Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street

Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street is one of the traditional shopping centers in Guangzhou city, located in the middle of Shangjiu Road, Xiajiu Road and No. 10 Road. With the road length for 1237 meters, it planked with many shops, stalls and restaurants along the side, attracting visitors more than 0.6 million every day.

What’s to see and do

Traditional Qilou architecture

The shopping street is famous for the unique traditional Qilou arcade built in the Qing dynasty, which absorbed the style of South European and Chinese Manchu. It not only adapted to the hot and rainy climate in the south area, but also provided convenient shopping activities at any kind of bad weather. Very beautiful corridor and a good place to take pictures, experience the Lingnan culture.

Shopping

There are various shopping stores, including the famous clothing market, ranging from cheap to upscale clothing, even selling fabric and accessories. Some popular brands even give an incredible discount, who wouldn’t like this place? Besides, you will see plenty of jewelry, furniture and antiques, bedding etc, which cater to all the needs of the local citizens even travelers! 

Food paradise

Plenty of time-honored brands run their store in this bustling street, like Nanxin Dessert Shop, Ouchengji Noodle Shop, Lianxianglou, Taotaoju etc. The various street food makes this street more popular, not only can you taste the authentic Cantonese food, but also the famous food of other cities even western meals. If you travel to Guangzhou, better spare a couple of hours to explore this street.

Folk culture

A set of vivid like bronze statues will appear on Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street, which is also a popular site to take pictures. Created by Wan Zhaoquan in 2002, these sculptures described the lifestyle of Guangzhou in the 1920s, reminding us to trace back to the old-time of Guangzhou. Besides, a man in multicolored rooster clothing, wearing a bamboo hat and imitating the sound of the rooster by suona horn, a traditional woodwind instrument in China, try to sell the delicious Chinese olive which is top-rated food in the 1940s, and this activity also aims at protecting its traditional culture as well.