Cai Family Ancestral Hall

Cai Family Ancestral Hall

The Cai Family Ancestral Hall is a cultural heritage site protected by Wenling City.

The Cai Family Ancestral Hall is located at No. 386, Citan’An, Houyang Village, Hengfeng Subdistrict, Wenling City, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. Based on its architectural style and oral accounts from local elders of the Cai family, the hall was rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty. It faces south and consists of an entrance gate (tai men), side wings on the left and right, and a main hall. It stretches 21.6 meters from east to west and 23 meters from north to south, covering an area of 496.8 square meters. The entrance gate is a seven-bay single-eave flush-gable flat-roofed building. The central and side bays form the main gate, and the gable walls are decorated with five-tier Guanyin hoods. The side wings are four-bay single-eave flush-gable flat-roofed buildings, with the central and side bays featuring a combination of raised-beam and through-tenon construction. They have five-purlin beams supported by two columns. The main hall has seven bays. The central and side bays are double-eave flush-gable high flat-roofed structures, while the east and west wings are double-eave flush-gable multi-story structures. The central and side bays use seven-purlin raised-beam structures, with a front porch supported by four columns. The central bay houses ancestral statues. The roof is double-sloped with small grey tiles.

The Cai Family Ancestral Hall retains its complete structure and is well preserved. It is one of the few surviving ancestral halls in Wenling and serves as an important site for descendants of the Cai family to conduct worship ceremonies.

Hengfeng Subdistrict: Hengfeng Subdistrict is located on the northern side of the downtown area of Wenling City, Zhejiang Province. It borders Chengdong and Chengbei Subdistricts to the east, Chengxi Subdistrict to the south, Wenqiao Town to the west, and Zeguo Town to the north. The area features fertile plains, crisscrossing rivers, and is traversed by a first-class highway that connects to the Yong-Tai-Wen Expressway, making it a typical Jiangnan water town. In October 2001, the town was restructured into a subdistrict, covering an area of 15.9 square kilometers. It governs 27 administrative villages, with a permanent population of 29,000 and a migrant population of 69,000. It is a well-known shoe manufacturing hub in Zhejiang Province.

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