Xiguan Jade & Antiques Street

Xiguan Jade & Antiques Street

Xiguan Jade Street is a large-scale, characteristic marketplace in Liwan District’s commercial and tourism zone, comprising three main sections: "Hualin Jade Street," "Yuansheng Ceramics & Jade Craft Street," and "Xiguan Daihe Road Antiques Street." It is one of Guangzhou’s top ten distinctive commercial streets. The shops mainly deal in Burmese jade and Malaysian jade, as well as stone pottery crafts from Foshan, Guangdong, purple clay teapots from Yixing, Jiangsu, pearl necklaces from Guangxi, jade products from Myanmar via Yunnan, and a wide variety of other handicrafts such as Shoushan stone, chicken-blood stone, hetian stone, exquisite wood carvings, stone carvings, bamboo carvings, and antique artifacts from both China and abroad. The antiques street is one of the four major antiques markets in China.

Legend has it that jade businesses were already operating here during the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty, indicating a long-standing history. Today, this over 500-meter-long inner street hosts more than a thousand jade shops, gathering over 80% of Guangzhou’s jade merchants and accounting for more than 90% of the city’s total jade transactions. It is a renowned jade trading hub and distribution center with international fame. Meanwhile, Yuansheng Antiques Street has become a “hotspot” for tourists from Hong Kong and Macau to hunt for treasures.