Shuishi Village Fort Ruins

Shuishi Village Fort Ruins

The Shuishi Village Fort Ruins are a Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Shuishi Village Fort Ruins are located on Mazhan Hill in the northern part of Shuishi Village, Xiaoguwei Subdistrict, Panyu District (north of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University), dating back to the early Qing Dynasty, and are classified as an ancient ruin site.

In December 2008, they were designated as part of the seventh batch of Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Protected area: approximately 5 meters beyond the stone foundation of the fort bastion and the outer edge of the site boundary.

Construction control zone: extends south and north to the southern edge of adjacent existing roads, and southeast and northwest to the boundary of the landscape green space.

Shuishi Village: Located in Xiaoguwei Subdistrict, Shuishi Village is 23 kilometers from downtown Panyu and 2 kilometers from the Xiaoguwei Subdistrict Office. It neighbors South China University of Technology and Guangdong Pharmaceutical University. Before the construction of Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, villagers were mainly engaged in agricultural production. After the development of the university town, some villagers remained in their original residences, while others affected by demolition relocated to Gucun New Village. The village now covers an area of approximately 3.68 square kilometers, with a registered population of 3,500 and a floating population of nearly 1,000. The collective economic income mainly comes from leasing income of village-owned land, idle land in the old village, village-owned shops, ferries, and more... More details about Shuishi Village++

Further reading:

· Seventh Batch of Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Units