Chen Clan Ancestral Hall

Chen Clan Ancestral Hall

The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is a cultural heritage protection site of Qimen.

The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is located in Kengkou Village, Shanli Town, Qimen County, dating back to the Ming Dynasty.

The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall has been designated as a county-level cultural heritage protection unit.

Kengkou Village: Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Finance jointly announced the first batch of villages to be included in China’s Traditional Villages list, with Kengkou Village in Shanli Town among them.

Kengkou Village boasts dense forests, with forest coverage exceeding 90%. The scenic and crystal-clear Wenshan River meanders through the area in an “S” shape like a jade ribbon, offering a beautiful environment rich in biodiversity and cultural resources. The village is recognized as a provincial-level demonstration village in the “Thousand Villages and Hundred Towns” New Socialist Countryside program, a provincial-level historical and cultural village, a provincial-level Top 100 Eco-Village, a municipal-level Ecological Civilization Village, and part of the city’s “Hundred Villages and Thousand Buildings” initiative... More details on Kengkou Village++