Shajing Oyster Culture Museum and the Oyster Coast
MuseumBeyond the Old Line: the Stations, the Hakka Walled Villages and the Oyster Coast
SHAJING OYSTER CULTURE MUSEUM AND THE OYSTER COAST · SHAJING HAO XIANG
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Beyond the Old Line: the Stations, the Hakka Walled Villages and the Oyster Coast · 22.747°N 113.803°E
FreeClosure day
Shenzhen's west coast farmed oysters before Shenzhen existed. Shajing was planting stakes in the shallows by the Song dynasty, and a Northern Song poem about this coast is China's earliest written record of oyster farming; the production customs - the three-zone method of spat, growth and fattening grounds, the work songs, the tide-set working day - were listed as a Guangdong provincial intangible heritage item in 2022. The Shajing Oyster Culture Museum, built by the subdistrict and opened during the sixth Golden Oyster Festival on 21 December 2009, is the museum for it: 1,200 sqm of grey brick and timber built in the style of an old oyster-town house, 600 sqm of galleries and over 500 objects, free, closed Mondays.
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LandmarkShajing Oyster Culture Museum and the Oyster Coast (沙井蚝文化博物馆，千年蚝坊广场)
Address299 Shajing Main Street, Shajing Subdistrict, Bao'an District (宝安区沙井街道沙井大街299号)Verified · 2021-12Source ↗Navigate ↗
EntranceMetro Line 12 runs through the area with stations named Haoxiang (Oyster Town), Shahao, Shajing Guxu (Shajing Old Market) and Buyong; Shajing Guxu is the stop for the old town. We could not find the museum as a mapped feature, so the coordinate here is approximate - navigate by the street address
Last verified 2026-09-23
How to book
No booking published; walk inNot independently verified — check official channels before you go
Paying on site
Nothing to buy; the city culture bureau's museum list and the district both carry it as free, with no booking channel published