Every historic city has old streets that may be inconspicuous but carry memories from generations.
Traveling to Guangzhou, many people will go to Shangxiajiu, Beijing Road, Enning Road to punch, in fact, Xihua Road, located in Liwan District (one of the old towns), is also worth a walk.
Xihua Road is 1.6 kilometers long, east to Renmin North Road, west to the Guangsan Railway, the middle and several roads intersect, the appearance is flat, but there are many restaurants, small shops, is regarded as a food paradise by Lao Guang, but the popularity here has always been ordinary, only senior Lao Guang and diners will come to find taste and forage, usually there are almost no tourists.
During the Qing Dynasty, Xihua Road was called WanshanLi, and the eastern section was called Immigration City because it was inhabited by many coastal immigrants from nearby counties.
Xihua Road is not like Beijing Road, Shangxiajiu and other old streets all over the arcade, from the appearance of the building, most of them should be built in the late twentieth century, the style of the building is relatively ordinary, the decoration of roadside shops is also to take the market-oriented route, but the whole road down, found canteens, sugar water shops, intestine powder shops, roasted wax shops, herbal tea shops, bakeries and all kinds of time-honored brands, some shops make food or sugar water mainly traditional taste, which is the main reason for attracting Lao Guangdong.
Although Xihua Road is regarded as a "food paradise", the people who come to punch the clock are still a minority after all, and the merchants here are mainly doing neighborhood business.
Walking through Xihua Road, most of the oncoming residents are nearby, Cantonese is the mainstream language here, which is in stark contrast to the phenomenon that Huangpu District, Tianhe District, Panyu District and other peripheral areas are slowly dominated by Mandarin, if you want to feel the life atmosphere of old Guangzhou, Xihua Road is indeed a very good place.
Xihua Road is worth tasting a lot of small shops, all the way down, the most impressive is the sugar water shop on both sides of the road, which is difficult to see in other business circles, after all, with the rapid development of the city and other reasons, many sugar water shops, herbal tea shops are replaced by a variety of milk tea shops, if you want to drink a bowl of sugar water in the bustling business district can only go to some chain brand stores, these places are more or less lacking a little traditional fireworks.
There is a sesame paste family on Xihua Road, which is famous on the Internet, and when I went, it was not weekends and holidays, but the business in the store was still good.
Although the taste of this sesame paste is not amazing, but above the standard, in fact, there are many similar small shops on Xihua Road, which is suitable for slowly strolling around and tasting slowly when you have time.
Guangzhou is a very inclusive city, young people and middle-aged and elderly people like to visit the same place, xinguang and old guangzhou concentration areas usually do not overlap.
Relatively speaking, Xinguang prefers to go to Zhujiang New Town, Beijing Road Commercial Circle, and Sports West Commercial Circle, and only senior Laoguang will pay attention to less noticeable roads such as Xihua Road.
The food shops on Xihua Road are like food stalls on the outskirts of the city, where they spend with three or two friends, and there is no sense of distance between them.
Every city has many stories, and we are also part of the story, walking in the old streets, unconsciously blending in with time.
Tourist Transportation: You can take the subway to Ximenkou Station, and walk to Xihua Road after leaving the station.