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Chen Gelao Mansion 陈阁老宅Chén Gélǎo Zhái
National heritage site · Jiaxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiaxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Chen Gelao Mansion
The mansion of the Chen clan of Haining, greatly enlarged by Chen Yuanlong (1652–1736), a minister under the Kangxi Emperor who became a grand secretary under Yongzheng; 'gelao', a name for grand secretaries, gives the house its name. Qing buildings survive on the eastern axis, among them the ancestral hall, the family's sleeping quarters, a study and a flower hall, while the central halls were rebuilt in 2002–03. The house keeps a set of calligraphy steles, a nine-dragon plaque granted by the Yongzheng Emperor and a Ming-era podocarp tree.
How to get to Chen Gelao Mansion
On Guyi Road in Yanguan old town, about 20 km south-west of central Haining and a 10-minute walk from the riverside tide-watching park.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 40 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - West Lake 西湖 40 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 50 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Anguo Temple Sutra Pillars 安国寺经幢 (under 10 km), Yanguan Tide-Watching Area 盐官观潮 (under 10 km), Huili Temple 惠力寺 (20 km).
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