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Xijiang Ancestral Hall, Lanxi 西姜祠堂Xījiāng Cítáng
National heritage site · Jinhua, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 30 minutes–1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinhua
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xijiang Ancestral Hall, Lanxi
A Ming-dynasty clan hall in Xijiang village, Shuiting She Ethnic Township, Lanxi, four halls deep with side wings and covering about 2,000 m². Plainly decorated but built of massive timbers, it is one of the largest and highest-ranking folk ancestral halls in Zhejiang, and the architectural historian Luo Zhewen called it China's largest and most significant family temple of its kind.
How to get to Xijiang Ancestral Hall, Lanxi
In Xijiang village, Shuiting township, about 17 km west of Lanxi city by road.
Nearby
- Qiandao Lake 千岛湖 50 km
A drowned mountain valley of 1,078 forested islands, an hour by train from Hangzhou
Also within 20 km: Shangzu Ancestral Hall, Lanxi 上族祠 (under 10 km), Shaoyi Hall & Hengshan Pagoda 绍衣堂和横山塔 (under 10 km), Zhuge Village 诸葛八卦村 (under 10 km), Jiqing Hall, Shefeng 积庆堂 (under 10 km), Sanhuai Hall, Rudamen 三槐堂 (10 km), Longyou Rosewood Town 龙天红木小镇 (10 km).
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