Guankou Fengshan Ancestral Temple

Guankou Fengshan Ancestral Temple

Guankou Fengshan Ancestral Temple is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

Guankou Fengshan Ancestral Temple is located on Fengshan Temple Road, Guankou Town, Jimei District, Xiamen City, dating back to the Qing Dynasty and the Republican era.

Description: The temple faces southwest and is oriented from northeast, consisting of a temple courtyard, front hall, central courtyard, side corridors, and main hall, covering a construction area of 500 square meters. The front hall is five bays wide and two bays deep, featuring a post-and-lintel and mortise-and-tenon beam structure with a flush gable roof; the main hall is five bays wide and four bays deep, featuring a post-and-lintel and mortise-and-tenon beam structure with a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof; the side corridors are three bays wide. The main hall and side corridors are reinforced concrete structures built in the Republican era with traditional wooden architectural imitation, funded by overseas Chinese, and decorated in a Nanyang (Southeast Asian) style.

In 2013, Guankou Fengshan Ancestral Temple was announced as part of the eighth batch of provincial-level cultural heritage protection units by the People's Government of Fujian Province.

Protected area: An extension of 30 meters outward from all sides of the ancestral temple.

Guankou Town: Guankou Town is located in the northwest of Xiamen Special Economic Zone, at the center of the “Golden Triangle” formed by Xiamen, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou. National Highway 324 and National Highway 319 intersect at the heart of Guankou Town. It is only 10 kilometers from Xiamen Island, 13 kilometers from Xiamen International Airport, and 15 kilometers from Dongdu Freight Terminal, offering very convenient transportation. The town covers an area of over 70 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 12 villages, 5 residential committees, a permanent population of 37,634, and a floating population of 26,026. … Guankou Town detailed information++

Further reading:

· Eighth Batch of Provincial Cultural Heritage Protection Units in Fujian Province