Chen Jinglan Western-style Mansion
陳景蘭洋樓
Kinmen's largest Nanyang-style mansion, facing Chenggong Beach. It has served as a school, a hospital and an officers' club.
Chen Jinglan Mansion stands in Chenggong Village, Jinhu Township. Built in 1921 by Chen Jinglan, who returned home after making a fortune in trade in Singapore, it is a two-story Western-style building with an encircling veranda and Minnan-style decorations, and it is Kinmen's largest Western-style mansion. It was used successively as a school, a field hospital and an officers' club. After restoration it is open to display the history of the overseas Chinese hometown and of Western-style mansions. Admission is free; opening hours are approximately 08:30 to 17:00, and it may be closed on Mondays. Chenggong Beach lies right in front of the building, so you can continue to the seaside and to the nearby Military Brothel Exhibition Hall.
Opening hours
About 08:30–17:00
Nearby sights
- Military Brothel Exhibition Hall
- Qionglin Village & Tunnel
- Mount Taiwu & "Wu Wang Zai Ju" Inscription
- August 23 Artillery Battle Museum
- Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor Distillery
- Mofan Street
- Qing Kinmen Garrison Headquarters
- Qiu Lianggong's Mother Chastity Arch