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The Lu Clan Ancestral Hall in Huangtan Pit

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The Lu Clan Ancestral Hall is located at the western foot of Menqian Mountain in Huangtan Pit Village, Donglong Township, Wencheng County (it was relocated to Tangdixx Village, Huangtan Town due to the submersion caused by the Shanxi Water Control Project). Built in the fifth year of the Daoguang reign (1825), it faces west and is a five-bay wooden courtyard-style structure. The main hall is 20.5 meters wide and 9.75 meters deep. It features stone steps...

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The Lu Clan Ancestral Hall in Huangtan Pit is a cultural heritage site protected by Wencheng County.

The Lu Clan Ancestral Hall is located at the western foot of Menqian Mountain in Huangtan Pit Village, Donglong Township, Wencheng County (it was relocated to Tangdixx Village, Huangtan Town due to the submersion caused by the Shanxi Water Control Project). Built in the fifth year of the Daoguang reign (1825), it faces west and is a five-bay wooden courtyard-style structure. The main hall is 20.5 meters wide and 9.75 meters deep. It has a stone-paved platform with ordinary foundations, cylindrical columns with beam-lifting timber framework, and a hip-and-gable roof. A stage is built in front, square in shape, 4.7 meters in both depth and width, with four pillars and a hip-and-gable roof. It features an octagonal caisson ceiling with five rings, decorated with painted theatrical scenes inside the rings. On both sides are wing corridors, each five bays wide and one bay deep.

Source: Wenzhou Museum