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Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum

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Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum
Phone:
+86 20 8181 7371

Address:
No.34 Enlong Li, Zhongshan 7th Road, Guangzhou 510150, China

The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall 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 in Qing Dynasty. 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, 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. A large collection of southern China art pieces, for example, 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.
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