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Bao Ancestral Hall, Yuyan 玉岩包氏宗祠Yùyán Bāoshì Zōngcí
National heritage site · Wenzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wenzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Bao Ancestral Hall, Yuyan
A large clan hall of the Bao family on a hillside in Yuyan village, Sixi town, founded in the Chenghua reign (1465–87) and rebuilt in 1847. Laid out on an axis that climbs the slope, it has an archway, outer gate, half-moon pond, gate hall, front hall, main hall and sacrificial hall over about 3,400 m², and it is part of the Sixi covered-bridge culture park.
How to get to Bao Ancestral Hall, Yuyan
In Yuyan village, about 2–3 km north-east of the Xidong and Beijian bridges in Sixi; a short taxi ride.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Taishun Covered Bridge Culture Park (Xidong and Beijian Bridges) 泰顺廊桥文化园 (under 10 km), Hu Family Compound, Xuexi 雪溪胡氏大院 (10 km), Shishui Stepping Stones 仕水矴步 (20 km), Shunxi Old Mansions 顺溪古建筑群 (20 km).
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