Shenzhen Dafen Oil Painting Village - No.1 Oil Painting Village in China

Since I like to take pictures of scenery, I always choose the natural ecological tour, and my culture trip also is limited to temples, until one day I went to the Dafen Oil Painting Village, I got a new understanding of culture trip. What place Dafen Village exactly is? You can follow my lens to Shenzhen and have a look.

Dafen Village is located in the Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong province, belongs to the Shenzhen suburbs; and then since the urban construction, here, the transportation becomes more convenient; tourists can not only arrive here by big or small buses, but also by Shenzhen metro.

Almost ervery local people in Shenzhen know Dafen Village, even in a foreign country, a lot of selling oil painting shop owners, perhaps also know it. Dafen village is a common hakka village. In 1989, a Hong Kong art dealers came here, brought dozens of painters, rented a local house, started the domestic rare oil processing, purchase, export industry; at the same time, he recruited students to help him finish his foreign orders. Later, this village became the "No.1 Oil Painting Village in China".

The first time I went to Dafen Village, it was so amazing. All the places of this village were full of oil paintings, or relevant things of oil paintings. Walking into random small lanes, we could see all kinds of oil paintings. But pay attention, no casual photograph. There were so many doors of the gallery written "no photos", perhaps because of prevent people from plagiarise their creativity, of course, may also have other reasons. But there are also many painters and the gallery owners will readily let your photograph.






From the copy to the original, from a commercial painter to a painter, with the gradual improvement of the oil painting skill in Dafen Village , the scale of this village also is enlarged; also, its reputation increased year after year, from domestic famous village to international famous village.







After turning a few laps here, I asked the price of oil paintings carefully, most of the oil paintings were not so expensive as I thought. The biggest attraction here was not only appreciating the art, but also you could discovering oil paintings you like. You could conveniently buy a few oil paintings home, hanging in your study or sitting room, bedroom, even dining-room; that could be a seductive adornment.



After some transformation here, there are also some old buildings still remained, becoming art exhibition places. In addition, this village has some small tea houses. If you feel tired, just get into them; enjoying tea-tasting in the painting rooms which are filled with calligraphy and painting is also a kind of enjoyment.





If you want to go to the Dafen Village, you had better choose a sunny weather, so you can see a lot of oil paintings put in the high streets and back lanes. This makes the Dafen Village full of cultural atmosphere. While walking in it, you will be in the mood. If you are planning your Shenzhen Tours, you can't miss the Dafen Oil Painting Village.