Langtou – Ink Treasure Box | Heart Painting China. If there is only one art that can represent China, it must be calligraphy. ‘Heart Painting China’ takes the more than 700-year cultural context of Langtou as a clue to explore the 3,000-year inheritance of Chinese calligraphy. With a 20-minute immersive art experience and a 360-degree light and shadow art space, more than 70 famous calligraphy and painting works are innovatively reproduced, bringing you a visual and perceptual feast. The light and shadow exhibition has two clues, one bright and one dark. The bright line is the splendid evolution history of calligraphy, from the myth of Cang Jie creating characters to oracle bone inscriptions, from bronzes to bamboo slips, from ‘carving’ to ‘writing’. Corresponding to the bright line is the change of Chinese civilization and the development of the times hidden in it. Here, you will witness the legendary spectacle of Cang Jie creating characters, appreciate the clear artistic conception of Wang Xizhi’s ‘Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection’, feel the mournful and desolate ‘Manuscript in Memory of Nephew’ by Yan Zhenqing, and experience the vividness of Su Dongpo’s ‘Cold Food Poem’. Every step is a visual and perceptual feast, allowing you to roam freely in the ocean of art and appreciate the profoundness and vastness of Chinese calligraphy and painting.
Opening hours: Closed all day on Mondays throughout the year; open from 10:00 to 18:00 on Tuesdays to Sundays throughout the year; open from 10:00 to 18:00 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day.
Preferential policies: Children: Free for those with a height of 1 meter (inclusive) or below; preferential treatment for those with a height between 1 meter (exclusive) and 1.4 meters (inclusive). Students: Full-time primary school, middle school, high school students, full-time undergraduates, vocational college students, and higher education school students can enjoy preferential treatment with their valid student ID cards (non-full-time college students and graduate students such as correspondence courses, evening universities, TV universities, and distance education are not applicable). Supplementary note: Each adult ticket holder can only bring one free child into the park. The above preferential policies are for reference only. The specific policies are subject to the disclosure on the day at the scenic spot.
Service facilities: Parking lot: [Langtou Ancient Village Parking Lot]. Reference price: 3 yuan/hour, with a ceiling of 30 yuan per day. Vehicles parked for a cumulative time of no more than 15 minutes on the same day can enjoy free parking. Address: Dongshe, Langtou Village, Huadu District, Guangzhou City (next to the beautiful farm). Number of parking spaces: 133. Catering: The Chuntaiyang Restaurant on the south side of the first floor is located above the lotus pond. The 270-degree ultra-wide-angle floor-to-ceiling windows allow tourists to enjoy the rural scenery of Langtou Ancient Village. The restaurant has chef-recommended dishes: Tanbu taro ‘Momochacha’, lemongrass Langtou Luocun chili stir-fried shrimp. Have a cup of refreshing ‘Zhaoche Erhou’ coffee. The lazy and leisurely rural elegance starts from here.
