The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall or Chen Clan Academy is an academic temple in Guangzhou, China, built by the 72 Chen clans for their juniors' accommodation and preparation for the imperial examinations in 1894 during the Qing dynasty.[1] Later it was changed to be the Chen Clan's Industry College, and then middle schools afterward. Now it houses the Guangdong Folk Art Museum.
Located at Zhongshan 7th Road beside the Chen Clan Academy metro station, the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is a symmetric complex consist of 19 buildings with nine halls and six courtyards. Facing south, the complex forms around a north–south axis.[2] A large collection of southern China art pieces, such as wood carvings and pottery, can be found in the structure. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall complex exemplifies traditional Chinese architecture and decoration style, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments worldwide. It was added in the list of "Cultural Relics of National Importance under the Protection of the State" in 1988.
^Yang, Sen (1996). Dictionary of Guangdong Places of Interest (广东名胜古迹词典). Beijing: Beijing Yanshan Press.
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obviously related to the hot and humid subtropical climate of Lingnan. ChenClanAncestralHall in Guangzhou is seen as a representative example of classical Lingnan...
genealogy was placed in the ancestralhall, which served as the lineage's headquarters and a place for annual ancestral sacrifice. A specific Chinese...
is well connected to the Guangzhou Metro. Line 1 stops at the ChenClanAncestralHall, Changshou Road, and Huangsha; Line 5 stops at Zhongshanba, Xichang...
called nhà thờ đại tôn (lit. ''primary lineage hall' or 'main clanancestral house''). Other breaches of a clan would have their own nhà thờ họ in which the...
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the Khoo Kongsi Altar with ancestral tablets Boon San Tong Khoo Kongsi: One of the two ancestral temples of the Khoo clan in Penang. It was built in 1878...
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of vice-inspector for Shaanxi. The Clan Temple (t 陳氏宗祠, s 陈氏宗祠, Chénshì Zōngcí; 1521 x 1567) is the Chen'sancestral shrine, placed on the central axis...
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