Foshan Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall

Foshan Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall

佛山黃飛鴻紀念館
Location within Guangdong
Established	14 January 2001 (2001-01-14)
Location	Chancheng District, Foshan, Guangdong, China
Coordinates	23.02858°N 113.1151°E / 23.02858; 113.1151
Type	memorial

Foshan Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall
Traditional Chinese	佛山黃飛鴻紀念館
Simplified Chinese	佛山黄飞鸿纪念馆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fóshān Huáng Fēihóng Jìniànguǎn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Fat^6-Saan^1 Wong^4 Fei^1-hung^4 Gei^3-nim^6-gun^2

Foshan Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall (or Foshan Huang Feihong Memorial Hall) (佛山黄飞鸿纪念馆; 佛山黃飛鴻紀念館; Fóshān Huáng Fēihóng Jìniànguǎn; Fat⁶-Saan¹ Wong⁴Fei¹-hung⁴ Gei³-nim⁶-gun²) is a museum in memory of Wong Fei-hung.

Background

Located in Xinwen Street, Zumiao Road in the Chancheng District, Foshan City, north of the Foshan Ancestral Temple in Guangdong. The museum covers an area of more than 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft).

The completion ceremony for the Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall was held on January 14, 2001. Its architecture is imitation Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) style, and includes an exhibition hall, auditorium, martial arts hall, and martial arts courtyards. In the exhibition hall, apart from introducing Wong Fei-hung's life story, there is also a comprehensive display of a variety of literary, artistic works as well as thousands of cultural relics relating to Wong Fei-hung.

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