How about Shanxi guild hall

Shanxi Guild Hall belongs to the famous scenic spot of Zhangye cultural landscape.

Located in Xiaonan Street, Zhangye City, it was built by Shanxi Hakkas Zhao, Zhao and Zhang Chaoshu in the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730). Zhangye is an important town of business gathering on the ancient Silk Road. Businessmen from Shanxi and Shaanxi have set up dozens of large enterprises in Zhangye. In order to consolidate and expand their business scope, they formed a gang and set up a guild to transform Guandi Temple, which was built in the second year of Yongzheng, into a Shanxi guild hall. The construction costs are all raised by the merchants.

The guild hall integrates the palace architecture with the folk architecture, forming a courtyard group with ups and downs, alternating density and patchwork. Arranged in sequence along an axis, such as the mountain gate, the stage (upper and lower floors, upper platform and lower passage), the stands (upper platform and lower corridor), the archway, the bell and drum tower, the main hall and the back building. Strange shape, dignified and dignified. The pavilions and courtyards make the whole building colorful. Exquisite wood carvings, stone carvings, colored paintings and clay sculptures are all over the museum, which complement each other and have important research value.

All the buildings are well preserved, except the accompanying hall, which has been demolished. Before liberation, there was a private Sanjin primary school. After liberation, it has been properly protected and maintained many times, and it has been announced as a county-level cultural relics protection unit. Now it is the residence of Zhangye Cultural Center.