Guangzhou to Foshan: A Village Road Reveals the City's Other Side | 22 Mar 2023

Описание: 22 March 2023. Cloudy. Driving from Guangzhou to Foshan.

Starting near the Fushe Road tunnel on Nandaganshu, in Panyu's Dashi area—right across from Wancheng Plaza, by the Yuexiu Hongjingtai residential complex . Destination: Foshan's Qiandeng Lake-Financial High-tech Zone. The driver took a village road—revealing another side of Guangzhou. If no one told you, you'd never guess this is Guangzhou.

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That was the biggest impression.

Outside the window: not what you'd expect. Not Zhujiang New Town's skyline, not Shangxiajiu's arcades, not the crowds at Huacheng Square. Instead: narrow streets, dense houses, small shops, people walking.

This is Dashi area. Yuexiu Hongjingtai sits east of Fushe Road, north of Nandaganshu . Walk 700 meters: Metro Line 3, Dashi Station—one stop to Wanbo, six stops to Zhujiang New Town . But the driver skipped the elevated roads, winding through backstreets instead.

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These are places quietly transforming.

Dashi is a mature residential area, home to over 30,000 market entities . But the villages—Li Village, Mengyong, Yongkou—keep another face. Narrow lanes, handshake buildings, tangled wires. Street-level: grocery stores, fast food, repair shops. Above: rental rooms.

The driver: “This road used to be narrower—small workshops everywhere. Some demolished, some repaired—much better now.” He pointed. “Those handshake buildings—mostly young people working in Wanbo.”

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Further on, approaching Foshan.

Huadi Waterway lies between Guangzhou's Liwan and Foshan's Nanhai. This 4‑kilometer cross‑boundary river once suffered from water quality issues due to administrative borders. Now a “Happy River”—Class IV water quality. The Haijing Dadao East renovation completed last year—from Ligui Road to Yanbu, 5 kilometers in about 5 minutes. Years ago: at least half an hour.

On the riverbank, Yongpingwei's old factory buildings are transforming into “Yi Jiu Yun”—container markets, coffee warehouses, art warehouses. Soon, young people from both Guangzhou and Foshan will come here for coffee and river views.

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Arrival: Qiandeng Lake-Financial High-tech Zone.

Foshan's urban cover. 2026: Guicheng aims for “five highest”—highest enterprise concentration, highest financial activity, highest resident satisfaction, highest visitor inflow, highest information utilization. Qiandeng Lake Venture Capital Town: 1,839 fund projects, over 241.5 billion yuan scale, top five nationally in registered funds.

Outside: orderly streets, modern offices,精心 parks.

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From Dashi's handshake buildings to Qiandeng Lake's skyline—one hour.

That hour showed Guangzhou's multiplicity—vanishing villages, stubborn small shops, daily commuters, half‑demolished buildings.

That hour also showed Guangzhou-Foshan integration—Huadi Waterway's transformation, Haijing Dadao's connection, Yongpingwei's renewal.

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Where do we begin to understand a city?

With its glamour—Wanbo's商圈, Qiandeng Lake's skyline.
And with its reverse side—narrow village roads, casual driver stories, lights in handshake buildings.
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我在故宫修文物/如果国宝会说话导演随手拍…2023年3月22日，阴天。从广州去佛山。起点在番禺大石，南大干线辅路富石路隧道附近，越秀鸿璟台小区对面就是万民城。终点是佛山千灯湖-金融高新区。司机走了一条城中村的路，真是看到了广州的多面性。如果不说的话，谁知道这是广州？

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这是此行最大的感受。车窗外的景象，和印象中的广州不太一样。不是珠江新城的天际线，不是上下九的骑楼，也不是花城广场的人群。是窄窄的街道，是密集的民房，是路边的小店和走来走去的人。

这一带是大石板块。越秀鸿璟台就在富石路以东、南大干线以北，步行约700米就是地铁3号线大石站，1站到万博，6站到珠江新城。但司机没有走高架，而是拐进了那些小路。
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这是广州正在悄然蜕变的地方。

大石板块是番禺的成熟居住区，聚集了超3万家市场主体。但那些城中村——礼村、猛涌村、涌口村——还保留着另一种模样。窄巷、握手楼、电线交错，一楼是杂货店、快餐店、修车铺，楼上是出租屋。

司机说：“以前这条路更窄，两边全是小作坊。现在拆了一些，修了一些，好走多了。”他指了指窗外，“那些握手楼，住的基本都是在万博上班的年轻人。”

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继续往前，快到佛山了。

花地水道横亘在广州荔湾与佛山南海之间。这条全长约4公里的跨界河流，曾经因行政边界的阻隔面临水质恶化，如今蜕变为Ⅳ类水质的“幸福河”。沿岸的海景大道东整治工程去年完工，从沥桂路到盐步，全程5公里仅需5分钟左右。而在几年前，这段路至少要半小时。

河岸上的永平围旧厂房正在改造，以“一旧云”为主题，将变身盒子集市、咖啡主题仓、艺术主题仓。未来，会有广佛两地的年轻人专门来这里喝咖啡、看江景。
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终点到了：千灯湖-金融高新区。

这里是佛山的城市封面。2026年，桂城的目标是打造“五个最高”——企业集聚度最高、金融活跃度最高、居民满意度最高、客商流入量最高、信息利用率最高。千灯湖创投特色小镇已集聚基金类项目1839家，规模超2415亿元，基金产品备案数稳居全国前五。

窗外，是整齐的街道、现代的写字楼、精心设计的公园。
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从大石的握手楼到千灯湖的天际线，不过一小时车程。

一小时里，看见的是广州的多面性——那些正在消失的城中村，那些还在坚持的小店，那些每天通勤的年轻人，那些拆了一半的握手楼。

一小时里，也看见广佛同城的痕迹——花地水道的蜕变，海景大道东的贯通，永平围旧厂房的“破圈重生”。

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我们从何处开始了解一座城市？
从它的繁华开始——从万博的商圈，从千灯湖的天际线。
也从它的背面开始——从那些窄窄的城中村路，从那些司机随口说的故事，从那些握手楼里亮起的灯光。
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