Museum

Shixiang Garden Memorial Museum

Address: 3 Huaide Street, Jiangnan Avenue Middle, Haizhu District
Area: Guangzhou, China

Mon: Closed
Tue: 09:00–17:00
Wed: 09:00–17:00
Thu: 09:00–17:00
Fri: 09:00–17:00
Sat: 09:00–17:00
Sun: 09:00–17:00
Hours: Closed on Mondays except public holidays; last admission is 16:30.
Price: Free entry
How to visit: Accessible by metro via Changgang Station, Exit C2. The complex includes museum spaces and a garden.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: About 45–60 min

Why it is worth the detour

This flower-scented courtyard was the home, studio, and school of Ju Chao and Ju Lian, whose experimental “splash-water” and “splash-powder” techniques helped prepare the ground for the Lingnan School. Ju Lian reportedly sold paintings to support talented but impoverished pupils, and future modernists Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren studied here, earning the garden its nickname, “the cradle of the Lingnan School.”

The Shixiang Garden Memorial Museum is a flower-scented courtyard that served as the home, studio, and school of artists Ju Chao and Ju Lian. It is renowned for its role in the development of the Lingnan School of painting.

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