A trip to Shenzhen cannot be complete without understanding its rich heritage. The art and cultural activities in Shenzhen will give you an insight into the city's history, traditions, and artwork. While visiting the cultural attractions in Shenzhen would prove to be informative, attending its artsy events will leave you entertained. From cultural performances to historical monuments that give you a glimpse of the past, take a look at this list to know Shenzhen better. Include these in attractions in your itinerary for Shenzhen and have a great vacation.
Top Places for Art and Cultural Activities in Shenzhen
Check the list of top places for art and culture in Shenzhen:
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The Window of the world is a fabulous replica theme park located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen. Spread over 48 hectares, the park is home to replicas of some of the most famous tourist attractions from all over the world. Within a day, you can visit different sites from a dominating 108 metre tall Eiffel tower to the classic Taj mahal, from the majestic roman Colosseum to the hist...Read more
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Splendid China Park is a theme park located at the Overseas Chinese town, Shenzhen. The park’s theme reflects the history, culture, art, architecture and customs of various nationalities. It has scaled down the replicas of China’s historical building and folk customs. One of the world’s largest scenery parks in the amount of scenarios reproduced here, it is developed and manag...Read more
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In the early 1990’s a group of about twenty artists under the leadership of the painter and businessman Huang Jiang took up residence in the Dafen suburb of Shenzhen. The painters specialized in the making of large numbers of detailed replicas of famous oil paintings by the masters of the craft such as Van Gogh, Dali, da Vinci, Rembrandt and Warhol. With increase in demand of the replicas...Read more
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Chinese Folk culture village, located adjacent to the Splendid China theme park, features displays of the daily life and architecture of China’s 56 ethnic groups. Spread over an area of 2,00,000 square meters, the Chinese folk culture village, has 24 peculiar cottages that welcome the visitors to the site. You can witness distinctive architecture of different ethnic groups from all over C...Read more
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The place is located in the east of Shenzhen and is known as Shenzhen’s “green heart”. It is located in Wutong Mountains, surrounded by beautiful botanical garden. It is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the region with a construction area of more than 30,000 square meters. It is also, the first temple that was built after 1949 in China. On the sides, there are Monastic R...Read more
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Emperor KangXi a waged war with the Ming loyalists in Taiwan and de-populated the coastline, resulting in a lot of Hakka people populating the Shenzhen city. Due to the continuous strained relations between Hakka and Cantonese people, the Hakka people had to fortify their structures and cultural monuments. The most common form of these fortifications in the south China is the rectangular &lsquo...Read more