Liugeng Ancestral Hall

Liu Gengtang, is the He's Daxu Hall in the ancient town of Panyu Shawan in Guangzhou. The building is magnificent and the scale is quite large. It faces the moon pool, the pool is magnanimous, and it is also a meteorological place. It is definitely a great place to punch in and take pictures.

Liu Gengtang is the ancestor of the He clan of Panyu Shawan. It was built from the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Yihai year (1275), and has been hit and damaged for hundreds of years. The current appearance is Qing Kangxi 39 (1700), according to the specifications of the Ming products Guanjia Temple, has spent 17 years to expand. It is a typical representative of the architectural design of Guangdong folk village hall, founded more than 600 years ago. The area is 3,000 square meters. Its plane is in a long north-south shape, from south to north, the big pond, big street, main entrance, archway, Diaoyutai, middle seat, patio, back seat and east, west corridor and village, forming a strict structure, gorgeous decoration, grand scale buildings. National key cultural relics protection units.

The construction area of the Staying Gengtang is 3334.25 square meters, and the plane is a central axial symmetrical five-open and five-in-one format layout, which is divided into four components: head door, Yimen, Xiangxiantang, and back hall. The whole Staying Gengtang is famous for its many columns, with a total of 112 wooden and stone pillars. Quanxuan has the architectural art of each dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasty, wood carving, stone carving, gray plastic, etc., each style, has important historical value and reference value for the study of ancient buildings, preserved to date, it is valuable. It unites the wisdom and sweat of the working people of the Pearl River Delta, and is a symbol of the social, economic, cultural and ancient town civilization in the region.

留耕堂，即何氏宗祠。“留耕”二字取自“阴德远从宗祖种，心田留与子孙耕”。在沙湾，何姓最为鼎盛。岭南流行着“沙湾灯笼”这样一个歇后语，下半句就是“何府”。原来在从前，天黑后大户人家都在门前挂灯笼，灯笼上会挂*府以示区别。由于何家房产极多，所以沙湾大部分地方都挂“何府”的灯笼。而在粤语中，“府”和“苦”同音，所以，沙湾灯笼----何苦！大门大户的何氏宗祠气派恢弘，文化底蕴丰富，木雕、石雕、砖雕、灰塑处处精美。

如果想亲子研学旅游，在『留耕堂』这个集书香、乐韵、传承、忠孝、仁义的圣地，带上孩子来此『寻宝』，是最合适不过了。沙湾古镇门票:套票40元/人（留耕堂、三捻厅、何炳林纪念馆。如果不进这3个馆，其他地方都免费。）开放时间:9:00～18:00（展馆）地址:广州市番禺区沙湾大巷涌路10号交通攻略自驾:广州方向（1h）：广州南环高速——东新高速（沙湾出口）——市良路（往沙湾方向走4.5公里）——大巷涌路——沙湾古镇（沙湾文化中心停车场）『留耕堂』是沙湾何氏宗族的大祠堂，是做工精巧的岭南古建筑。“留耕”两字取自“阴德远从宗祖种，心田留与子孙耕”，意指造福后人。留耕堂上忠孝传家题匾，乃蒋中正手书。