The
old
Chen
Clan Ancestral Hall in
Guangzhou, a large city in southern
China that, is also known as
Canton.
Chen Clan
Ancestral Hall
Chen Clan
Ancestral Hall
Today,
this former temple houses the Guangdong Folk Art Museum,
which is home to many traditional artifacts of refined
quality (fig.).
Chen Clan
Ancestral Hall
It is also known as the
Chen Family Temple and was in the Qing Dynasty used as an education centre
to prepare junior members of the Chen Clan for the
Imperial Examinations (fig.).
The complex is
richly adorned with
porcelain
roof-decorations (fig.),
intricate
bas-reliefs and
woodcarvings.