Jiancun Beidi Ancient Temple is located in Xiqiao Jiancun. Beidi Temple belongs to the structure of three halls and two corridors. Covering an area of more than 200 square meters, the temple is one of the four ancient temples in the South China Sea. The ancestors of Jane Kaicun, the descendant of Jane Ren Qiao, founded the Beidi Temple in the second year of Jingyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1277), which has a history of more than 700 years. So far, it has been rebuilt twice. The first reconstruction was in the 46th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (A.D. 1707), and it was expanded into a three-axis hall, renamed as "the ancient hall of the Northern Emperor". The second reconstruction was carried out during the Guangbingwu period of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1846). The original temple was demolished and rebuilt and renamed as "Tang Sheng Ancient Temple". Three-axis layout, nine purlins out of the gallery, and beam-lifting frame are adopted. Later, it was restored twice in 14 (AD 1925) and 1985. Jiancun Tang Sheng Ancient Temple is one of the four ancient temples in the South China Sea. It is the first ancient temple in the countryside, with strong incense all year round. As early as 1986, Nanhai County has listed Jiancun Beidi Temple as a cultural relic protection unit in the South China Sea.
Beidi Temple has exquisite building materials and superb architectural decoration technology. Pottery, gray carving, stone carving and wood carving are lifelike and exquisite. Murals "flowers, birds, grass and insects" and "landscape figures" are readily available, and the whole building is integrated with architecture and technology, which fully reflects the level of craft architecture at that time.
Chen Gong Temple, a pavilion in Jiancun Village, was built in the 13th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1887). It is a quadrangle-style hard-top building with exquisite wood carving, brick carving and gray plastic carving. Covering an area of 1.500 square meters, with a building area of 600 square meters. 1887 After Chen Qiyuan became rich, it was built in memory of his ancestors. Chen Qiyuan is an overseas Chinese national entrepreneur with strong patriotism and scientific innovation spirit in modern Chinese history. The ancestral hall, named "Chen Gong Temple in Qiting", was built to worship his inherited grandfather, Chen Qiting.
After 100 years of wind and rain baptism, although the basic framework of the ancestral hall is well preserved, some exquisite wood carvings and brick carvings have been damaged to varying degrees. From 65438 to 0996, the ancestral hall was renovated according to its original appearance under the auspices of Nanhai Museum, and it was transformed into a memorial hall for Chen Qiyuan, which included mulberry leaf plantation, silkworm house, introduction of Chen Qiyuan's life story, and model exhibition of silk reeling machine. In 2002, it was announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit; In 2005, it was announced as the patriotic education base in South China Sea and the educational practice base of South China Agricultural University.
Chen's Grand Ancestral Hall in Jiancun was built in Qing Dynasty and renovated at 1990. It faces southwest, covering an area of 1356.06 square meters. The middle road has three rooms and three entrances (it used to be four entrances, because the fourth entrance was demolished during the construction of the village Chen Jing Primary School, 1985). 1990 Repair the damaged woodcut couplets, and change the horizontal plaque from the original "Chen Ancestral Hall" to the present "Chen Ancestral Hall". There are exquisite stone carvings, murals and gray sculptures in the building, which have certain historical and artistic reference value for studying Ming and Qing architecture.
The two rivers in front of the ancestral hall meet to form a wide round lake, which is used to gather gas, water and wealth. Fengshui calls it "the land of flying geese in Pingsha", hence the name "Yan Yong Lake". The platform in front of the door is only 1.5 meters away from the river surface. It is said that no matter how heavy it rains, the water in this river will not overflow the platform of the ancestral temple. Due to the huge scale of Chen ancestral hall, it can accommodate hundreds of people to celebrate and discuss. 1937, Guangdong Provincial Women's Normal School moved from Guangzhou to the ancestral temple to avoid the bombing by Japanese planes. 1953 was used as a granary in Xiqiao Town. 1958, Xiqiao Middle School also moved to the temple to run a school.
Xiqiao Town: Xiqiao Town is located in the southwest of Nanhai District, Foshan City, in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta. It is a famous cloth town, dragon and lion town, national health town, national historical and cultural town, strong education town, central town, tourist town and forest town in China. Xiqiao Town has a total area of 177 square kilometers, governs 23 communities and 9 administrative villages, and has a population of 350,000, with 50/50 registered population and 50/50 floating population. In 20 18 years, the town achieved a regional GDP of 1800 million yuan, an increase of 7%; Investment in fixed assets increased by 3.5%