Huguang Guild Hall Ticket
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No. 1, Bajiaoyuan, Changbin Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
- The Huguang Guild Hall is the largest and best-preserved ancient guild hall complex in China.
- The Chongqing Huguang Guild Hall not only preserves the tangible cultural heritage of the guild hall architecture but also embodies the intangible culture of the immigrant spirit.
- Since its opening, the Chongqing Huguang Guild Hall has welcomed over ten million domestic and foreign visitors, becoming a calling card of Chongqing, a monument to Chinese immigration culture, and enjoying a high reputation both at home and abroad.
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- The Huguang Guild Hall was first built in the 24th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1759). It served as a gathering place for merchants from Hubei and Hunan provinces doing business in Chongqing. Together with the Guangdong Guild Hall and the Jiangnan Guild Hall, it formed a massive ancient Huguang Guild Hall architectural complex of the Qing Dynasty. It is a historical testament to Chongqing's history as a bustling commercial port and a hallmark of the "Huguang Filling Sichuan" immigration movement.
- Covering an area of 8561 square meters, the Chongqing Huguang Guild Hall architectural complex is a historical product of the "Huguang Filling Sichuan" immigration wave. It was initially built during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty and was expanded during the Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Guangxu reigns. With a history of nearly 300 years, it is currently the largest Qing Dynasty guild hall architectural complex in the country.
- It currently houses the Guangdong Guild Hall, Jiangnan Guild Hall, Lianghu Guild Hall, Jiangxi Guild Hall, and four opera houses, including the Guangdong Public Office and the Qi'an Public Office. The guild hall's architecture features exquisite relief and openwork carvings, with themes primarily based on figures and stories from Journey to the West, Romance of the Western Chamber, Investiture of the Gods, and The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, as well as patterns of dragons and phoenixes, animals, and various exotic flowers and grasses. It is representative of Southern architectural art during the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.
The Huguang Guild Hall is located on the banks of the Yangtze River in Yuzhong District, Chongqing, on the side of the ancient Dongshuimen. It is composed of three major guild halls surrounded by high walls: Yu Wang Palace, Qi'an Guild Hall, and Guangdong
The museum's carved artworks feature a diverse range of themes, elegant forms, gilded splendor, and lifelike detail, showcasing the refined aesthetic sensibilities and exceptional craftsmanship of the ancients.
The guild hall's architecture features over ten thousand extant carved art pieces in wood, stone, and brick, each exquisitely crafted and breathtaking.
The assembly hall boasts a grand architectural scale, a well-arranged layout, and majestic and imposing palaces and halls. Its simple yet elegant design is a rare survival in the bustling downtown area filled with skyscrapers.
The guild hall has completely preserved its original architectural style.
Chongqing Huguang Guild Hall: Where History Meets Modern Beauty
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