Chen's Academy faces north and faces south. There is an open square in front of the door, with front, back, east and west courtyards. It covers an area of ??13,200 square meters. There are The green brick wall forms a building group that is closed on the outside and open on the inside. It is a typical Guangdong folk ancestral temple-style building. In front of the extremely tall and quiet courtyard, a quiet atmosphere with a unique feeling gradually enveloped me, as if I was only here. In an instant, he lost contact with the bustling city he just passed outside, and all he could see was the ancient house in front of him, which was full of mystery. Looking up at the plaque hanging high on the porch, he saw four magnificent buildings. The big characters are: "Chen's Academy". Before you enter, you can't help but be stunned and dazzled by the ingenious sculpture patterns covering the ridge of the main entrance." Every roof here, every door and window, every A screen or even the beams on the entrance hall are all beautifully carved. The reality, the delicacy, the complicated beauty, the three-dimensional delicacy, and the flamboyant splendor make you almost unbelievable. It is just an ordinary decoration in the mansion, but it looks like a group of living lives.
In a modern city with bustling traffic and numerous shops, the Chen Family Ancestral Hall quietly gazes at the history of the changes of the times, accumulating The memory of the rise and fall of the family is the witness of the clan system in ancient my country. In ancient my country, especially during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ancestral hall was the core of the feudal patriarchal system characterized by "the patriarch's clan rights" and was a fixed place for the exercise of clan rights. Tradition The ancestral hall plays an important role in the life of the clan, and there are strict internal systems. The autonomy within the clan (such as the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall subsidizing the children of the clan to study, and providing relief to the family members in distress), to a certain extent, all fulfill the It is a way for social self-organization to provide certain social management functions. Nowadays, people make their own livelihoods and have unprecedented mobility. Without the self-management of civil society and relying solely on the government, it will inevitably be in a state of fragmentation. And the establishment of civil society and family organizations It is a branch with "natural" appeal. It can help self-governance internally, and it can be a guide and crutch to the world externally. The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou allows us to see the positive value side of the ancient Chinese clan system.