page_title: Lingnan architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Lingnan architecture
caption_attribution_description: The Chen Clan's Academy in Guangzhou, China.中国广州陈家祠。
context_page_description: Lingnan architecture, or Cantonese architecture, refers to the characteristic architectural style of the Lingnan region – the Southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Usually, it is referring to the architecture associated with the Cantonese people, with other peoples in the area having their own styles. This style began with the architecture of the ancient non-Han Nanyue people and absorbed certain architectural elements from the Tang Empire and Song Empire as the region sinicized in the later half of the first millennium AD.
context_section_description: Lingnan architecture (Chinese: 嶺南建築; Jyutping: Ling⁵ naam⁴ gin³ zuk¹), or Cantonese architecture, refers to the characteristic architectural style(s) of the Lingnan region – the Southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Usually, it is referring to the architecture associated with the Cantonese people, with other peoples in the area (such as the Hakka and the Teochew) having their own styles. This style began with the architecture of the ancient non-Han Nanyue people and absorbed certain architectural elements from the Tang Empire and Song Empire as the region sinicized in the later half of the first millennium AD.
caption: The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou is widely considered a good example of classical Lingnan architecture.
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