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Gong Ancestral Halls, Ankeng 安坑龚氏宗祠Ānkēng Gōngshì Zōngcí

National heritage site · Shangrao, Jiangxi

Gong Ancestral Halls, Ankeng (安坑龚氏宗祠)
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Time needed
30–60 minutes
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Shangrao
Region
Jiangxi
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Gong Ancestral Halls, Ankeng

Two Qing-dynasty ancestral halls of the Gong clan stand 80 m apart in Ankeng village: Daigong Hall, built between 1743 and 1751, and Xuqian Hall, built between 1747 and 1772. Two large stone slabs on either side of Daigong Hall's rear hall are carved with scenes from the play Huansha Ji, 44 scenes with 240 figures between them. The listing, made in 2013, also names two memorial archways.

How to get to Gong Ancestral Halls, Ankeng

In Ankeng village, Yingjia township, about 20 km south-south-east of Shangrao city.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Yungu Tianyuan Eco-Agriculture Town 云谷田园生态农业小镇 (10 km), Shangrao Concentration Camp Site 上饶集中营 (20 km), Guangfeng Redwood Culture and Creative Industry Park 广丰红木文化创意产业园 (20 km), Ehu Academy 鹅湖书院 (20 km).

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