Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family(Chen Jia Ci)
Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family is also called Chen Jia Ci which is a place for both offering up ancestors and education. Now the Chen Clan Ancestral Temple in Guangzhou City, the Ancestors' Temple in Foshan City, the former Residence of Sun Yat-sen in Zhongshan City and the Opium War Memorial Hall in Dongguan City are regarded as the four major cultural tourist sites in Guangdong Province. Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family, in the gloriously colorful style which is a lot different from the northern China, built in 1890 by members of the Chen. It used to be a temple worship ancestor. It gradually becomes as a school and served the purpose of education for the local. These southern temples are quite different from the northern. It has less conservative and classical in decoration. The halls are kindly lower and broader, the wall are often smothered in fantastic designs, The Chinese operas are exteriorized into sculptures. Walking inside the temple, the corridors and the yards, somehow it’s more casual.
Stanley W.
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