The Shentu Ancestral Hall (including the Diejie Hall)

The Shentu Ancestral Hall (including the Diejie Hall)

The Shentu Ancestral Hall (including the Diejie Hall) is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Shentu Ancestral Hall (including the Diejie Hall) (Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Era: Qing Dynasty

Announcement date: March 16, 2005

The Shentu Ancestral Hall faces south and has a layout of five bays and three courtyards, with a total width of 19.5 meters and a total depth of 45.28 meters. The front eaves of the first courtyard feature a horse-head wall, and the central and side bays of the front eaves are equipped with covered corridors, whose pillars, beams, brackets, and small corbels are all made of bluestone. The second courtyard has a depth of eleven rafters. A connecting corridor is situated between the central bay of the rear eaves of the second courtyard and the central bay of the third courtyard, with balustrades between the corridor pillars. The third courtyard also has a depth of eleven rafters, with its floor nearly 1 meter higher than that of the second courtyard.

The Diejie Hall faces south and consists of three separate independent structures: the Official Reception Hall, the Theater Hall, and the Flower Hall, arranged from front to back. All are three-bay buildings, covering a total area of 720 square meters. The Official Reception Hall has a depth of six rafters and three pillars, using three central and four side posts, with panel doors placed between the posts. The Theater Hall faces north, has a depth of ten rafters, with the central bay serving as a stage, and the side bays having two floors, the lower level functioning as a passageway. The Flower Hall has a depth of ten rafters, with a viewing loft situated between the rear inner pillars and the rear eaves pillars.

The Shentu Ancestral Hall and the Diejie Hall feature exquisite stone and wood carvings. The beams and decorative elements display distinct characteristics of their era, making them among the more significant ancestral hall structures from the Qing Dynasty in our province.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website

Dipo Village: Located in the eastern part of Jiangnan Town, Tonglu County, Dipo Village is separated from Changkou in Fuyang by a stream. The village has 16 villager groups, a population of 2,335, and 697 farming households. With a long history and rich cultural heritage, Dipo Village has three provincial-level cultural relics protection units (the Shentu Ancestral Hall, the Baoqing Hall, and the Xianhe Hall). It was designated as a Provincial Historical and Cultural Village in 2006 and listed as a Third Batch National Historical and Cultural Village in 2007. The village covers a total area of 4,866 mu, including 1,144 mu of arable land, 3,664 mu of forested land, 58 mu of water bodies, and the built-up village area (excluding... More details about Dipo Village++

Further reading:

· Fifth Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units