The place "Chenjiaci" will have a strange and familiar feeling for many people. Guangzhou locals all know that it is a station name on the subway line, and old Guangzhou also knows that it is an ancient ancestral temple with a little history, but they don't know that it is a must-see place for foreign tourists to come to Guangzhou. Why do foreigners like to see Chenjiaci?
In fact, Chenjiaci is very famous. It is located at No.7 Zhongshan Road, Guangzhou. As one of the "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng in the New Century", Chenjiaci is the largest, most intact and beautifully decorated ancestral temple building in China in the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, in the 14th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1888), the ancestral hall was jointly built by the Chen family in 72 counties of Guangdong at that time, and was completed in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1894), making it the largest clan ancestral hall in South China.
At that time, it was put forward by 48 Mr. Chen, such as Chen who had worked in imperial academy. The main purpose of this "home temple" is to provide temporary accommodation for Chen's children who participated in the donation to go to the provincial capital to prepare for the imperial examination, wait for their posts, pay taxes and go to court.
This traditional Lingnan ancestral temple building is well-known and highly respected. As early as the 1920s, German scholars listed the Chenjiaci in the book "World Architectural Art", and Mr. Sen Seitaro regarded it as a typical example of Lingnan architectural art ... Mr. Guo Moruo, a great writer, even wrote poems praising the Chenjiaci "artificial paradise is not as good as it".
As a treasure of Lingnan architectural art, Chenjiaci covers an area of10.5 million square meters, with a main building area of 6,400 square meters, and consists of 19 single buildings. There are both the grandeur of northern architecture and the exquisiteness and elegance of southern architecture. Walking among them, you can feel the prosperity of the Chen family at that time.
Chenjiaci can be described as gathering the essence of Lingnan architectural art, and it is famous for its superb architectural decoration art at home and abroad. There are countless wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, pottery sculptures, gray sculptures, copper and iron castings and murals in the hall, which are beautifully decorated and beautifully shaped, showing the outstanding wisdom and skills of folk craftsmen, and every detail is worth savoring slowly.
As for the use of the Chen Family Temple, it was originally used as the temporary residence of the Chen family's younger brother in Guangdong, and later changed to the Chen Family Temple. Now it has become the most cultural and artistic museum and famous tourist attraction in Lingnan area for tourists to visit. In addition to displaying exquisite Lingnan architectural achievements, Chenjiaci also has a folk art exhibition hall, which is quite interesting in collecting various Lingnan artworks such as Cantonese embroidery, paper-cutting and Chaoshan wood carving.
After more than 100 years of changes in the times and the baptism of wind and rain, Chenjiaci continues to write legends of different times with its unique charm. The arts and crafts in Chenjia Temple have existed for a long time, and the lingering Lingnan cultural atmosphere in Chenjia Temple has made countless foreign tourists fall in love with it, which is worth savoring by Chinese people.
As one of the outstanding representatives of Lingnan architectural culture, Guangzhou Chenjiaci is known as the "Pearl of Lingnan Architectural Art" for its distinctive architectural attainments. Nowadays, it has become a "cultural business card" for Guangzhou tourism, especially loved by foreign tourists, and it is a must-see place for them to understand Lingnan traditional culture.
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