Guangming District 光明区

History

Guangdong set up the Guangming state farm (光明国营农场) in 1958. The Guangming New Area followed in 2007, and the State Council approved a full district in February 2018, formally inaugurated that September. Its six subdistricts include Guangming (光明) and Gongming (公明), whose name is carried by Gongming roast goose.

What to see

Science Park (科学公园) keeps a wooded hillside; at its highest point the disc-shaped Science Summit (科学顶) sits atop Chaishan (柴山), and online it has been nicknamed "Shenzhen's Guangming Summit". The Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum (深圳科学技术馆) and the Shenzhen International Art Museum (深圳国际美术馆) stand on its southern side; the art museum's two buildings were designed to look like a pair of arks moored side by side. Hongqiao Park (虹桥公园) is crossed by a four-kilometre red bridge that winds through the forest, with views of the city skyline from the deck.

The farm past lives on at the Guangming Farm Grand View Garden (光明农场大观园), founded in 2002 and rated a national 4A scenic area, where visitors watch modern dairy-cow feeding and milk production. The district government lists 192 immovable cultural relics and 27 intangible-heritage items in the district.

Food and local products

The "three treasures of Guangming" (光明三宝) are braised roast squab, bovine colostrum and sweet corn. The squab are about 25 days old and prized for crisp skin and tender meat; the colostrum is the milk of the first 72 hours after calving, which the district compares to soft tofu pudding; and the sweet corn is a variety the farm brought in from the United States. Gongming roast goose (公明烧鹅) was first made in 1939 by Chen Abao (陈阿煲) of Loucun (楼村), and has a glossy golden skin over rich meat.

Getting oriented

Guangmingcheng station (光明城站) is on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong and Ganzhou–Shenzhen high-speed lines, and Metro Line 6 and its branch serve the district. Three expressways, the Nanguang (南光), Longda (龙大) and Outer Ring (外环), pass through.

Highlights

• Science Park and Science Summit 科学公园: Hillside park whose disc-shaped summit structure sits atop Chaishan, beside the science museum and art museum.
• Shenzhen International Art Museum 深圳国际美术馆: Two-part building designed like a pair of moored arks, south of Science Park.
• Hongqiao Park 虹桥公园: Park crossed by a four-kilometre red bridge through the forest.
• Guangming Farm Grand View Garden 光明农场大观园: National 4A dairy-farm attraction founded in 2002.
• Gongming roast goose 公明烧鹅: Roast goose first made in 1939 by Chen Abao of Loucun.