Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) Loft

OCT has a lot of interesting shops, galleries and artworks worth visiting. Some of the rooftops are accessible too and I actually wish they would open some nice cafes or bars on them. Seems like a good opportunity to attract more visitors. As for cuisine, there’s a few good restaurants in the area. I would recommend La Boca in particular if you’re a fan of Mexican food. All in all a place worth visiting whether you’re in Shenzhen on a short trip, or are living here. This photo was taken with my DJI Mavic 2 Pro in 2019 while I was still living in Guiyang. Meanwhile, 2 years further, I’ve moved to Shenzhen and also made a short POV street photography session of this area on my YouTube channel.

I heard friends say early on that there is a creative culture park in OCT, which is very suitable for taking pictures. It is very suitable for dating couples! There are many creative restaurants in the garden and a variety of distinctive cafes. It is a good place to go for a weekend walk. If you’d like to buy jewellery or handicrafts, you can stroll around the market, you can find a lot of limited-edition gadgets! The most famous of OCT is the phoenix flower that blooms in May every year. The annual opening is very popular and attracts many people! Don't miss this season if you like to take pictures!  How to get there: Take the subway to the East of Chinatown and take the right exit from the A exit. You can arrive. You can also get off the bus to the Konka Group.  Food: Many restaurants are famous here, as well as many cafes and other distinctive houses to attract the youth.

Weekend time can be spent with your travel buddy at this place, wandering around unique boutiques, sipping coffee under the trees, taking photos, and enjoying a delightful weekend~ The OCT Creative Culture Park in Shenzhen is not very large, but it's a place that combines business, culture, and art. It often hosts various art exhibitions and has many spots perfect for checking in. It's a favorite among artistic youths~ 1️⃣Location: OCT Creative Park, Shenzhen 2️⃣Metro Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station Exit A, 12min walk Metro Line 2, Qiaocheng North Station Exit B, 16min walk

Tucked away in a residential building near the Overseas Chinese Town Creative Park The space is quite small, but it's packed with all sorts of cultural and creative/artistic peripherals. I really love this sense of maximalism. There are so many cute and interesting illustrations, postcards, and small items. If you like drawing or keeping a journal, this is the place to rush to! ! SEN'S Time : Nanshan District, Overseas Chinese Town Creative Cultural Park, East Group, Building 4: Exit A of the Overseas Chinese Town Station on Line 1

🌀 The weather is okay after the typhoon, it's just a mix of sunny and overcast, but at least it didn't rain. I was lucky, the weather cleared up when I was taking photos, and I could see the blue sky and white clouds. ❗️OCT really matches well with the Japanese style too! ➡️ Travel Guide (Subway Travel Edition) 🧭 Navigate to "OCT Creative Culture Park". 🚇 Take the subway to Line 1 "Qiaocheng East Station" Exit A and walk about 700 meters, or Line 2 "Qiaocheng North Station" Exit B and walk about 1000 meters to enter the park. 🗺️ OCT is divided into South and North areas. Decide where to start your visit based on which subway exit you come from. The park is not small, but it's not confusing either, you can wander around freely. 📷 For the photos, the location is straight ahead from Qiaocheng North Exit B to the overpass. I went there around 4 pm, and the sunlight was slanting into the overpass, which is great for taking pictures. The 7th and 8th photos were taken inside the park. ‼️ Tips 1⃣️ If you're going there to wander the streets on your own, be mentally prepared. There are many groups doing street photography on weekends, and the park is quite crowded. You might need to overcome some awkwardness (I personally feel I still need to work on my courage). 2⃣️ There are quite a few nice coffee shops in the park. If you want to check them out on weekends, I suggest going early, otherwise, it can get a bit crowded. 3⃣️ It's recommended to bring mosquito repellent, as the park has a high rate of greenery coverage.

Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town's new exhibition—"Power Plant". In this exhibition, Xie Wendie will also set up a unique visual experience according to the spatial structure of ArtBay, allowing the works and space to have a new conversation. In Xie Wendie's works, the intuitive capture of shapes and the subconscious depiction of images go hand in hand, attempting to trace the changes in thoughts. Through her own feelings and local experiences, she poetically and interestingly presents the subtle connections between things. Xie Wendie's creation is a circuitous experience, from initially receiving 'glass modeling' training, through the tortuous path of craftsmanship, to gradually establishing a connection with herself and the outside world with the joint action of materials and craftsmanship. Her preference for 'glass' material actually stems from the connection with 'glass' she feels. Xie Wendie is fascinated by the dialectical contradictions of glass (whether it's the visual perception, the making, or the metaphorical aspects of the phenomenon)—just as she is fascinated by puns, the tangible and intangible, opposites and similarities, dreams and reality, etc.—and uses it as an entry point to juxtapose and relate to other materials, becoming mirrors to each other. This has become her way of expressing and understanding the world. Xie Wendie's works contain various 'forces': the force between object shapes, the force between shapes and space, the force between materials and time, the force between the body and materials during the creative process, and so on. Due to materials and craftsmanship, Xie Wendie often wanders between various factories to complete her works. The 'factory' is not only the base of labor but also the place for the artist to observe and communicate. The subtle relationship between the artist and the craftsmen mutually influences the creation of the works and produces different degrees of resonance. Artist: Xie Wendie Exhibition period: July 22, 2023 - September 24, 2023 Opening hours: 13:00 to 18:00 Location: ArtBay Shenzhen Nanshan District Xiangshan East Street, Overseas Chinese Town Creative F1-101C

Flying Apsaras, art, dance, drama, exhibitions, painting, history, this place gathers a large number of Dunhuang murals, offering a multi-experience performance, this is the new Shenzhen exhibition 'Realm in Dunhuang: Music and Flying Apsaras' Digital Light and Shadow Art Special Exhibition. The global second appearance of the Silk Road civilization digital art special exhibition A meeting that spans a thousand years An immersive digital performance that travels through the Dunhuang murals Twenty-four kinds of musical instruments of the heavens are illuminated one by one here Forty thousand volumes of Dunhuang scriptures, waiting for the destined to come for a pilgrimage 1000 square meters with six major exhibition areas: Seeing the Silk Road again, Music Opens Dunhuang, Music and Flying Apsaras, Scripture Cave, Nine-Colored Deer, Grotto Corridor 👉 Exhibition Guide: 1⃣ Reservation required, one session every 1 hour 2⃣ Tickets are divided into immersive and performance sessions, be sure to watch the performance session, with actors performing the Flying Apsaras dance, two non-repeating shows per hour, each lasting 15 minutes ⚠️ No performance in the immersive session 3⃣ The Scripture Cave has scribe performances, and they welcome everyone to interact and take photos 4⃣ In the 'Nine-Colored Deer' exhibition hall, you can interact with the nine-colored deer and participate in the experience of co-creating a picture book. After coloring on the drawing board and scanning, your painting can be projected onto the Dunhuang murals. 5⃣ Opposite the exhibition hall is the Dunhuang Cultural and Creative Hall, free of charge and no reservation required, and it's also a great place for photos 6⃣ It is recommended to wear Hanfu👘 for better photo opportunities 📆 Exhibition Date: 2023.6.1-8.31 (closed on Monday mornings every week) ⏰ Business Hours: 9:30-21:30 (the last session starts at 20:30) 📍 Exhibition Address: South AB Exhibition Hall, OCAT Shenzhen Pavilion, Block F2, OCT Creative Cultural Park, Enping Street, Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Coming out from the northeast of the Garden Expo Park, walk along Qiaoxiang Road all the way, and take a stroll in the Overseas Chinese Town Cultural and Creative Park. Not many people, passing through it, along Xiangshan East Street to Zhong Street, the road greening in this area is very nice, with green trees on the roadside surrounded by blooming bougainvillea, the colors are quite pleasant. Compared to a year ago, it seems that the colors of the flowers have faded a bit. Continue strolling from Swan Castle along Dujuan Mountain Street to Yitian Plaza.

The calm blue sea interspersed with white waves There are also different colored blocks floating It's like... different colored clouds falling into the waveless sea causing a layer of spray🌊 This is Lin Chunyan's oil painting exhibition in Shenzhen The exhibited works are rich in color yet harmonious About the unpredictable changes of the seasons, about the sea and the birds of freedom The ups and downs of the spiritual world, the vivid and abstract colors in the paintings, I love the colors of every painting! Each painting has no other annotations, which also allows viewers to contemplate, have their own imagination space and different insights. 🫂: Echo - Lin Chunyan Oil Painting Exhibition ▫️: 2023.7.2-2023.7.30 ▫️: F1 Building 101 Art Position, Creative Park South District, Enping Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Shenzhen Exhibition | Sonic Stirring of the Starry Concerto. The exhibition combines various electronic materials, new media technologies, and traditional canvas oil painting to guide visitors to contemplate the physical nature of painting and the dialogic relationship with the ever-changing media network. Artist: Joe Hedges Exhibition Dates: 2023/07/30-09/03 Opening Hours (No reservation required): Tuesday to Sunday 10:00~19:00 Tickets: Free, no reservation required Exhibition Address: 1st Floor, East/B4 Building, North Area of OCT Creative Park, Nanshan District

#winhkflight Overseas Chinese Town East (OCT East) in Yantian District is a large ecological resort brimming with a natural landscape, small towns of western and oriental styles, and entertainment facilities. It has three themed parks: Knight Valley, Tea Stream Valley, and Wind Valley. You can also pay homage to Buddhist statues at Huaxing Temple. There are also wonderful performances played in the resort every day. The most famous ones are Heavenly Zen, a dancing performance revealing the Chinese tea culture, and Roaring Flood, a live-action stunt show. A good place to chill and have signature food and coffee. 1km away from metro station. I want to travel to Hong Kong to finish visiting this area!

🌲🌲To avoid burdening the nation, I became part of those celebrating the New Year away from home~ The usually bustling streets are somewhat deserted; friends here are caught up in the homecoming rush, and a sense of loneliness as a stranger in a foreign land washes over me... I carry my camera to capture the moments of life; 🌈Play Introduction: Centered around the creative park, the surrounding thematic creative shops and bookstores fill up the 'Lonely Day'... 📖Entertainment Arrangement: Morning: Explore some current creative exhibitions~ anime shows, etc.; Noon: Enjoy some tasty local delicacies; Afternoon: Independent bookstore + coffee bar; Evening: Visit unique creative shops~ Firewood Heaven, etc.; ⭐Experience Highlights: 🅰️Cuisine: Star dishes, thin and crispy Margherita pizza; Chewy mushroom cream sauce pasta; Pineapple shrimp cashew fried rice with pork floss; Coconut yellow curry chicken; Mexican beef wrap; 🅱️Creative Shops: Well-known independent bookstore + pub/coffee bar + Firewood Heaven + creative exhibitions (research in advance before going) ✏️The wind in Shenzhen is warm but with a hint of desolation, yet even so~ we carry our cameras through the streets in search of that warmth in our hearts... allowing ourselves to find inspiration for life in this Spring Festival...