Guangzhou Chen Clan Academy, Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, Liwan district
The iron engravings in the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall are mainly used on the platform railings. These engravings have symmetric patterns and four different themes, which are “The Qilin and the Phoenix”, “Dragons and orbs”, “The three goats” and “Goldfish in a pond”. The iron engravings railings are dim in color and delicate in structure.
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, one of the new “eight top scenic spots in Guangzhou,” attracts worldwide visitors to tick off. The organizer, Liwan Convergence Media Center, has the right to use the submitted work (including exhibition, publication, media network publicity, etc.) without paying any additional remuneration. The photographer is responsible for all submitted works involving copyright, portrait rights, or reputation rights disputes. Chen Clan Academy was first built as a temple, so there was definitely proof of this as well. The complex received 1.18 million visits last year, compared to 1.08 million in 2017, according to Huang.
Brick carvings in the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall lie on the inner walls of each great halls. The one on the east wall features the old story “Liu Qing taming ‘the Wolf'”, with more than 40 figures in the picture, describing the lively scene of the man Liu Qing taming the wild horse from the west named “the wolf” in the time of Northern Song. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall has a vast collection of southern Chinese art in different forms of pottery, brick, wood, and stone.
During this short period of time, Gu Changge used the opportunity to familiarize himself with the Transmigrator System that appeared before his eyes. We finished our time in Guangzhou with a trip to the area around the Canton Tower. This is a 600m tall observation tower situated at the Eastern side of the city centre. Guangzhou (pronounced ‘gwang-joe’) is the third largest city in China and sits at the top of the Pearl river delta (Hong Kong is at the bottom of the same delta). It’s a massive industrial city, although the centre was quite pleasant to visit and we very much enjoyed our weekend there.
A brief introduction to the Litchi Bay Steam will be provided by the tour guide. One of the most distinguished features of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is the 11 pottery ridge crest, which was installed on the nine great halls of the academy. Some are figures of characters in a play, some have series of more than ten scenes in a drama. With summering and exaggerating, the pottery ridge crests show the featured drama scene in comic series.
