Living in Guangzhou Baiyun District, very much like the cultural atmosphere and food of the old city, often take the subway to Liwan District Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, Hualin Temple, Lychee Bay, Yongqingfang around the tour, walk, but rarely to the Fangcun area, because here and Baiyun District before belong to the outer area and the combination of urban and rural areas, recently invited by friends to xicun station near the tour, only to find that here has undergone tremendous changes.
Remember the years when Guangzhou Metro Line 1 was just opened, near Xiyuan Station is still a relatively deserted area, saying that the village is not a village, saying that the city is not like a city, and now xiquan station is surrounded by high-rise buildings, the building density is very high, it looks a bit like Hong Kong's Central, Sheung Wan, Tsim Sha Tsui and other places.
Out of curiosity, we walked along the direction of high-rise buildings, found that here is the Guanggang New City often mentioned on the Internet, originally thought that the popularity should not be very prosperous for the time being, walking in the streets of the new city to know that there are many residents coming and going, the traffic on the road is also very impressive, this is still the daytime situation, it is estimated that there are more residents who come out to walk at night.
Probably calculated, most of the buildings in Guanggang New Town are above 40 floors, relatively low-rise residential buildings also have more than 30 floors, standing in the inner streets of the new city looking at the sky, the surrounding buildings are like a sword straight into the sky, such an urban interface is not only like the cityscape of Hong Kong, but also can be compared with parts of Guangzhou Zhujiang New Town.
Now when guanggang new city is mentioned, it is generally added "Liwan District" in front of it, but many old Guangdong think that there is no Liwan flavor here, and they not only have this evaluation of Guanggang New Town, but also the evaluation of the entire Fangcun area.
In fact, it is also very easy to understand this idea, after all, Fangcun used to be a municipal district on an equal footing with Liwan, and the real development time was far later than the old Liwan across the river, but it was later incorporated into the Liwan District, and from the perspective of regional culture, Fangcun and Laoliwan are not on one level.
As mentioned earlier, Fangcun is the combination of urban and rural areas, and there is no deep cultural heritage of the old Liwan, the old buildings are not as much as the old Liwan, if you want to feel the cultural atmosphere of the old town of Guangzhou, the tourists who understand the situation will not come here, but it is precisely because the Fangcun does not have the baggage of the old city and more imagination space and creative space, objectively speaking, the urban interface is more modern than the old Liwan, this can only be said that the two have their own characteristics, it is difficult to say which is better.
From the perspective of the area that has been built, Guanggang New City has been relatively mature, the house price has long soared, ordinary people can not afford to buy, but Guangzhou has never lacked rich people, the on-site visual occupancy rate is very high, it seems that Guangzhou not only eastward into the south expansion strategy is optimistic, the west even strategy is also recognized by many people, if in Foshan's Nanhai, Chancheng, and Guangzhou's Liwan, Yuexiu, Baiyun, Haizhu to work, living in Fangcun is indeed a good choice, if you work in Huangpu, this distance is a bit far, but this is a matter of opinion.
Guanggang New Town is essentially a huge residential new city, but there are also some office buildings inside, if you want to enjoy the new urban style of Guangzhou, it is still worth a visit.