The magnificence of the ancient buildings in Chenjiaci is breathtaking.
The stone tablet square on Chenjiaci Square.
Chenjiaci is located in Zhongshan No.7 Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Chen Family Temple, also known as "Chen Family Temple", was founded in the 14th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1888) and completed in the 20th year of Guangxu (1894). It was jointly built by people surnamed Chen in 72 counties of Guangdong Province in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is a famous ancestral temple building in Guangdong Province. The architectural structure of Chenjiaci can be divided into three axes and three entrances, with a building area of 8,000 square meters.
Chen Family Temple, also known as Chen Academy, is a family ancestral temple jointly built by the whole Chen family in Guangdong, which provides convenience for Chen's children to study and take exams. 1959 built Guangdong folk arts and crafts museum, which was renamed Guangdong folk arts and crafts museum on 1994.
The heavy rain has never stopped, which has not affected the interest of the tour at all. Looking at the stone carving of the gate from left to right with an umbrella, it is very beautiful.
The gate of Chen Academy, standing at the entrance, looked up at the tile roof and marveled at the exquisite decoration before entering. In fact, it is full of exquisite decorations.
Two stone lions, on the left and right sides of the gate.
Chenjia Temple has nine halls and six courtyards. The overall layout of the ancestral hall is symmetrical from top to bottom, with pavilions and pavilions, alternating with reality and reality, and magnificent.
Stepping into the gate, the courtyard layout is reasonable, including the main hall with symmetrical central axis of the Forbidden City, a row of three entrances, covered by cloisters on both sides, and a side door passage, which is elegant and elegant like Jiangnan garden style. The door of the ancestral hall is also unique.
Every entrance to the ancestral temple is separated by a courtyard and skillfully connected by cloisters and corridors.
Juxiantang is the main hall of the central axis of Chenjia Temple and the center of the whole architectural combination of Chenjia Temple. The front of the main hall is a wide stone platform, surrounded by stone railings embedded with iron flowers. The ancestral hall was first used by the people, and later changed to the ancestral hall. The side rooms on both sides were used by the academy.
Chenjiaci is known as the pearl of Lingnan architectural art. Almost all the decorative arts such as wood carving, brick carving, stone carving, gray carving, pottery sculpture, copper and iron casting, painting, etc. are very exquisite. For anyone who enters this place for the first time, it is amazing to gather so many brilliant skills!
This kind of cabinet shrine dedicated to ancestral tablets is produced in Chaoshan area, Guangdong Province, and is usually placed in ancestral halls and ancestral halls. At ordinary times, both doors are closed, and only when there are sacrificial activities will they be opened. The shrine was built in the Republic of China (19 12- 1949). There are 7 buildings on three floors in the shrine, and the back wall is painted with gold. The hanging cover and lintel in front of the steps are inlaid with gold lacquer wood carving components to carve figures, flowers, birds and animals. Half of the niche door is inlaid with gold lacquer wood carvings, carved with figures, flowers and birds; The second half is gold lacquer painting, which is mainly based on opera stories, with fine craftsmanship and great momentum.
Juxiantang is the main hall of Chenjia Temple, where there are many plush chairs and boxes.
Looking up at the roof in Juxiantang, the roof is supported by a combination of hanging beams and a bucket, which is very common in Lingnan area. Sparrows, beams, camel piers and bucket arches in the beam frame are decorated with a large number of wood carvings, which are full of visual enjoyment.
On the platform in front of Juxian Hall, the platform is decorated with exquisite stone carvings and iron-cast flower railings. The platform not only expands the discussion space of Juxiantang, but also sets off the central position of Juxiantang. Standing on the platform, looking south, the front is the first entrance of the main hall.
The architecture of Chenjiaci is famous for its exquisite decoration and grandeur. Wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, clay sculpture, pottery sculpture, iron casting and other decorations are all over indoor and outdoor eaves, halls, courtyards and corridors.
The four screen doors are engraved with various patterns, such as landscapes, flowers and birds, figures, fish and beasts. Exquisite carving skills and immortal artistic value fully reflect the outstanding talents and artistic creativity of ancient working people.
The ancestral hall was built in the 16th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1890). It is a hard mountain building with a mixed structure of brick and wood. The building scale is smaller than Juxian Hall, and the structure and decoration are relatively simple. The interior decoration of the ancestral hall is concentrated on five Qing Dynasty woodcarving shrines, and its main function is to worship ancestral tablets.
One of the five major woodcarving shrines in the Qing Dynasty, the tallest of which is 8 meters, is decorated with exquisite flower covers, which is a large-scale woodcarving art in Lingnan area.
Although it is raining heavily outside, tourists can take a leisurely walk and take photos in the middle corridor.
There are two north-south corridors between the first main hall and the middle main hall (Juxian Hall).
The highlight of coming to Chenjiaci-the gorgeous roof decoration is vividly displayed.
Chenjiaci, especially the shape of glazed tile ridge, is full of classical stories and collects local scenery, which is dazzling, beautiful and unique in style.
Colors like red and green, rich and colorful, full of rich folk art characteristics.
Roofs, beams, walls, brick carvings and wood carvings can be seen everywhere, and the number, content, fine modeling and fine expression are amazing.
This foreigner is very interested in the folk architecture art in China, and has been filming here for a long time, hehe. ......
Pottery and plastic handicrafts are concentrated on the tile ridge of the roof of 19 hall; Brick carving has the biggest thing-the outer wall.
Now, in addition to the original collection of Chen, there are many famous Guangdong handicrafts in modern times, especially various ivory micro-carvings and gold foil products, which are amazing. Not only is the collection precious, but the construction technology of the building itself is also very worthy of appreciation.
ivory carving