Xixia Jin Clan Ancestral Hall

Xixia Jin Clan Ancestral Hall

The Xixia Jin Clan Ancestral Hall is a cultural relic protection unit of Zhejiang Province.

The Xixia Jin Clan Ancestral Hall is located in Xixia Township, Yongjia County, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

The Xixia Jin Clan Ancestral Hall is the former site of the Southwest Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee, located in Xixia Village, Xixia Township, Yongjia County. Facing east and built in 1901, this historic site consists of two ancestral halls — a larger one and a smaller one. The main ancestral hall features a two-courtyard quadrangle layout, surrounded by walls built from block stones. The wooden beam structure includes a stage with a hip-and-gable roof, an interior caisson ceiling, bracket sets, and a single-story pavilion. The smaller ancestral hall is located to the west of the main hall…

On December 19, 1929, during the armed uprising of peasants in 84 villages of Xinei Zhongshan, the Yongjia County Central Committee established the Southwest Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee in Xixia, laying a solid foundation for the advancement of the agrarian revolution.

On January 7, 2011, it was announced as part of the sixth batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units.

Xixia Township: Xixia Township administers 12 administrative villages, with the township government located in Xixia Village.

Xixia Township is located on the northwestern edge of Yongjia County, bordering Xianju Township. The township governs 12 administrative villages and 71 natural villages, with a total population of 2,027 households and 7,931 people. The total land area is 110.5 square kilometers, including 170,000 mu of mountainous land (of which 7,500 mu are forested), 4,712 mu of arable land, averaging 0.6 mu of arable land per person. In 2000, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the township was 24.15 million yuan, with a per capita net income of 1,318 yuan. It is a typical impoverished mountainous township and old revolutionary base among the 42 townships of Yongjia County.

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Further reading:

· Sixth Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units