The Chi Zhang Ancestral Temple and Ancestral Residence

The Chi Zhang Ancestral Temple and Ancestral Residence

The Chi Zhang Ancestral Temple and Ancestral Residence are a protected cultural heritage site of Shaowu.

The Chi Zhang Ancestral Temple and Ancestral Residence are located in Heping Town, Shaowu City, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

The Chi Zhang Ancestral Temple and Ancestral Residence have been designated as a county-level cultural heritage site.

Heping Town: Heping Town is situated in the southwest of Shaowu City, covering an area of 192 square kilometers with a population of 21,000.

Heping Town has a long history. As early as over 4,000 years ago, the Yue people settled and thrived here. Its earliest written records date back to the Tang Dynasty. It was called “Zhourui” in the Tang Dynasty, known as “Heping Li” during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, formed the Thirty-third District in the Ming Dynasty, became the Heping Subprefecture in the Qing Dynasty, was designated as the Third District of Shaowu in the Republican era, and established as Heping Town in 1950.

Heping is located at a strategic point in southern Shaowu and served as a key transportation hub connecting northwestern Fujian and Jiangxi in ancient times. Historical records indicate that as early as the first year of the Tiancheng era of the Later Tang Dynasty (926 AD)… More details about Heping Town ++