Xushi Ancestral Hall in Xiyang Port

Xushi Ancestral Hall in Xiyang Port

Xushi Ancestral Hall in Xiyang Port is a cultural relic protection unit of Haishu District.

Xushi Ancestral Hall in Xiyang Port is located in Cangmen Natural Village, Xiyang Port Village, Gulin Town, Haishu District. It is a late Qing Dynasty–era structure, primarily facing south with a courtyard layout, consisting of a gate tower, side wings, and a main hall. The gate tower is situated at the center of the courtyard wall and features an elaborately carved stone-pierced gate. The main hall is a single-eave, flush-gable roofed high-rise building with five bays in width. The central bay’s beam frame consists of four columns and ten purlins, with a rolled shed roof at the front, a double-step at the rear, middle columns used in the side bays with six columns reaching the ground, a single step at the rear, and dual corridors. The end bays use eight columns and have a through-tenon structure. On both sides of the courtyard are side rooms—single-eave buildings with two bays in width and two columns and six purlins in depth.

The layout of the Xushi Ancestral Hall is neat and orderly, and the wood carvings such as bracket arms, spandrel brackets, and moon beams are exquisitely crafted, giving it certain cultural relic value. In July 2014, it was designated as the tenth batch of district-level cultural relic protection units in Yinzhou District, and in 2016, following the adjustment of Ningbo’s administrative divisions, it came under the jurisdiction of Haishu District.

Source: Haishu District Cultural Relics Management Office

Gulin Town: Also known as Huanggulin, Gulin is a world-renowned hometown of straw mats and one of the four historically significant towns in Yinzhou. Located at the upper reaches of the Yong River, Yao River, and Fenghua River, Gulin borders downtown Ningbo to the east, neighbors Ningbo Lishe Airport to the south, and is traversed by the Hangzhou–Ningbo Expressway and Yinzhou Avenue. The Duanmei Highway within its territory runs east–west, and the area is crisscrossed with waterways, making it a typical Jiangnan water town. In January 1986, Gulin Township was renamed Gulin Town. In May 1992, as part of a district reorganization and town expansion initiative, the former Gulin, Buzheng, and Shenjiao townships were merged to form the new Gulin Town. Currently, the total administrative area of the town is … More detailed information about Gulin Town++