It is a cultural tourist attraction integrating local Hakka dwellings, Hakka folk customs, Hakka architecture, Hakka folk art, Hakka traditional cuisine and Hakka rural scenery in Shenzhen, covering an area of 6,543,800 square meters. Gankeng is an ancient Hakka village with a long history and one of the top ten Hakka villages in Shenzhen. In the local Hakka dialect in Shenzhen, a pit refers to a stream and a small ditch. Hakkas often use pit and drain together, and there are also the words pit and drop.
The ancient town of Gankeng was once a Hakka settlement, with many ancient buildings and connected alleys. There are Nanxiang Building, which has gone through the vicissitudes of 120 years, the Champion House, which was built in Yongzheng, the Phoenix Valley, a Huizhou architectural complex, and the buildings such as the gun tower, the watchtower and the diaojiao building are integrated into the landscape, forming a unique Hakka cultural carrier with the century-old Hakka row houses.
Main attraction
Nanxiang building 1
Nanxiang Building is a building with Minnan style and Hakka culture connotation, with a history of 1.20 years. Nanxiang Building is a building that moved from southern Fujian to Gankeng Ancient Town. The solid wood structure of Nanxiang Building is quite large. The whole building has buildings, paintings, carved beams and painted columns, dragons and phoenixes, birds, flowers, insects and fish, and ordinary people.
2. Champion House
The Champion House was the Champion House of Liu in Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province during the Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 300 years. It is said that during the Yongzheng period, there was a student named Liu, who was extremely clever. At the age of 20, he became a scholar, and the squire was proud of it and donated money to build his mansion, the scholar's mansion.
3. Phoenix Valley
Phoenix Valley is the traditional cultural activity space of Gankeng ancient town, which consists of four ancient Huizhou buildings-Shouzi Building, Fenglou Building, Fuzi Building and Qilin Building. The four ancient Huizhou houses all have their own themes, namely, Taoting, Yuting, Metal Pavilion and Fengge. Phoenix Valley has hosted the China cultural figures award ceremony, the opening ceremony of Liangmao Lantern Festival, Hanfu Festival and other activities, and built the Phoenix Valley Bo Gu Pavilion.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gankeng Ancient Town