Yilue Huang Gong Ancestral Temple is at No.2 iron lane, Yian Road, established in 1887, is a two entrance courtyard, face width is 15.4 meters, 25.7 meters deep, gate floor frame adorned with fancy stone carving, forehead is “Yilue Huang gong Ancestral temple”, back engraved “Filial piety standard”. Between antechamber and back chamber is dooryard, two sides has corridor, back chamber with hold mansion, forming pattern that four halls directs each other. Back hall middle groove frame is typical structure “three and five pawpaw, eighteen flan”.

Yilue Huang Gong Ancestral Temple is embodying it worthy of the name. Those woodcarving adornment, adopt round carve, sink carve, float carve, hollow etc different tact on skill, Chaozhou woodcarving art palace that break through space and time limited, two ends of girder adorned with different dragon, phoenix, king of beasts etc those lucky animals, drama legend, folktale such as “Copper phoenix stage”, “Zhang Yu cook sea”, “Water overflow Golden hill” is the main theme of woodcarving creative, “Han River beautiful sight” local beauty, shows multilayer content visually, fully use three kind of techniques: black lacquer dress gold, five color dress gold, native color plane carving, make the whole building has different degree, arrangement clear, as a result praised as “First Chaozhou woodcarving miracle.” Yilue Huang Gong Ancestral Temple now ranked as cultural relics under nation protection.protection.

Xu Emperor's Son-in-law Mansion is at No.4 east mansion, Grape lane, Zhongshan Road. Is the mansion of Xu Yu, who is the Emperor's son-in-law of Bei Song emperor Song Yingzong's daughter princess De An. This mansion first established Zhiping year and repaired repeatedly in past dynasty, but still well preserved the original layout and feature up to the present.

Xu Emperor's son-in-law mansion, seats north face south, lean east 8 degree, cover is 42 meters wide, long 47 meters, building area is 1,800 square meters. Main body construction is three houses five rooms. Head and back house both with hall and house is night. East and west house of middle hall with hall, house and study. There is a backyard in back of upper hall which traverse the whole residence. Main body and insert hill constitutes “Gong word” pattern, enclosure house lie concealed outside frontispiece, forming unique setting with single hall, single yard, single dooryard.

Wall is built board, rammer ash and laying green brick, at backseat face hall east side, two walls still reserved peachblow bamboo weaved grey wall. Whole building construction is precise, simple and unsophisticated. Rank as Nation Important Culture Relic Protection Unit in 1997.

Guangji Bridge and Xiang Bridge spring swelling Guangji Bridge locates outside Chaozhou east gate, bestride two banks of immense Han River, praised as “The pioneer open-close type bridge on the world” by famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng.

Guangji Bridge, commonly named Xiangzi Bridge, procurator Zeng Jiang first build, first as Float Bridge, linked by eighty-six huge boat, former name is “Kangji Bridge”. In 1174 float bridge shatter by the flood, procurator Chang Wei repairs it, and establish outstanding pavilion at west bank, begin west bank pier construction. Until 1194, across fifty-four years, Zhu Jiang, Wang Zhenggong, Ding Yunyuan, Sun Quanjing building built successively, finish building of ten piers. Among as procurator Yunyuan build the largest scale; most outstanding achievements recall west bridge “Ding Gong Bridge”. In 194, procurator Shen Zongyu “Pan stone west bank” build “Cover beautiful booth”, and called east bridge “Jichuan Bridge”, in succession, procurator Chen Honggui, Lin Biao, Lin Hui add building successively, until 1206 last a period of twelve years, build pier thirteen. After east and west bridge established, middle also linked by float boat, forming basic pattern that girder bridge combined with Float Bridge. Late Song till early Yuan dynasty, Guangji Bridge again has lots of prospers and deposes, in 1435, Wang Yuan preside scale unprecedented “Repeat stone repair”, after finish “West bank is ten pier night hole, long forty-night Zhang and five Chi; east bank is thirteen pier twelve hole, long eighty-six Wen; middle hollow is twenty-seven Zhang seven Chi, build boat twenty and four is float boat”, and “Set booth and house hundred and sixteen”, recalled “Guangji Bridge”. In 1724, Zhang Ziqian repair Guangji Bridge, and casting two cow, set at the eighth and twelfth pier of West Bridge respectively, meaning “Calm Bridge and resist flood”. Flood in year 1842, east pier iron cow falls into the river. So has a balladry: “Chaozhou Xiang Bridge quite dissolute, eighteen shuttle boat twenty-four continent, twenty-four tower twenty-four shape, two iron cow one slip.” Pattern that girder and boat combined, make Guangji Bridge forming its own three characteristics: first, “eighteen shuttle boat twenty-four continent”. Bridge linked by twenty-four piers of east and west and eighteen shuttle boat of middle, float bridge can open and close, structure unique, at the same time, also combine girder bridge, arch bridge, float bridge as a whole, this is a exclusive example on our nation bridge history; second, “twenty-four tower twenty-four shape”, that is build twenty-four different booths on piers, indeed is layer pavilion, gather beauty; third, “One inner long bridge one inner city.”

Guangji Bridge locates at the middle reaches of Han River, is the only way through east part of Guangdong to Fujian, Jiangxi, Han River is artery of east Yue transportation, therefore, Guangji Bridge become important hinge of goods gather and transshipment, due to lots of shops on bridge, here is very busy, so has a much-told story “Reach Xiang bridge ask Xiang bridge.”

This supernatural bridge, each pier all has hundreds of history, from Song dynasty the first pier till forming “Eighteen shuttle boat, twenty-four continent patterns, total continue for 300 years. Under the condition that low productivity, build such huge bridge on the river, its difficulty is exceed people's image, so Chaozhou civilian come down lots of legend of “Fairy build bridge”. As the story goes, after Han Yu reach Chaozhou, often ascend east hill gate (that is penholder hill). But deeply feel bitter of across river, so invite his great-nephew Han Xiangzi and monk Guangji to build bridge together. Han Xiangzi builds a section of east side, invite Eight Immortals in the legend to help. Han Xiangzi go to Phoenix hill to get stone by himself, turn stone into black pig, drive all along, but at the end a group of pig just drive at south phoenix, seen through by a pregnant woman, shout :“How can the stone walk!” one sentence let out nature's mystery, stone never move, so a few frusta aren't built on east side charged by Han Xiangzi. Monk Guangji builds a section of southwest, also invite The eighteen arhat. He go to Shangpu hill to get stone by himself, turn stone into a group of black sheep, drive all along. But when the last group sheep drive at midway, come across a local tyrant landowner, want to bear away these sheep on purpose, and say :“This monk where get the sheep! Evidently is mine.” Monk Guangji is tangled weary, and say :“Since is yours, drive to your field!” landowner drive the sheep to his field, but become seats of black stone hill, push down the field of landowner. It is said it is the origin of floating ocean blank ocean hill. So, last group black pig, sheep can't reach in time, a middle section can't repair. What shall they do? And it nears dawn. He fairy only can cast lotus flower leaves to center of river, become eight shuttle boat; monk Guangji see it, throw Buddhist staff at once, become a big wine, tie down the eighteen shuttle boat, become float bridge. In this way, people in order to commemorate immortal and Buddha resultant force build the bridge's achievement, so called this bridge “Xiangzi Bridge”, also called “Guangji Bridge”.

“Xiang Bridge spring swelling” describe at late spring peach blossom water flood, Han River water swelling, river surface become wider, fluctuate of eighteen shuttle boat life with tidewater drift along, link a line with east bridge west frusta, like long dragon lie wave alive. View at the river surface, can see Han River upper reaches cockboat hell with wave, east bank of middle reaches pen-apex green, lower reaches phoenix peach blossom blooming, scenery charming. This scenery in “Eight scenery of Chaozhou” poetry, which is fame in and oversea by Zhen Lanzhi, describes ripping: Xiang River spring dawn water far away, eighteen shuttle lock painting bridge. Dash stone and snow fly on girder, crow continent rise cross wave, a band of long rainbow fine in March, float imitate into the sky.”

With historical vicissitude, Guangji Bridge built several times. Carry through reinforce maintain to the whole bridge in 1958, and dismantle eighteen shuttle boat, rebuild into three-hole steel joist frame and two high stake bear-platform type bridge. In 1976, another enlarges building into actuality. In March 1988, Guangji Bridge publicized as Nation Important Culture Relic Protection Unit.

Now, Chaozhou government is planning resume original style and features of Guangji Bridge, make great efforts to build Chaozhou into China excellent tour city!

Penholder Hill Song kiln, locates at Xiang Bridge, west foot of Penholder Hill. Ancient site north from Tiger head moutain, south to Mark Hill, continuous for 2 kilometer, kiln site row upon row of, mass at the foot of Penholder Hill, still called “Hundred kiln villages”.

Penholder kiln field early set up in Tang Dynasty, prosperous in Song. Its products far sold in and overseas, become one of the China porcelain export base, praised as “Guangdong Porcelain City”. Various products, main has daily vessel, bottle, character, toy includes bowl, box, calyx, lamp, stove, bottle, calyx, kettle, bath, pillow, puff box, etc, its padding quality hard and dense, having a unique style. Take image green glaze as the main color, also has green, white, yellow, catsup brown, glaze quality crystal and moist, like silver and similar with jade, most not opening line or only thin fish lines; adorn veins mainly take flower, also has engrave and carved hollow. New Zealand Ai Li, after visiting Chaozhou ancient porcelain item on display, said excitingly: “I have seen lots of porcelain in foreign countries, originally its hometown just here!” Penholder Hill Song kiln add a splendid page to ancient China and foreign culture communication, to China civilization history.

Since 1953, Guangdong museum and Chaozhou culture operator, assort capital construction project carry excavate to Song kiln site time after time, liquidate 11 kiln sites successively, among them has rank shape dragon kiln, still has slope dragon kiln. The longest No 10 is about 78 meters long, about 3 meters wide, except for kiln head and fire chamber were destroyed, kiln wall, end, fire wall, rank separate girder are all preserved well, besides also excavated large quantity porcelain, among them has Zhang article “Ma aunt forward wine”, little foreigner and Pekinese, still has Kwan-yin joss adorned with handlebar. Moreover most precious is the year “Zhi Ping”, “Xi Ning” and craftsman’s name “Water east middle kiln A” posy carved on entablement of Sakymuni Buddha.

In recent years, Chaozhou porcelain production base already move to Fengxi, ancient alley, phoenix pond, along with Saorao, Jiuchun. Chaozhou porcelain especially famous for industrial arts porcelain, possess rec praise “White like jade, flimsy as paper, bright like mirror, sound as bell”. Also get rid of the stale and bring forth the fresh on colored drawing. Forming Chaozhou style that originality elegant, pattern clear, line fluency, arrangement evidently, color rich, fill color and pile gold, light and golden, unique manner. From Penholder hill Song dynasty “Hundred kiln village” to maple brook porcelain's renewedly grow up, refract Chaozhou profound human details and porcelain culture's glitter brilliance.

Chaozhou Kaiyuan Country-guard Temple first built in 26 Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasties, former name is Kaiyuan temple, renamed Chaozhou Kaiyuan Country-guard Temple and used until now, but generally call it “Kaiyuan temple”. it is said first build this temple occupy hundred acres, till now still exist north to Guangyuan street, east to Kaiyuan crossing, west to Yian road temple mere or “Kaiyuan ancient well” as evidence, although through past dynasties, till now whole temple still about fifty acres.

Kaiyuan temple through Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing till now, large scale repair for about more than ten times in successively, build pattern is approximately divide into three part: Middle axis is wall——Gate of Buddhist temple——The Hall of Heavenly Kings——The Shrine of Sakyamuni Buddha——House where sutras are kept——Monk House
East id Guest Hall——Dichang palace——Dining hall in a Buddhist temple——Uncommon Buddist House——Ancestor Hall——Monk House

West is Tourism Service Area——Monk House——Kwan-yin pavilion——Six ancestor Hall——Jialan Palace——Zhutian palace

Equipped with dooryard and connect corridor, forming huge four-yard ancient building.

There into, worth highly study, view and emulate in and abroad is Song architecture group take (The Hall of Heavenly Kings) as representative, this wood-build palace is link uo with wood tenon, and corbel bracket which engraved dragon, layer upon layer and most reach 11 layers; peak is four eaves and double driptile, still cucurbit, double dragon try for pearl etc embed porcelain and coloured glaze tile, coloured drawing or pattern wall etc, through thousand years, although several times natural and man-made disaster, till now still keep majestic and respectful style of Tand and Song palace type building which is resemble East temple in Japan.

Besides, four in front of palace is built when then temple is constructed, respectively is 5 meters 8 layer or 7 meters 25 layer, its line bright and polished engrave skill, make strong man, cover lotus, malediction etc design and character still can see till now; and 78 fence in front of The Shrine of Sakyamuni Buddha, respectively carved the story on Sakyamuni become Buddha, treasure and strange animals, lotus flower and lucky grass etc design, and “Buddha add splendour with day, power of Buddha often change” stone carved in middle palace fence, are all the treasure culture relics og Buddhism art.

Inside palace there is a delicate red copper censer and edge engraved “Laiyuan temple one cense oblate three Han for ever” (three Han is Xiluo, Baili, Gaojuli, that is today's Korea), also take as the lose culture relics of the shaman come to here to join the learning in Tang Dynasty, praised as rare. east palace hung a 1.7 meters high and ora edge is 105 centimeter's big copper bell, is casting in four year Zhenghe, bell surface is smooth and no casting trace, till now the sound is melodious and alarm morning everyday. inside palace there is a white bowlder joss, 0.77 meters high, sculpt is beautiful and expression is majestic, color is pure white, smooth and not fault, is brought by Liu Chuanqiu from Burma in 1945, even is the art extractive.

Furthermore has copper big cloud board, aerolite censer, 6 meters high gold lacquer woodcarving thousand-Buddha tower of Ming Dynasty, and 《Qianlong edition Zhang lection》obliged by Qianlong and about more than 200 years from now, and 《Huayan lection》is even extremely precious. Because too much culture relics, temple especially set culture relics house as display place, and wall picture spread all over the temple inlay lots of feudal official proclamation, stele and carved stone of past dynasty is the demonstration that Kaiyuan temple of long standing.

for one thousand and two hundred years, Kaiyuan temple burning incense is not stop and dignitary in past dynasties come forth in great number, representative is: monk Miyin set this temple for Caodong, monk Jinhui get obliged of《Qianlong edition big Zhang lection》by Qianlong, rabbi Chunbao who organize research class and performance Chaozhou accent, monk Zhicheng ever close “Banruo barrier”, monk Chunxin who carry out “farming and Buddhism are both important, monk Huiyuan who decide to repair temple and monk Dingran invited as preside, set Chuanjie and re-hold east Buddhism temple, and under the support of Mr. Xie Huiru, establish the Buddhism culture communication between Taifo temple and Southeast Asia. current preside (kaiyuan temple), east Buddhism prexy, director of Chaozhou Buddhism association and China Buddhism association, after accede in 1997, set ruled and strengthen temple affairs management, hole Chuanjie, create perennial pray to Buddha hall and set “Buddhism elevation class” and “teach by correspondence part”, cultivate person with ability; and build Yufo building and Dabei palace, make Kaiyuan temple more wide, Buddhism more extensive.