Shiwanzhen Subdistrict
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Shiwanzhen Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of
Chancheng District Chancheng District is a district (China), district and the seat of the city of Foshan, Guangdong, Guangdong Province, China. Chancheng is the economic, cultural and political center of the city. History Chancheng belonged to the land of Baiyue ...
, located in the southwest of the city of
Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...
,
Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
province, People's Republic of China. It has a land area of and a population of 42,700.


Ceramics

Shiwan has a long history of ceramic sculpture, with many vivid works by generations of craftsmen. Its 5000-year-long ceramic making history has accumulated the rich and abundant ceramic culture, and won the high prestige of the "Capital of Ceramics in
South China South China ( zh, s=, p=Huá'nán, j=jyut6 naam4) is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is ...
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Foshan Township-level divisions of Guangdong Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China {{Foshan-geo-stub