Dafen Oil Painting Village

A wide selection of paintings is available. Some shops also offer customized painting options. The surroundings are remarkably serene.

Really enjoyed walking around this district and have a look at those exceptional oil paintings. Ended up bringing a few back home! Definitely worth it!

We picked the wrong time to come (early 2025) as it was CNY. Still, a handful of stores were opened so we could get a basic feeling of what this painting village would look like in normal workday. We also managed to visit an art gallery for free so it wasn't too bad after all. Of course, if I come again I might have a better understanding of the site and give it a better rating.

Very cool street of painting shops with different styles, and you can even try your hand at any of the diy workshops to paint your own painting or make a pottery. Nice street for a short spin!

A must go to visit when you are in China. It’s basically a market place for painting arts and many other arts in different mediums including some sculptures. Shops can be a consolidation of many different artists as there are thousands of artists in the country. Some can be simple and commercial, but some really is a great authentic artist. Love the overall ambience… visiting one of an artist friend there and got nice conversations on his tea table. Love the way they do arts while sustaining life… also found couple of interesting stores at back, where they use modern almost satire of famous art in the world into different way of presenting it in much more modern and contemporary… very refreshing. While majority shops are pretty standard, they also has some areas that are very nicely set like museums, collec of many different great quality products, some old houses and gates being kept as it was hundreds or thousands years ago… definitely worth the trip and highly recommend to visit.

Originally a center for masterwork replica production, Dafen Village has expanded to include numerous art workshops and original artwork studios. While replicas are still available, visitors can now also explore a variety of original works, galleries and local coffee shops. It’s a great place to explore at a relaxed pace for a couple of hours.

Awesome for art lovers Lots of small shops selling paintings

Must must must visit while in shenzhen. It's a hidden gem. The whole place is very serene. There are like 50+ shops selling paintings and all of them are beautiful. Cars are not allowed inside so the whole village is quiet. The best thing about it is that it is not crowded at all or destroyed by mass tourism. It feels very authentic. Easily accessible by metro from the city center. I would say it's worth de detour of any china trip.