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Official culture
Chen Tingjing functioned as a government official for 53 years, promoted 28 times in the complicated and dangerous political career, going all the way up to Wenyuange academician. In the late years of Ming and the early years of Qing, there were more than 30 people in the Chen family who functioned as county officials or in higher positions---A fact to make one admire and make one think about. Do you want to know the secret in it? |
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Commercial culture
The Chen family is a representative of early Shanxi¨s commercial culture. In the time of late Ming and early Qing, this family¨s trading activities reached very far places as South-east Asia and Russia. It was a very rich family with prosperity of seven generations (breaking the ＾rule￣ that richness would not exceed three generations). Do you want to know where the miracles came from? |
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Educational culture
The Chen family had many talented people in different generations; there were hanlin scholars (academicians) of both fathers and sons, and both elder brothers and younger brothers, a deed once praised by the emperor. There were more than 30 poets leaving their works to us. This is really the first big family of culture in the north. Do you want to explore into its mystery?
When you walk into the chancellor¨s house, you will see and hear many things, and these puzzles will be solved and the reasons behind them will be explained. |
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| Chen Tingjing (1638-1712), with the courtesy name Ziduan and literary names Yueyan and Wuting, was born in the village Huangcheng,Beiliu Town, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province. He was |
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eceiving the Emperor |
09:30 |
Guest Square |
Hearing the Eight Sounds |
11:00-12:00 |
Guest Square |
Bell Music Dance |
10:30-16:00 |
Qilinyuan Courtyard |
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