Shipai Village is the largest urban village in Guangzhou, China. It is situated in the middle of Tianhe District in Guangzhou, with dense multi-story dwelling houses building in and lands for collective use. The village is supported by 170 narrow alleys yet surrounded by tall buildings and busy commercial streets. There are many shopping and entertaining centers as well as several institutions of higher education such as Jinan University nearby.
With an area of only one square kilometer, it has over 50,000 people who come from the rural areas staying at Shipai Village.Shipai Village have a variety of traditional cultural relics and some examples of historic architecture. It mixes the elements of tradition and modernization and it serves as a “bridge” between rural areas and the city.
As the area becomes urbanized, villagers’ life bears little difference with that of ordinary Cantonese, of which “chen yun” (morning walking) and “yin cha” (having morning tea) are of important part. But the connections between individuals are more intensive and everlasting in the village and it is the same in terms of Friendship. Playing mah-jong is one of the most popular activities for housewives.
Traditional suburban culture -Shipai Village, located to the east of Canton in the southern coastal area of the country, had developed a suburban folk culture that could find the shadow of philistine culture influenced by western civilization. Such kind of culture embodies itself both in its surname culture and in various carriers of culture.

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