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Shanshangan Guild Hall 山陕甘会馆Shān Shǎn Gān Huìguǎn
National heritage site · Kaifeng, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kaifeng
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Shanshangan Guild Hall
A guild hall built in 1776 by merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu living in Kaifeng, on the site of a Ming mansion of the descendants of the general Xu Da. It is famous for its carving in wood, stone and brick, best seen on the screen wall, the only old opera stage left in Kaifeng, a six-pillared green-tiled archway and the main hall to Guan Yu with seven tiers of wooden carving under its eaves. On the main hall's gables the merchants inscribed their mottos, 'fair trade' and 'profit through righteousness'.
How to get to Shanshangan Guild Hall
On Xufu Street in central Kaifeng, a short walk north of Daxiangguo Temple.
Nearby
- Iron Pagoda 开封铁塔 under 10 km
A 56-metre glazed-brick pagoda of 1049 that has outlasted floods and earthquakes
Also within 20 km: Daxiangguo Temple 大相国寺 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Liu Qingxia 刘青霞故居 (under 10 km), Site of Dongjing, the Northern Song Capital 北宋东京城遗址 (under 10 km), Yanqing Temple (Jade Emperor Pavilion) 延庆观 (under 10 km), Kaifeng Prefecture Office (Kaifeng Fu) 开封府 (under 10 km), Dongda Mosque, Kaifeng 开封东大寺 (under 10 km).
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