An aerial drone photo taken on May 13, 2025 shows a view of the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.
Located on Enning Road of Liwan District in southern Chinese city Guangzhou, the Yongqing Block is a historic downtown community revitalized by a renovation project launched by the local government in 2016. Its arcade-style buildings are standing monument to Guangzhou's interaction with the West during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Over the past decade, the area has withheld bulldozers and emerged as a new cultural hub popular among the young people.
In August 2020, Guangzhou's first intangible cultural heritage (ICH) district opened to the public in the Yongqing Block. The government aims to use the ICH district, which offers space for the display and sale of intangible cultural heritage traditions of Guangzhou, to promote the integration of culture and tourism, as well as the preservation and continuation of traditional craftsmanship. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
An aerial drone photo taken on May 13, 2025 shows a view of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum in the Yongqing Block, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
This combo photo shows a square in the Yongqing Block before renovation (above, undated file photo) and after renovation (below, taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Shuo on May 13, 2025) in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua)
People visit the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A tourist poses for a photo in the Yongqing Block, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
The owner of a movable-type printing shop in the Yongqing Block displays one of his movable-type printing works in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
The owner of a movable-type printing shop in the Yongqing Block makes a movable-type printing decoration in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A foreign visitor takes a photo in the Yongqing Block, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
People visit Bruce Lee's ancestral home at the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
Tourists take a photo in the Yongqing Block, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
This combo photo shows a street in the Yongqing Block before renovation (above, undated file photo) and after renovation (below, taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Shuo on May 13, 2025) in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua)
People visit the Yongqing Block in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
