Xin Yi Hall, Ji Shu Hall

Xin Yi Hall, Ji Shu Hall

Xin Yi Hall and Ji Shu Hall are Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Xin Yi Hall, Ji Shu Hall (Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Era: Qing Dynasty

Announcement Date: March 16, 2005

Xin Yi Hall faces east and is relatively large in scale. It consists of three courtyards along the central axis, wing rooms, and two layers of side rooms outside the east and west courtyard walls. Along the central axis are the entrance gate, a courtyard, a seven-bay front hall, a courtyard with three-bay wing rooms on both sides, a three-bay main hall with side rooms, a courtyard with two-bay side rooms on both sides, and a three-bay rear building with two corridors and side rooms. The first row of side rooms has nine bays in parallel, with a three-bay tower hall to the north; the second row has thirteen parallel bays, with two additional cross-courtyards to the south. The overall architectural complex forms a layout that is shallow in depth but wide horizontally. The main buildings are built with relatively fine craftsmanship, and the beams feature carvings.

Ji Shu Hall also faces east but is slightly smaller in scale. It consists of three courtyards along the central axis, wing rooms, and rooms outside the courtyard walls, although the front hall along the central axis has been destroyed.

Both building complexes were constructed in the late Qing Dynasty. Except for the front hall of Ji Shu Hall, the rest are relatively well preserved.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website

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Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units