Gankeng Ancient Town, formerly Gankeng Hakka Town, is located at No. 18, Ganli Road, Gankeng Community, Jihua Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. It originated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a cultural tourist attraction that integrates local Hakka dwellings, Hakka folk customs, Hakka architecture, Hakka folk art, Hakka traditional food, and Hakka rural scenery in Shenzhen, covering an area of ​​180,000 square meters. Gankeng is an ancient Hakka village with a long history and is one of the "Top Ten Hakka Ancient Villages in Shenzhen". In the local Hakka language in Shenzhen, "keng" refers to a small stream or ditch. Hakka people often use "keng" and "li" together, and there is a term "kengkenglili". Gankeng is full of springs and the stream water is sweet, so it is called Gankeng. Gankeng Ancient Town was once a Hakka settlement, with many ancient buildings and houses connected to alleys. There is Nanxianglou, which has gone through more than 120 years of vicissitudes; there is Zhuangyuan Mansion, which was built during the Yongzheng period; there is Fenghuang Valley, a group of Hui-style buildings; there are also buildings such as watchtowers, watchtowers, and stilt houses that are integrated into the mountains and rivers, forming a unique Hakka cultural carrier with the century-old Hakka row houses. Gankeng Ancient Town is an important window to understand the culture of Shenzhen's aboriginals. Gankeng Ancient Town is a Hakka cultural characteristic town, a national revolutionary old area, and a Shenzhen characteristic cultural block. In July 2017, Gankeng Ancient Town was selected as the first batch of national cultural and tourism characteristic towns and won the "2017 China Cultural Tourism Integration Pilot Zone (Base) Pilot". In 2018, Gankeng Ancient Town was named "Guangdong Province Cultural Tourism Integration Development Demonstration Zone". In December 2019, Gankeng Ancient Town was selected as one of the top 20 most watched characteristic towns in China. In 2022, Gankeng Ancient Town was selected as the first batch of Guangdong Province's night culture and tourism consumption clusters. In December 2022, Gankeng Ancient Town was rated as a national 3A tourist attraction.
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