Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family is also called Chen Jia Ci which is a place for both offering up ancestors and education. This temple is considered to be one of the four main cultural attractions in Guangdong Province in China with the three others being- 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.

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.

Occupying an area of 15,000 sq m, Chen Family Ancestral Hall is composed of six courtyards, nine main halls, and nineteen buildings. A pair of stone drums in front of the entrance door, measuring 2.55 meters high and two colored drawing pictures of door-god of four meters high are said to be the best in Guangdong.

The most impressive attractions in the temple are various superb carvings extolling nature. They are in the forms of wood, brick, pottery, stone, lime and things like that, of which wood carving especially fully demonstrates the great achievements of the art of carving in Guangdong Province. Stories of historical celebrities and scenes are also vividly represented in the temple.

The temple is now the site of the Museum of Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts.