Nanhai God Temple
The imperial temple to the God of the South Sea, founded in 594 at the mouth of the Pearl River estuary where ships from the Maritime Silk Road first made land — the state sacrifice for safe voyages for 1,400 years, with a stone forest of imperial steles, the 'Sunrise Pavilion' where poets watched the sea, and a foreign envoy's statue in the hall. Rebuilt 1986-91 and a national relic since 2013; the Guangzhou Maritime Museum (free) opened beside it. ¥10, sold online, Tue-Sun 9:00-17:00, closed Mondays — except for the 'Boluo Dan' temple fair around the 13th day of the second lunar month, the biggest folk fair in the delta, when it opens daily and needs a timed booking.
Mainly online ('实行网上购票', city museum list) via the temple / Maritime Museum WeChat channels and platforms; paper tickets are also sold on site (the 2026 fair refund notice mentions them); official site gzhsmuseum.com; 020-82210927Verified · 2024-09Source ↗
Real-name entry; passport handling is unconfirmed. Real-name purchase — online via the '广州海事博物馆' WeChat official account or at the on-site ticket window (museum site, 2026-07); passport not mentioned (students show 'ID card and student card'). The Maritime Museum next door is free with no booking — security check only (museum site); during the Boluo Dan fair both sites run full reservation
Online: temple / Maritime Museum WeChat channels or OTA → ¥10 (¥5 concession) → QR at the gate; during Boluo Dan a separate booking for the museum.
Boluo Dan (late Feb-March) is a five-day crush with daily 10:00-11:00 and 14:00-15:00 peaks; any other weekday the grounds are nearly empty.
Bilingual signage on the main halls and steles; the Maritime Museum next door has English panels; ticketing channels are Chinese.
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