Founded in 1957, the Antique Bookstore on Beijing Road is a professional bookstore under Guangzhou Xinhua Bookstore, specializing in all kinds of ancient books and periodicals, including old books with historical value. The bookstore was once forced to close due to the Cultural Revolution, but it resumed operation in the 80s. The ancient bookstore has a certain authority and popularity in the field of ancient books, and is the special distributor of the National Federation of Ancient Books Publishing Houses, the special distributor of Zhonghua Book Company, and the designated store for the export of cultural relics. Over the years, many valuable old books and periodicals and historical documents have been recovered, some of which have been collected by some central or local libraries and museums. The bookstore has two floors, and calligraphy and painting books are located on the first floor, and everything from facsimile rubbings and theoretical books to calligraphy and calligraphy books is located. On the first floor, there are also pen, ink, paper, inkstone, seal, stone and other clerical art tools, which are numerous and complete. On the second floor, there are all kinds of ancient books, both new and old editions, according to literature, history, philosophy, medicine, geography, poetry and songs, etc., the amount of books is considerable, and the types are quite complete. There are also many expensive old thread-bound solitary books in ancient books, which are of great historical significance and collection value. The bookstore also sells some cultural toys and handicrafts in the study, which complements the bookstore's strong bookish atmosphere, and the overall style is antique. If you are interested in literature, history, poetry or calligraphy and painting, then the antiquarian bookstore is definitely not to be missed. In addition, within a few hundred meters of Beijing Road, where the bookstore is located, there are many bookstores such as United Bookstore, Xinhua Bookstore, Textbook Bookstore, Science and Technology Bookstore, etc., with different audiences and characteristics, which is a good place to explore books.