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Zhixi Ancestral Halls 芷溪宗祠建筑Zhǐxī Zōngcí Jiànzhù

National heritage site · Longyan, Fujian

Zhixi Ancestral Halls (芷溪宗祠建筑)
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Time needed
1–2 hours
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Longyan
Region
Fujian
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Zhixi Ancestral Halls

Zhixi village in Miaoqian town is packed with Qing-dynasty Hakka ancestral halls, most of them combined halls and family homes built on the 'nine halls and eighteen courtyards' plan and fronted by finely made gatehouses. The listed group includes the Chengchuan, Cuichou and Yang Hui halls and the Huang and Yang family temples, and Zhixi was among the first villages named Chinese Traditional Villages.

How to get to Zhixi Ancestral Halls

In Zhixi village, Miaoqian town, southern Liancheng, roughly an hour by road south of Liancheng town and about 25 km west of Gutian.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Caigai Ancestral Hall 采陔公祠 (under 10 km).

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