Local’s Lens
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Discovering Shajing Ancient Fair: Shenzhen‘s 1,000-Year-Old Secret
Sometimes the best discoveries happen when you least expect them. Last Saturday, I found myself wandering through a part of Shenzhen that felt like stepping into a time machine—Shajing Ancient Fair, a thousand-year-old village hiding in plain sight. I’d heard whispers about it: “the best-preserved ancient village in Shenzhen,” “the oyster capital,” “a place where
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Found: A Hidden “Glass Sea” Beach in Shenzhen (And It’s Free!)
If you’ve been following this blog, you know I have a soft spot for places that feel like secrets. Not the kind that are actually famous but pretend to be hidden — I mean the ones where you show up and think, “Wait, this exists? And no one told me?” Last weekend, I found one