Ruins of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall in Liujiagang

Ruins of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall in Liujiagang

The ruins of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall in Liujiagang are a protected cultural heritage site of Changzhou.

The Liu Family Ancestral Hall in Liujiagang was first built in the sixth year of the Jiajing reign during the Ming Dynasty (1527). In 2016, a new two-courtyard ancestral hall and two auxiliary wings were reconstructed on the original site. Existing relics include a stone stele documenting the establishment of the ancestral hall, as well as architectural components such as drum-shaped stone bases.

On March 25, 2018, the Changzhou Municipal People’s Government designated the ruins of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall in Liujiagang as a municipal-level cultural heritage site in the city’s seventh batch of protected sites.

Address: Liujiagang, Cuiqiao, Henglin Town, Wujin District

Henglin Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Wujin City. It is a renowned producer of rice and wheat. Established as Henglin Town in 1949, it was reorganized as a commune in 1958, split into Henglin and Linnan communes in 1966, and reverted to town status in 1983. In 1985, Henglin Town and Henglin Township were merged to form the current Henglin Town. Located at the center of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway line, it is 15 kilometers from downtown Changzhou and 30 kilometers from Changzhou Airport. Covering an area of 27 square kilometers with a population of 33,000, it is traversed east-west by the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, National Highway 312, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It borders Taihu Lake to the south and the Yangtze River to the north, and lies adjacent to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway. The town administers Yuxiang, Diban, Shunzhuang, Zhangcun, Jiangcun, Zhaojia... More detailed information about Henglin Town++

Further reading:

· Seventh Batch of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Sites in Changzhou