📍Visit Foshan Ancestral Temple and experience the charm of Lingnan culture

📸 Foshan Ancestral Temple is also called Foshan Northern Emperor Temple
🏮Address No. 21, Zumiao Road, Zencheng District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

⏳ Historical origins
▪️ Built during the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085)
▪️Destroyed by war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty
▪️Rebuilt in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372)
▪️Renovation in the 25th year of the Guangxu reign (1899)

🏯Architectural features
▪️ Central axis arrangement front bright back dark left literary right martial
▪️ Ming Dynasty Lingnan architectural style wooden structure arch super exquisite
▪️ Integrating architectural art carving technology and casting process
▪️ There is the largest bronze statue of Emperor Zhenwu of the Ming Dynasty in the country
▪️ Largest existing bronze mirror in China
▪️ Known as the "Palace of Oriental Folk Art"

🎭Cultural value
▪️Local faith center
▪️ Inherit traditional culture and folk customs
▪️Architectural structure is a valuable template for the study of ancient architecture

🏛Main buildings
Wan Fuk Tai Ling Ying Pagoda Jin Xiang Pond Temple Gate (3 Gates)
Front Hall Main Hall Qingzhen Building and others

💡 Visiting Tips
✅ Traditional Cantonese opera performances every day
✅ Remember to watch the lion dance and kung fu show
✅ There is Lingnan Skyland nearby to play together

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