Return to the old-time bookstores of Guangzhou

【Bookstores can also be a personal sanctuary】 Check in to 100 interesting bookstores: No.019 - Guangzhou Yanqi Yu Middle Old Bookstore Shangxiajiu, Xiguan, Shamian, these are some of the hottest travel spots in Guangzhou, with the less-traveled Liwan Shibafu Old Street sandwiched in between. Old Guangzhou folks know this area for its old houses, most of which are historical and cultural buildings. In an old western-style house on the old street, you'll find this old bookstore named after the couple who runs it. The carefully tended small courtyard, the door curtains you push aside, the old western house filled with items from the past, it feels like stepping through the wrong door into a different era. Inside the store, apart from the QR codes, almost everything else is an old object. Books are arranged on both sides, one Chinese and one Western, all of them old books and magazines with years of history. The owners are a couple from the Northeast who have been in Guangzhou for some time. It's evident that these items are their life's passion. When you enter the store in the quiet of the post-noon hours without other customers, the owner sits quietly on the sofa flipping through old books. When approached, they share a smile, welcoming you into the world they've created. The old books in the store are available for browsing and for sale, mostly at ten yuan each, with some well-preserved complete sets priced at a hundred yuan. For the wisdom that books carry, time really doesn't count for much. Store Name: Yanqi Yu Middle Old Bookstore Address: No. 27-1, West Xianji Community, Shibafu South Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou Features: Old books, old objects, old times; a quiet and independent little bookstore