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Chen Taiwei Palace 陈太尉宫Chén Tàiwèi Gōng
National heritage site · Fuzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Fuzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Chen Taiwei Palace
A village temple at Qianxi in Zhongfang town that began in 909 as the ancestral hall of Chen Su, who had come to Fujian with Wang Shenzhi's army, and later became a shrine to him and to a descendant honoured for fighting the Mongols. The main hall, built without iron nails, has dense bracket sets rising to a square coffered ceiling and is counted with Fuzhou's Hualin Temple among Fujian's three great Song-era timber buildings. A Ming-dynasty gateway and opera stage stand in front.
How to get to Chen Taiwei Palace
In the hills about 17 km north-west of Luoyuan town, roughly 1.5 hours by road from Fuzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Baiheling Ancient Road 白鹤岭古道 (10 km).
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