The Baogong Shrine is located on the campus of the North District of Dongguan Middle School in the Guancheng District of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. It was built during the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty to commemorate the Four Gentlemen—He Kun, Fang Wenbing, Chen Long’an, and Chen Rongguang—who overcame great hardships to reclaim tens of thousands of hectares of sandy farmland. The shrine was destroyed by Japanese forces during the War of Resistance against Japan and was rebuilt on the original site in 1946. The Baogong Shrine is a two-story building, facing north…
Boxia Shuchang Zhang Ancestral Hall is located at No. 10, Erjiafang, Boxia Community, Guancheng District, Dongguan City. Constructed in the early Qing Dynasty to commemorate Zhang Shuchang, the ancestor of the seventh lineage of Boxia, it was later inherited by descendants including Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Da. The hall faces southeast and is built northwest, featuring a three-bay, three-courtyard, four-corridor structure. It has an overall width of 11.9 meters and a depth of approximately 25 meters. The walls are made of blue bricks…
Daosheng Garden is located in Daofu Lane, Xiyu, Guancheng District, Dongguan City. It was built by Zhang Jiamo, the nephew of Zhang Jingxiu, the founder of Keyuan Garden in late Qing Dynasty Dongguan. Originally covering an area of about 750 square meters, the garden featured a mid-yard layout arranged in series with a flat courtyard and a water courtyard. Today, after a century of vicissitudes, only a few dilapidated houses remain—walls collapsed, doors and windows gone...
Donghu Temple is located in Xinshafang, Beiyu Community, Guancheng District, Dongguan City. Originally built in the sixth year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1667), it was funded by Yin Yuanjin, Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. The temple faces southeast and is situated to the northwest, originally consisting of three sections, but the rear hall has been destroyed. Only two sections remain, spanning 15.5 meters in width and 31.3 meters in depth. It features a flush gable roof, a gable in the shape of an inverted “V”, and grey plaster dragon boat-shaped ridges...
The Former Residence of Yin Yu is located on Guangming Road in Guancheng District, Dongguan City. It faces southwest and was built during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican period. Originally a three-courtyard, three-bay structure, the front courtyard was demolished during urban road renovation. The remaining two rear courtyards are 8.3 meters wide and 13.7 meters deep, featuring a brick-and-tile structure with red sandstone plinths and door frames, blue brick walls, a flush gable roof, colorful etched glass windows, and sliding lattice doors.
Zhang Zhenyong Manor is located on Lane 3, Gaoqiaofang, Boxia Community, Guancheng District, Dongguan City. It was the residence of Zhang Zhenyong, a merchant who produced raw materials such as saltpeter and sulfur during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Originally consisting of six buildings distributed on both sides of the courtyard, only the building at No. 9, Lane 3, Gaoqiaofang remains today, while the others have either been damaged, abandoned, or converted into modern structures. The surviving...
The Bai Sha Zheng Clan Ancestral Hall is located at the head of Sicun Village, Bai Sha Community, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. It serves as the "ancestral hall of the founding ancestors" for the Zheng clan of Bai Sha. Originally built during the Song Dynasty, it was renovated during the Ming Dynasty's Wanli era and the Qing Dynasty's Jiaqing era, and now retains architectural features from the Qing Dynasty. Oriented from northeast to southwest, the structure follows a traditional enclosed courtyard layout with three bays, three courtyards, and two corridors. The overall terrain is designed in a "step-upward" style...
The arcade buildings on Zhongxing Road Commercial Street are located on Zhongxing Road in Guancheng District, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. Constructed during the Republican era, the arcades were built starting in 1931 and completed in 1934. The street features arcade-style buildings standing side by side, forming a continuous colonnade and unified streetscape. It represents an architectural style that blends ancient Western design with traditional Southern Chinese culture...
The Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located at the summit of Yushan Hill in Dongguan People's Park. It was erected in 1959 by the Dongguan County People's Government to commemorate the martyrs who bravely sacrificed their lives in the struggle against imperialism and feudalism. The monument is an obelisk with a two-tiered base, standing 16.5 meters tall, with the base measuring 4.98 meters in length and 4.96 meters in width. It has a reinforced concrete structure with a stone-plastered finish. …
Aoge Pavilion is located at the northwest corner of Yu Hill in People's Park. Built in 1921, it faces southeast and measures 7.7 meters in width, 6.5 meters in depth, and 7.8 meters in height. It is a square pavilion with a tiled roof, featuring a rolled-brim roof, green glazed tiles for the roof ridge caps and water spouts. The front wall inside the pavilion is inlaid with two stone steles of the same size and material — the “Aoge Pavilion Inscription” and an “Announcement…”
The Minglun Hall Property Creed Stele Pavilion was built in 1937, facing southeast and situated northwest. It is 6 meters wide, 6 meters deep, and 6 meters high. The pavilion is constructed of brick and stone, with a cement flat roof supported by eight Roman columns. There is a bluestone bench on each side and terracotta-patterned floor tiles. A pair of bluestone stone lions stands in front of the pavilion. On the inner front wall is embedded the “Dongguan…”
The Remnants of Hong Rengan’s Shelter in Niuyinpu are located in Niuyinpu, Tangxia Town, Dongguan. This site includes the ruins of Yongpei Study Hall, Gospel Church, Dinghe Church, the Zhang Caiting Memorial Monument, and the tomb of Zhang Shenghe and his wife. In the second year of the Xianfeng era (April 1852), Hong Rengan disguised himself as a “fortune-teller” and secretly returned to mainland China from Hong Kong, hiding in the village of Niuyinpu in Dongguan...
The Su Clan Ancestral Hall is located in Hao’gang Dawei, Shenghe, Nancheng District, Dongguan. Originally built in the 20th year of the Jiajing reign during the Ming Dynasty (1541), it is a family ancestral hall with distinctive Lingnan architectural features, serving as a place for the Su clan to worship their ancestors and honored figures. It underwent renovations in the 13th year of the Chongzhen reign (1640) during the Ming Dynasty and the 3rd year of the Guangxu reign (1877) during the Qing Dynasty…
The Tomb of Wei Zuobang is located on Fei’e Ridge in Tongsha Forest Farm, Dongcheng District, Dongguan. Within the Tongsha Ecological Park, not only are there beautiful natural landscapes, but also many historical sites and cultural attractions are preserved. On Fei’e Mountain, surrounded by green hills and clear waters in the park, lies a little-known centennial general’s tomb — the Tomb of Wei Zuobang. In 2008, the Guangdong Provincial Government...
The Haogang Shell Mound Site is located in Haogang Village, Shenghe, Nancheng District. As a late Neolithic shell mound site dating back approximately 5,000 years, it is one of the earliest prehistoric cultural sites discovered in Dongguan so far. With a preserved area of over 650 square meters, it is also quite rare across China as an intact Neolithic site found in an urban center…
The Songgang Bowl Kiln Site is located about 500 meters southeast of Dakeng Reservoir in the northern part of Songgang Village, Qingxi. It preserves relics such as kilns, workshops, washing pools, waste accumulation areas, as well as a large number of porcelain fragments and kiln tools. To further understand the nature and extent of the Songgang Bowl Kiln Site in Qingxi, the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted a partial survey of the site on June 18, 201…
The former site of Humen Hospital is located within Zhixin Park on Renmin South Road in Humen Town. It consists of three parts: the gatehouse, Shangsong Pavilion, and the main building of Humen Hospital. Historical records indicate that the hospital was initiated by Jiang Guangnai and others and officially completed in 1933. The former site of Humen Hospital has now been named Zhixin Park in Humen Town to commemorate Mr. Zhu...
The site of the Dongguan County Peasants' Association is located on Xiangta Street in Guancheng, Dongguan City. In the spring of 1925, the Preparatory Committee of the Dongguan County Peasants' Association was established at the Foundling Hospital in Taiping (now Humen Town), with Cai Ruping serving as the head of the preparatory committee and Cai Rixin, Wang Guchu, and Deng Yizhou as members. At that time, peasants' associations in the first, second, and third districts of the county had already been formed, with members...
The former site of the Dongguan Special Branch of the CPC is located in the northern area of Dongguan Middle School in Dongguan City. In the summer and autumn of 1923, Ruan Xiaoxian, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Socialist Youth League Guangdong Regional Committee, sent Mo Cuihua back to Dongguan to establish a youth league organization. In October, Mo Cuihua set up the Dongguan Branch directly under the Guangdong Regional Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China in Hongwuwō...
The former residence of Mo Cuihua is located at No. 17, Lane 10, Southeast Fang, Hongwuwu Village, Hongmei Town, Dongguan City. The original structure was a traditional three-bay, two-corridor Qing-style brick-and-tile house, measuring 9.2 meters in both length and width, covering an area of over 80 square meters. In 1904, Mo Cuihua, the founder of the Chinese Communist Party organization in Dongguan, was born here. In March 1922, while working as a laborer in Guangzhou...