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The Wu Clan Ancestral Hall of Nanlou

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The Wu Clan Ancestral Hall of Nanlou is located in Lanjiang Subdistrict, Lanxi City, and dates back to the Ming Dynasty. Also known as Zhide Hall, the Wu Clan Ancestral Hall of Nanlou Village was established during the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of over 700 years. The Wu family ancestral hall was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It faces south and has a layout of five bays, three courtyards, and two open halls, covering an area of 750 square meters. Built against the mountain, the structure rises progressively floor by floor—symbolizing continuous advancement. The levels between each courtyard have significant elevation differences, with narrow and elongated courtyards and neatly arranged materials. Notably, the brick-carved gate tower is grand in scale, featuring a central four-pillar, five-story archway-style design, flanked by two door hoods on each side, forming a hidden seven-bay brick-carved gate tower with exquisite carving artistry. The front section’s middle and side bays are equipped with caisson ceilings, supported by bracket sets with double jumps and five tiers, whose brackets feature elephant trunk-like upturned ends, exhibiting an ancient and elegant style. The middle section’s middle and side bays both use post-and-lintel construction, consisting of five-purlin beams with front and rear double-step beams, in a crescent beam style, with all purlins supported by bracket sets—showcasing clear characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. The rear section’s beams are all of the through-tenon style, explicitly recorded in the Clan Genealogy as a pre-Ming architectural structure.

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The Wu Clan Ancestral Hall of Nanlou is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Wu Clan Ancestral Hall of Nanlou is located in Lanjiang Subdistrict, Lanxi City, and dates back to the Ming Dynasty.

The Wu Clan Ancestral Hall of Nanlou Village, also known as Zhide Hall, was established during the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of over 700 years. The Wu family ancestral hall was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It faces south and has a layout of five bays, three courtyards, and two open halls, covering an area of 750 square meters. Built against the mountain, the structure rises progressively floor by floor—symbolizing continuous advancement. The levels between each courtyard have significant elevation differences, with narrow and elongated courtyards and neatly arranged materials. Notably, the brick-carved gate tower is grand in scale, featuring a central four-pillar, five-story archway-style design, flanked by two door hoods on each side, forming a hidden seven-bay brick-carved gate tower with exquisite carving artistry. The front section’s middle and side bays are equipped with caisson ceilings, supported by bracket sets with double jumps and five tiers, whose brackets feature elephant trunk-like upturned ends, exhibiting an ancient and elegant style. The middle section’s middle and side bays both use post-and-lintel construction, consisting of five-purlin beams with front and rear double-step beams, in a crescent beam style, with all purlins supported by bracket sets—showcasing clear characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. The rear section’s beams are all of the through-tenon style, explicitly recorded in the Clan Genealogy as a pre-Ming architectural structure.

Designated as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit of Lanxi City on November 3, 2005.

On January 13, 2017, the People's Government of Zhejiang Province listed it as part of the Seventh Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units.