Da Fen art village, Shenzhen

Posted by antoniahk (218 days ago)

Has anyone been there recently? Any tips? All the previous posts I can find are from a long time ago...

Posted by nutsandbolts (218 days ago)

Try Sunday's SCMP first section..... or was it Saturday's paper - I forget..........

Posted by Goloh (218 days ago)

Yes I have. You can take a bus right from Lo Wu City, and if you can find an old post I made, nothing has changed about route number. A couple of weeks ago the bus was RMB3. Alternatively, a taxi will go there but you should bargain in advance. Maybe RMB60 or so. The main building indoors (on the right side and down the hill a little from the road going north) has many shops. Behind there, the individual stalls go in every direction, and a few have their own artists-in-residence who will do originals or copy anything. One side note about Da Fen, it can be hard to find anything to eat there in the way of a cafe or restaurant.

Posted by namaste (218 days ago)

Yes. I've been many times and my husband goes often. There are a slew of buses from Lo Wu but they get really crowded and are quite uncomfortable. Better to take a taxi for $40-$60.

Posted by forest (43 days ago)

I want to go tomorrow 1st April (no jokes...) I leave HK day after my husband is not keen for me to go on my own anyone keen?

Posted by BJGHK (43 days ago)

dont go on your own... is safe once there, but I would be wary of taxis unless you speak chinese... go a lot and never felt unsafe but wouldnt go alone. it is ace when you do go though.

Posted by P.M (36 days ago)

don't worry the taxis are fine -the guy I had once insisted on accompanying me from the road drop off to the village -how sweet -wouldn't get that in HK!!!Just show a card for Dafen or get the taxi out the front of the Shangrila (have a coffee there first to prime you for the event!) and ask the driveway attendants to tell the driver you want to go to Dafen. I have been plenty of times myself alone...a lot of it is not 'art' but you can get good copies and I may have my dog's portrait done from a photo yet !!!

Posted by cagent (35 days ago)

How exciting! I will be coming to HK for a holiday in 2 weeks time and will be there to live in August. I was just wondering if there was such a place in Shenzhen and then I came across this thread. I would love some formal portraits painted. What is the going rate for a large, say 75cm x 50cm family portrait?

Any other tips?