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Zhengyimen (First Family South of the Yangtze) 郑义门Zhèngyìmén
National heritage site · Jinhua, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinhua
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhengyimen (First Family South of the Yangtze)
The home of the Zheng clan of Zhengzhai, Pujiang, which lived as one undivided household sharing a single kitchen for fifteen generations, from 1127 until a fire in 1459, and was honoured as a model of family virtue. Around the clan ancestral hall, rebuilt in 1797, stand more than 50 structures from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, including the Xiaogan Spring, a stele pavilion, the Dongming Academy, bridges and lesser halls; the site is promoted as the 'First Family South of the Yangtze'.
How to get to Zhengyimen (First Family South of the Yangtze)
In Zhengzhai town, about 12 km east of Pujiang county town by road.
Nearby
- Hengdian World Studios 横店影视城 40 km
A working film backlot of palaces and old streets, run as a theme park
Also within 20 km: Shangshan Archaeological Site Park 上山遗址 (under 10 km), Longde Temple Pagoda, Pujiang 龙德寺塔 (10 km), Xianhua Mountain, Pujiang 仙华山 (10 km), Fang Clan Ancestral Hall, Tangxia 塘下方大宗祠 (10 km), Former Residence of Chen Wangdao 陈望道故居 (20 km), Bamian Hall, Huangshan Village (Yiwu) 黄山八面厅 (20 km).
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