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📍Detailed address: Nanyang Shanxi Guild Hall, formerly known as Shanxi and Shaanxi Hometown Association Hall, also known as Shanxi and Shaanxi Temple, Guan Gong Temple, and once called Dingyuan Society, is located at No. 9 Yongqing Street, Shedian Town, Sheqi County, Nanyang City, Henan Province 🚉Transportation strategy: - Public transportation: Take Sheqi Bus No. 1 and get off at Shanxian Guild Hall Station. - Self-driving: Navigate to No. 9, Yongqing Street, Shedian Town, Sheqi County. 🕙Business hours: The opening hours of Sheqi Shanxi Guild Hall are 8:00-18:00 all year round. Food recommendation: There are many delicious foods near No. 9 Yongqing Street, Shedian Town, Nanyang Shanxi Guild Hall, such as vermicelli and Hu La Tang. In addition, there is an Islamic restaurant with unique characteristics in Xishan Goods Street near the guild hall. introduce Sheqi Shanxi Guild Hall, formerly known as Shanxi and Shaanxi Hometowners Association Hall, also known as Shanxi and Shaanxi Temple and Guan Gong Temple, was once called Dingyuan Society. It was a place where wealthy businessmen from Shanxi and Shaanxi who lived in Sheqi Town in the Qing Dynasty received guests, held social gatherings, and burned incense and held memorial services. According to relevant records, Sheqi Town was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was most prosperous during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty and is one of the four famous towns in Henan Province. At that time, the town was a water and land port, with ships from the south and horses from the north, a general store of general merchandise, especially many salt and tea merchants from Qin and Jin. It was an important transportation route for nine provinces in the north and south, and merchants from 13 provinces across the country did business here. There were more than ten hometown guild halls built by merchants from various provinces alone, including the Shanxi and Shaanxi Guild Hall, the Hubei Guild Hall, the Jiangxi Guild Hall, the Guangdong Guild Hall, and the Fujian Guild Hall. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, wealthy merchants from the provinces of Qin and Jin built this guild hall in order to renew their hometown ties, exchange business information, welcome officials, and offer sacrifices to gods for wealth. The construction of the guild hall began in the 21st year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1756 AD), and was completed in the 18th year of Emperor Guangxu's reign, spanning a total of 137 years under the rule of six emperors, namely Emperor Jiaqing, Emperor Daoguang, Emperor Xianfeng, and Emperor Tongzhi.