Yangzheng Hall

Yangzheng Hall

Yangzheng Hall is a cultural heritage site protected by Haishu District.

Yangzheng Hall, also known as Shaowen Hall or the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, was once home to Yangzheng Primary School, hence its name. It is located on Yangzheng Road, Tashanwei Village, Yinjiang Town, Haishu District. The existing structures include a front section built during the Republican era and a rear hall from the Qing Dynasty. The main building faces south with its back to the north, and along its central axis are composed of a gate tower, the front section, east and west wing rooms, and the rear hall. It measures 44.81 meters from north to south and 24.54 meters from east to west, covering an area of 1,092 square meters.

A brick tower with a stone gate is situated in the middle of the northern wall. The front section is a single-eave, flush-gable-roofed building with a balcony at the rear eave. It features seven bays in width, a mixed structure of through-tenon and raised-beam construction, and extends three columns and seven rafters in depth. The side bays have “eight”-shaped walls, with stone foundations and polished brick walls adorned with brick carvings of the Eight Immortals, as well as wooden brackets. The floor is inlaid with green glazed bricks featuring engraved patterns, adding a sense of layering. The outer edge of the rear balcony is finely carved with line decorations, featuring turned wooden railings and brackets supporting the eave purlins and column bases. The gable ends are painted. The wing rooms are single-eave, flush-gable-roofed buildings with three bays in width, through-tenon construction, and three columns and five rafters. The second-floor flooring is trimmed with line designs. The rear hall is a single-eave, flush-gable-roofed high-rise building with seven bays in width. The central and side bays feature a framework of five columns and eleven rafters, using a five-rafter raised-beam structure with double steps front and back, and bat-patterned cloud plates between the beams. The end and corner bays are of through-tenon construction. The front eave has a rolled shed roof with large moon beams, intricately and exquisitely carved figures, and brackets supporting the eave purlins that feature upside-down carved lions. The floors are paved with mismatched stone slabs, and the passage between the front and rear sections is slightly elevated.

Yangzheng Hall boasts a rational layout, massive scale, refined materials, exquisite carvings, and has retained much of its original appearance. It holds significant historical and cultural research value. In September 2010, it was designated as the ninth batch of district-level cultural heritage sites in Yinzhou District, and was incorporated into Haishu District following the 2016 administrative division adjustments of Ningbo City.

Information provided by: Haishu District Cultural Relics Management Office

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