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Furong Village 芙蓉村Fúróng Cūn
National heritage site · Wenzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wenzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Furong Village
A Chen clan village in Yantou town on the middle Nanxi River, said to have been founded at the end of the Tang dynasty and laid out to a 'seven stars and eight dippers' plan, with lamp platforms as the stars and wells as the dippers. Nearly 50 old buildings survive within the village wall and gates, including the Chen ancestral hall, Furong Academy, Furong Pavilion and large houses such as the Sima Residence.
How to get to Furong Village
About 5 km from Nanxijiang station on the Hangzhou–Wenzhou high-speed railway, or about an hour by road north of Wenzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jinzhao and Xiantai Archways 金昭牌坊和宪台牌坊 (under 10 km), Former Headquarters of the Red 13th Army 红十三军军部旧址 (under 10 km), Nanxi River Scenic Area 楠溪江 (under 10 km), Nanxi River Ancestral Halls 楠溪江宗祠建筑群 (20 km).
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