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Zhao’an Wenchang Palace is located at the eastern end of Qianjie Street in the ancient city of Nan’ao Town, Zhao’an County, Fujian Province, on the north side of Duojin Fang. It currently serves as the Zhao’an County Museum. The site was originally the office of the Zhangzhou-Chaozhou Patrol and Inspection Bureau during the Ming Dynasty. In 1865 (the fourth year of the Tongzhi reign in the Qing Dynasty), it was destroyed in war. In 1871 (the tenth year of the Tongzhi reign), then County Magistrate Luo Yunduan rebuilt the Wenchang Palace on the original site [Note 1], and relocated the worship of the Wenchang Emperor from the original Wenchang Shrine inside the Confucius Temple here. The current structure was renovated in 1991. The building covers an area of 1,190 square meters, featuring a temple square in front, with a central axis that includes, in sequence, a gate tower, a worship pavilion, the main hall, and a rear building, all enclosed by corridors and side halls forming courtyards. The gate tower has five bays in width and seven rafters in depth, with a single-eave hanging gable roof. The main hall has three bays in width and thirteen rafters in depth, with a single-eave hip-and-gable roof, and enshrines the Wenchang Emperor inside. The rear building has two floors, three bays in width and eleven rafters in depth, and enshrines the Kuixing Star inside.

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Zhao’an Wenchang Palace is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

Zhao’an Wenchang Palace is located at the eastern end of Qianjie Street in the ancient city of Nan’ao Town, Zhao’an County, Fujian Province, on the north side of Duojin Fang. It currently serves as the Zhao’an County Museum. The site was originally the office of the Zhangzhou-Chaozhou Patrol and Inspection Bureau during the Ming Dynasty. In 1865 (the fourth year of the Tongzhi reign in the Qing Dynasty), it was destroyed in war. In 1871 (the tenth year of the Tongzhi reign), then County Magistrate Luo Yunduan rebuilt the Wenchang Palace on the original site [Note 1], and relocated the worship of the Wenchang Emperor from the original Wenchang Shrine inside the Confucius Temple here, with the current structure being renovated in 1991. The building occupies an area of 1,190 square meters, with a temple square at the front. Along the central axis are, in order, a gate tower, a worship pavilion, the main hall, and a rear building, all surrounded by corridors on both sides to form courtyards. The gate tower is five bays wide and seven rafters deep, with a single-eave hanging gable roof. The main hall is three bays wide and thirteen rafters deep, with a single-eave hip-and-gable roof, and houses the shrine of the Wenchang Emperor. The rear building has two stories, is three bays wide and eleven rafters deep, and enshrines the Kuixing Star.

Nan’ao Town: Located in the southern part of Zhao’an County and bordered by the Dongxi River to the east, Nan’ao Town is the economic, political, and cultural center of Zhao’an County. It is recognized as the “Hometown of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art” and the “Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art,” and is designated as a provincial-level “Civilized Town,” “Trade and Commerce Hub Town,” and “Ecological Township.” The town currently covers an area of 17.5 square kilometers, with a planned area of 36.7 square kilometers. It administers 15 communities and 2 administrative villages, with a total population of approximately 81,000. In 2015, the total rural economic income was 261.11 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 14,000 yuan.

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