Chen's Ancestral Home

Also known as The Guangdong Folk Arts Museum, Chen's Ancestral Lineage Hall and The Chen Clan's Academy. It was built in 1890, during the Ching Dynasty and was financed by 72 Chen families. It has six courtyards, nine main halls and nineteen buildings on 15,000 m^2. Its original purpose was to pay tribute to the family's ancestors, but was later used as an academy where descendants lodged and studied for Imperial examinations. During the 1960's and 70's it was known as The Peoples Industrial College...