The Four Provinces Guild Hall

The Four Provinces Guild Hall

The Four Provinces Guild Hall is a cultural heritage conservation unit of Yangzhou City.

The Four Provinces Guild Hall

Now a municipal-level cultural heritage conservation unit, it is situated within Guangling Central Primary School on Guangling Road in the city center. The Four Provinces Guild Hall served as a salt administration coordination agency for the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anhui. The nanmu hall faces south, featuring a nanmu-beamed roof structure with a flush gable roof, spanning three bays in width and seven rafters in depth, with a rolled awning. Its main framework remains unchanged, though the interior fittings have been altered. Additionally, along Dingjia Bay, there is a surviving water-milled brick-carved gate tower of the Four Provinces Guild Hall on the street front, flanked by bracketed "basket-bottom" brick walls with eight-character designs. The roof tiles are damaged, and the brick carvings were covered with lime during the Cultural Revolution. Restoration could be incorporated into the historical and cultural district redevelopment project, linking it with nearby cultural heritage sites such as Little Pan Valley and the Second Bright Moon Pavilion.

Further Reading:

· The First to Third Batches of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Conservation Units in Yangzhou City