Chen Clan House/Shrine

After the Bai Yan Temple we went to a place that is the Chen Family shrine/house. In China there are only 100 family names and each name is part of a Clan. This place is a house to the Chen Clan. It has been her for a long time and was rebuild 110 years ago. It was a beautiful, flowing place with lots of courtyard and rooms filled with antiques and different cultural art forms.

As funny story -- when I was reading something in a China tour thing about what to do in Guangzhou they recommended the Guangzhou Fork Museum ( I think it might have been in my itinerary). I could not figure out why they had a museum of forks here. Well it was really the Guangzhou FOLK museum -- of folk art. :)

This place had a beautiful, simple garden out back and was this incredible balance of simple and ornate. We wandered around for a long time. One thing that was particularly striking. The house was built in such a way that there were long corridors that enhanced the breeze so you got an "fan" effect or "outdoor airconditioning" as you walked the walkways. Pretty neat.