
In 1926 Mao directed the sixth class of the Peasant Movement Institute, housed in the old Confucian temple of Panyu county.
1.0 km
Temple of the Five Immortals
The temple of Guangzhou's founding story: five immortals arrived on rams with sheaves of rice and told the city it would never know famine.
Walk it with the stories
This address is one stop among many. Our routes and quests link them into a walk that makes sense on the ground.