Temple of the Chen family museum - a building of XIX century, now turned into a museum, where folk art and craft Guangdong. China is a cultural monument of national significance.

The building in the nineteenth century (in 1894, when there was the twelfth year of Dynasty Guangxi) was erected at the expense of the genus Chen, one of the oldest in the territory of China's Guangdong province. It is known that members of this family resided in the province in 72 different locations. The building brings together nineteen rooms that are connected to each other by means of six yards.

Often you can hear that the building was not a temple called the museum and the Academy of the Chen family, since it is here that is trained to serve the many members of this distinguished family.

The Folk Art Museum building was transformed in the middle of the XX century. The architecture of the temple of the family refers to traditional Chinese buildings Lingnan style, which was characterized by special finishes: brick wall hides a complex of buildings made in this style.

It assumes such a style in the interior appearance of the building and an abundance of exquisite stone carvings and wood, bas-reliefs and statues of clay. In addition, the design of the temple-museum, you can find a great variety of parts on which the inspection is to take time. Of course, external decoration - a real highlight of this temple museum. That is why the temple museum Chen family protected by the state in 1988 as a cultural monument of national significance. Inside the temple, the museum can be seen not only exposure, demonstrating the craft and art of the province, but also the nameplates of all kind of ancestors Chen, ceramics and bonsai.