Yangzhou Wenjun Ancestral Hall

Yangzhou Wenjun Ancestral Hall

The Wenjun Ancestral Hall is a municipal-level cultural heritage site in Yangzhou.

Wenjun Ancestral Hall

Now a municipal-level cultural heritage site, it is located at No. 119 Guangling Road in the city center. It was built in 1890 during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty to enshrine Wen Yu, a Grand Secretary of the Qing Dynasty. The main gate faces east and includes a gate hall. The building faces south and consists of an offering hall, a passageway pavilion, the ancestral hall itself, and side rooms, covering an area of approximately 1,360 square meters. The ancestral hall has a flush-gable roof, with a three-bay width, seven-rafter depth, ridge purlin height of 8 meters, carved beams and brackets, and intact dougong (bracket sets). The central bay features a corridor leading to the passageway pavilion, which houses an octagonal caisson ceiling and painted decorations. Due to long-term disrepair, the interior fittings have been altered. It is currently used as a production workshop for a plastic factory.

Feimo Wenyu (1820–1884), of the Feimo clan, styled Xingyan, was a member of the Manchu Plain Blue Banner.

He began his career as an imperial student and was appointed as an official of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. He subsequently held key positions such as Vice Minister of Justice, Commissioner of Bazhou in Zhili, Sichuan Censorate Commissioner, Jiangning Provincial Administration Commissioner, Jiangsu Provincial Administration Commissioner, Zhili Provincial Administration Commissioner, Governor of Shandong, and Governor-General of Zhili. He was once dismissed from office but reinstated in 1864 during the Tongzhi reign, subsequently serving as Fuzhou Military Commander, Minister of Justice, and Head of the Imperial Household Department. In the seventh year of the Guangxu reign, he was appointed as an Associate Grand Secretary, and in the tenth year, he was again named Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall. He soon fell ill and passed away. Posthumously, he was conferred the title of “Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent” and honored with the posthumous name … Feimo Wenyu – More Details ++

Further Reading:

· The First to Third Batches of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Sites in Yangzhou