Furthermore, our travel expert will help you customize your own tour to visit more places in Guangzhou. The iron casting assimilates some features of western courtyard’s architectural art, and it is applied in the gazebo in front of the gathering hall. In 1988, it was added in the list of "Cultural Relics of National Importance under the Protection of the State".
‘We will brief about the craft of brick carving, wood carving, stone carving, clay sculpture, pottery sculpture and grey sculpture.’ Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is also known as Chen’s Academy. As the name suggests, it was the clan and academy of people who share the surname of Chen across 72 counties of Guangdong Province. As the largest clan ancestral hall in Guangdong Province, it provides abundant and the most representative works of Lingnan folk architecture art.
During the late Qing Dynasty era, a man called Chen took part in the highest imperial examination, achieved third place, and presented with a distinguished office title. The entrance is past these grand doors with their painted dwarpalas (heng ha er jiang in Mandarin). I suppose that by the late 19th century CE every one wanted their doors to be guarded by such guardians. Space must have been too precious to install the statues that earlier would guard temple doors. I was so engrossed in looking at the arms and armour carried by the dwarpala that I nearly missed the lion-head knockers on the doors. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall Gardens are in front of the Chen Clan Academy and function as a prelude to what will happen once you get inside the enclosure.
The museum also has an exhibition that tells the story of the chen clan ancestral hall hours Clan Ancestral Hall. The accommodation is located merely a 6-minute walk from Jinlun Hall, within walking distance of Yide Lu tube station. Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum is only a 12-minute walk from the hotel in Guangzhou. Lavande Hotel Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is also close to Dade Lu bus stop.