Where is Liwan District in Guangzhou?

Liwan District is located in the west of downtown Guangzhou.

liwan district is the central city of Guangzhou and the core functional area of an important national central city. It is connected with Yuexiu District in the east, Baiyun District in the northwest and Nanhai District in Foshan City in the west. The area is 59.1 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 22 administrative streets and 194 community neighborhood committees with a permanent population of 1,129,6.

historical evolution.

historically, liwan district is located outside the west gate of Fucheng, Guangzhou, commonly known as Xiguan. it is named after the beautiful scenery of "a bay with green streams and litchi red on both sides". Liwan area is connected with the ocean outside, with inland navigation all over the country, with smooth land and water transportation, favorable trade, agriculture and fisheries, and rich people, which is highly valued by the government. The wisdom of the people of all ages has made Xiguan famous and spread to the mountains and seas, leaving many historical sites and places of interest with a long history, and the humanities have continued for generations.

In 196 BC, Lu Jianan, a doctor of the Han Dynasty, came to plant lotus roots and lychees beside a stream near his residence in Mud City. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, litchi here became the best product of Shanggong Emperor and a gift from the court to foreign envoys, so this land of geomantic omen was called "Litchi Bay".

during the Ming dynasty, it was already an important port for China's foreign trade and cultural exchange. At that time, Huaiyuan Post, the administrative organ of Guangzhou's foreign trade, was located near Shibafu today, which was specially designed for foreign envoys to stay in China and became a place for Chinese and foreign businessmen to engage in trade.

in 1685, the Qing government established Guangdong customs. In 1757, the Qing government closed its doors to the outside world, but it chartered thirteen Guangzhou firms to operate foreign trade. From 1757 to 1842, Shisanhang became the only legal foreign trade port of the Qing government for 85 years.