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Site of the Former Baoqing Pawnshop

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The Baoqing Pawnshop is located at No. 41, No. 41-1, and No. 43, Baoqing Xinzhongyue, Liwan District. It is a five-story building standing 20 meters tall with a five-level structure typical of old pawnshops. Built in the late Qing Dynasty, it was one of the six major pawnshops in Guangzhou at the time. Towering 20 meters high, it was once one of the city’s highest points in the late Qing period and served as a landmark structure...

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The Baoqing Pawnshop is located at No. 41, No. 41-1, and No. 43, Baoqing Xinzhongyue, Liwan District. It is a five-story building standing 20 meters tall with a five-level structure typical of old pawnshops. Built in the late Qing Dynasty, it was one of the six major pawnshops in Guangzhou at the time. Towering 20 meters high, it was once one of the city’s highest points in the late Qing period and served as a landmark structure. (The six major pawnshops in Guangzhou from west to east were: Xiguan Pawnshop, Baoqing Pawnshop, Diji Pawnshop, Changxing Pawnshop, Baosheng Pawnshop, and Dongping Pawnshop.)

Baoqing Pawnshop

The building faces north and is a brick-and-concrete structure combining a front shop and rear warehouse. A stone tablet inscribed with “Yongchangtang Private Wall,” measuring 40 cm wide and 60 cm high, is embedded in the street-facing wall. The building is divided into a residential-office area and a shopfront, separated by a Qingyun Lane.

Baoqing Pawnshop