It is located in the southern suburb of Zhonghe Town, Danzhou City. It was the place where Su Dongpo lived for three years when he was exiled to Danzhou. During the Shaosheng period of the Song Dynasty, when the Su father and son first arrived in Danzhou, the local magistrate respected Su Dongpo very much and let them live in the government house and issued official rations to them regularly. However, the good times didn’t last long. In the following year, they were expelled. The Su father and son had nowhere to live and were in a very desolate situation. The local officials and people were very sympathetic, so they helped Su Dongpo build a house in the Guanglang forest in the south of the city. With the help of the villagers, three thatched cottages were built. Although there were many insects and ants around, the thatched cottages were located in the Guanglang forest with ‘green leaves of bamboo and branches of crabapple’. After being comforted, Su Dongpo named the thatched cottages ‘Guanglang An’. In the same year, Su Dongpo helped the villagers dig a well. The spring water was abundant and sweet. The villagers named it ‘Dongpo Well’. For hundreds of years, the well water has never dried up. Guanglang An is the relic of Su Dongpo’s three-year life in Danzhou. It has been repaired and expanded many times in successive dynasties. At present, Guanglang An is specially repaired by the local government in recent years. The specific business status of opening hours is subject to the opening situation on that day.
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