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Former Residence of Ding Richang 丁氏光禄公祠Dīngshì Guānglùgōng Cí
National heritage site · Jieyang, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jieyang
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Residence of Ding Richang
The mansion and ancestral hall built in 1878 by Ding Richang, a late-Qing official and early advocate of the Self-Strengthening reforms, who died here in 1882. Laid out in the shape of the character 興 with 99 rooms, it combines Chaoshan wood carving with Western motifs in its painted beams and plasterwork, and now serves as the Ding Richang Memorial Hall.
How to get to Former Residence of Ding Richang
On Yuanding Road in Rongcheng, the old centre of Jieyang, a short walk from the Confucian temple.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jieyang Confucian Temple 揭阳学宫 (under 10 km), Jieyang City God Temple 揭阳城隍庙 (under 10 km), Gurong Martial Temple 古榕武庙 (under 10 km), Yangmei Jade Village 阳美玉都 (under 10 km).
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