Why it is worth the detour
Museum of Guangdong emigrants on Ersha Island: how Cantonese people left for America, Southeast Asia and Australia and what they sent home.
What else is close by
The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.
150 m
Guangdong Museum of Art, Ersha Island
The Ersha Island home of the Guangdong Museum of Art. The Bai'etan branch is another building.
1.3 km
Haixin Bridge
Pedestrian bridge across the Pearl River between Zhujiang New Town and the Canton Tower side.
1.5 km
Dongshankou and Xinhepu
Early-20th-century villa quarter in Dongshan, walked from the Xinhepu streets.
1.5 km
Sun Yat-sen University South Campus
A large ensemble of 74 historic red-brick buildings from the Lingnan era.
1.6 km
Site of the Third National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
At an inconspicuous house here in June 1923, Communist delegates made the contentious decision to join Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang as individuals while preserving their own party organization. The house was destroyed by Japanese bombing, but archaeological work recovered its foundations, now displayed beside the museum as evidence of the meeting that prepared the First United Front. ([gzjjjc.gov.cn](https://www.gzjjjc.gov.cn/ljgzw/ztzl/bwcxmmh/zxgzhs/content/post_28255.html?utm_source=openai))
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.