[2025 Shenzhen Attraction] Travel Guide for Sino-British Street History Museum (Updated Jun)

My parents came to Shenzhen for a trip during Christmas, but my dad couldn’t get a Hong Kong Pass. But I wanted him to experience the cultural characteristics of Hong Kong, so we went to Zhongying Street to check in! 🕰️Business hours: 09:00 - 16:30. 📍Address: No. 9, Neihuancheng Road, Shatoujiao Town, Yantian District, Shenzhen. 🚇Transportation: 🔸Bus: Take bus No. 68 or 84 and get off at Zhongying Street Station. 🔸Metro: Take Line 2/8 to Sha Tau Kok Station, exit from Exit A1 and take bus B619/B662 directly to the Chung Ying Street Checkpoint. 🎫Tickets and Passes 💰Tickets are free. 💻Reservation: You need to make an appointment in advance through the "Sha Tau Kok Border Special Management Area Pass Application" applet, follow the instructions, and after the appointment is successful, you can enter by swiping your mainland ID card 🪪. 🟥Exhibition content The permanent exhibition "A Century of Sino-British Street" in the museum is divided into four floors of exhibition halls, which comprehensively records and displays the century-long history of the formation and changes of Sino-British Street, and vividly tells the audience the wonderful historical stories that happened on Sino-British Street. Among them: 1️⃣ The first exhibition hall: mainly displays "Shatou Cape", "Hakka Migration to the South", "Ten Covenants of the Rural Alliance" and "Donghe Market". 2️⃣The second and third floor exhibition halls are the "History of Sino-British Street" exhibition halls. The permanent exhibition is divided into six parts, namely: Hot Land, Occupation, Resistance, Change, Development, and Return. The third floor also has a cinema, which can play various historical films. 3️⃣The fourth floor exhibition hall: It is a temporary exhibition hall, where "Sun Yat-sen and the Sanzhoutian Uprising" was exhibited. Highlights 4️⃣Restored display: The prosperous and peaceful market scene of Donghe Market in the late Qing Dynasty is restored, which truly reflects the process of the local people's development from traditional agricultural economy to commodity economy. 5️⃣Warning bell: It is set in the museum square and complements the boundary monument of Zhongying Street. It is a new scene of Zhongying Street, reminding people to remember history at all times. 6️⃣Observation Deck: The top floor is an observation deck, where you can have a bird's eye view of Dapeng Bay and the natural scenery of Hong Kong's New Territories. 🟤Nearby recommendations 🔹Boundary monuments: There are eight boundary monuments in Zhongying Street, which witness the history of Zhongying Street. 🔹Ancient Well: Located at the back street after entering Zhongying Street, it was built by Hakka people who moved to Sha Tau Kok to open up wasteland during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 300 years and is the source of drinking water for local people. 🔹Ancient Banyan Tree: Located next to the No. 4 boundary marker on Zhongying Street, it has a history of more than 100 years. 🔹Tianhou Temple: Located in Zhongying Street, hidden in the alley, it is not large in area, but it has everything. 🔹Yantian Seaside Boardwalk: After exiting Zhongying Street, it takes about seven or eight minutes to walk from the Zhongying Street Joint Inspection Building to the Yantian Seaside Boardwalk. 💡Notes 🔸To enter the Chung Ying Street, you need to apply for a Border Special Management Area Pass issued by the Provincial Public Security Department. It cannot be replaced by a Hong Kong and Macau Pass. Student groups organized by the school to visit can be exempted from the above-mentioned complicated procedures and can be organized to visit in a unified manner with a certificate issued by the school. 🔸To enter Chung Ying Street from Hong Kong, you need to apply for a Frontier Closed Area Pass with an endorsement allowing entry into Chung Ying Street. #RegisterJanuaryHotelTestSleeper2025 #Zhongying StreetHistoryMuseum #GoodPlacesForParents #ShenzhenAttractions

| Cities by the sea are indeed romantic. Shenzhen has mountains and seas, endless parks and shopping malls, endless sunsets and sunrises 🌇, and blue skies and white clouds ☁️. 👣 Plan a holiday and explore Shenzhen with us in 7 stops~ . 1️⃣ Sea World Culture and Arts Center Enjoy the sea outside the museum and the exhibition inside 🖼️. Enjoy the sea view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the seaside café while sipping a cup of coffee and quietly enjoying the vastness and tranquility of the moment. 🔖 Except for Monday, there is a music fountain next to the cruise ship every night at 19:30, 20:00, and 20:30 ⛲️ 📍 Address: 10 minutes walk from Exit A of Sea World (with a track route) · 2️⃣ Rich Ice Cream Truck 🍦 As soon as I left the art center, I ran into a rich ice cream truck, which was a good luck ❤️. Because the ice cream truck is a mobile point, it is all about luck. It sells not only ice cream 🍨, but also the memories of the older generation of Hong Kong people 🚗 · 3️⃣ Guizhou Noodles Guizhou, Guizhou~👏🏻 I declare that this Guizhou noodle in Shenzhen is so delicious that I can't stop eating it. The soup is very rich, and the happy noodles are so enjoyable 🫕 · 4️⃣ Chung Ying Street In the 24th year of Emperor Guangxu, this street was divided into two. It records the history of the cession, struggle, change, development, and return of the past century 📚. Not only in Shenzhen, but also in China, it is the only street in China with "one street, two systems". 🎫 You need to apply for a pass to enter. Shenzhen residents can go once a week, while non-Shenzhen residents can only go once every 30 days. Remember to make an appointment in advance~ · 5️⃣ Eye of Shenzhen [Gangxia Metro Station] The largest subway station in Asia 🚇 The intersection of five subway lines in Shenzhen. It is so technological here, ☀️ in the afternoon, the sunlight pours down from the sky 😭 being wrapped in light, it seems that you can travel through time and space at any time. . 6️⃣ Shenzhen Museum Shenzhen also has a history, and the rhythm of Shenzhen culture echoes here. From the dinosaur era 🦖, the Stone Age 🪨, to modern art, each exhibit tells the story of the city's 🏃 hard work and sweat, and here is a microcosm of the blood and sweat of Shenzhen people . 7️⃣ Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art This is the cyberpunk future world 🚀, the steel structure art installation at the entrance is so shocking, it seems to be a huge future spaceship 🛸. The photos are very good 📸📍 No tickets 🎫, you need to make an appointment in advance~

One foot in Shenzhen, one foot in Hong Kong, here comes the half-day tour guide for Zhongying Street~||【Shenzhen | Zhongying Street】One foot in Shenzhen, one foot in Hong Kong, this is the closest place to Hong Kong, and almost no one leaves Zhongying Street empty-handed 🚗About transportation: 🚇 Take the subway line 8 to Shatoujiao station, exit A1, and transfer to B619 to Zhongying Street Guanqian station ✅About reservation: 🔍 🍊iYantian, find the date and corresponding time you want to go ❌Remember, entry is stopped at 21:00 and the gate closes at 22:00, make sure to leave before then 🕙Opening hours: 9:00-22:00 🕙Document exchange time: 9:00-21:00 Admission is free but reservation is needed, it is recommended to book in advance, we booked 3-5 days in advance, if you cancel on the same day you can only cancel once, if you cancel twice on the same day, you cannot book again, no matter what time you booked, you can enter in advance 📌ᴛɪᴘs: 🟠Non-Shenzhen residents can go once every 30 days, Shenzhen residents can go once every 7 days 🔴On the day of the visit, please be sure to bring your 【ID card】 to the self-service machine at the gate to exchange for a pass, and you also need your ID card to enter 💰About payment: 🟣It is recommended to exchange Hong Kong dollars in advance, there is an emergency currency exchange next to the entrance of Zhongying Street, but personally, I think the exchange rate there is not very favorable. If you are not in a hurry, you can walk back a bit to find an ICBC, any of the big four banks will do 🟡The prices of goods on Zhongying Street are mainly in Hong Kong dollars, they also support Alipay and WeChat, which will automatically convert the exchange rate, but the rate inside is relatively high ‼️It feels cheaper and more cost-effective to pay in Hong Kong dollars 🏞️About sightseeing spots: 🏛️Zhongying Street Museum, check the opening hours before you go, the museum was closed for renovation on the day we went 🔔The Warning Bell In front of the museum, to remember history ⛵️Seaside plank road Here you can directly see Hong Kong across the sea 🍷Zhongying Street Wine Castle From a distance, it looks like a European-style castle with ivy climbing all over the walls 🛍️About shopping: This can be based on personal preference, but it is not recommended to go to the stores that tour groups enter, it feels like Zhongying Street is very cost-effective for buying medicines, we bought a lot of plasters, cough medicine, etc., compared to online and duty-free shop prices, Zhongying Street is still more cost-effective. The Zhongying Street must-buy list includes facial cleanser, soap, shampoo, we also bought a lot, of course, you can't miss the food, there is a wide variety of snacks here, cheap prices, buy to your heart's content, it doesn't feel like a lot of money was spent, the main thing is that it's economical

Address: Chung Ying Street, No.1 Sha Shen Road, Sha Tou Jiao Street, Yantian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. Opening hours: 9:00-18:00 Certification time: 9:00-17:00 (After online reservation, please bring the original second-generation resident ID card to the certification center before 17:00 for certification, and leave the customs before 18:00). Tickets: Free Attractions: Boundary Monument→Alarm Clock→Chung Ying Street Museum→Coastal Plank Road→Ancient Tower Park. Chung Ying Street is a 'one street, two systems' commercial street formed after Hong Kong's return. There are many shops on both sides of Chung Ying Street, with a wide range of goods. The right side is the Hong Kong boundary, with many duty-free goods to choose from. The left side is the Shenzhen boundary, with many local specialities at good prices. At the end of Chung Ying Street is the 'Chung Ying Street History Museum' (free) which displays a detailed introduction to the history and culture of Chung Ying Street. This is my first time to Chung Ying Street, Shenzhen. The Alarm Clock is a symbol of Chung Ying Street, engraved with some important historical events of Chung Ying Street. Every year on March 18th, a bell ringing ceremony is held here to remind the people of the country 'not to forget history, the alarm bell rings long'. Chung Ying Street, where the UK and China 'divided rule' with the boundary monument as the boundary. After the restoration of sovereignty in 1997, Hong Kong implemented 'one country, two systems', and Chung Ying Street also formed a new pattern of 'one street, two systems'. Chung Ying Street History Museum, experience the hundred-year history of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Chung Ying Street Alarm Clock, never forget history, the alarm bell rings long. Chung Ying Street History Museum, you can understand the past and present of Chung Ying Street, the museum collects more than 400 pieces of modern historical relics, folk relics and thousands of precious historical photos, here you can understand the hundred-year history of Chung Ying Street. The environment is good, it's great! Excellent.

#Dawan District Must-visit Check-in Spots The Zhongying Street History Museum, located in Shatoujiao Street, Yantian District, Shenzhen, is a thematic geographical museum invested and built by the Yantian District Government of Shenzhen. It was completed and opened on May 1, 1999. The total construction area of ​​the exhibition building is 1,688 square meters, which comprehensively records and reflects the vicissitudes of Zhongying Street over the past century. If you want to appreciate the history of Chung Ying Street, then come to the Chung Ying Street History Museum. The museum has a total of 4 exhibition halls, covering more than 400 historical and folk cultural relics and more than a thousand precious historical photos. From the first floor to the fourth floor, a century-old dream came true, and we seemed to be walking along the historical trajectory and revisiting this place. The exhibition halls are concentrated on the 2nd and 3rd floors, which are the "History of Sino-British Street" exhibition halls. There is also a film and television hall on the 3rd floor where you can watch various historical films. Friends who are interested in history, remember to check in at the Zhongying Street History Museum. Although the museum is not large, if you walk around slowly and try to understand it carefully, you can definitely spend 1-2 hours there. Reservation: The museum does not require reservations and is open to the public free of charge Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 (closed on Mondays) Address: No. 9, Inner Ring Road, Shatoujiao Town, Shenzhen