Shangshu Mansion Stone Archway

Shangshu Mansion Stone Archway

The Shangshu Mansion Stone Archway is a cultural relic protection unit of Jixi County.

Shangshu Mansion Stone Archway

Located opposite No. 95 in Huli Village, Yingzhou Township, it is a Ming Dynasty structure facing west, covering an area of 7.5 square meters. Built during the Qing Dynasty, it is a two-pillar, single-bay, three-story archway made of bluish-gray stone, oriented north-south. The bases of the pillars are protected by drum-shaped stones. The archway is 8 meters high and 3.4 meters wide. The main ridge at the center bay is adorned with mythical ao fish ornaments at both ends, and the vertical plaque is inscribed with the characters “恩荣” (Imperial Favor). The floral panels are engraved with “Shangshu Mansion, 10th day of the third month, the eighth year of the Jiajing reign □□ Chief of Granaries and Concurrent Regional Inspector, Right Censor-in-Chief An Wu Jian Nian, Circuit Intendant of the Directly Administered Region and Censor Yang □□ Erected”. The other side is inscribed with “Deputy Magistrate Ma Li, Judicial Commissioner Yang □ Feng, Magistrate of Jixi County Li □□, Erected by Hu Kanghui, Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent and Minister of Revenue of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue”. The entire archway is largely well-preserved and holds certain cultural heritage value. In 1997, it was designated as a county-level key cultural relic protection unit, approved under document number Ji Zheng [1997] No. 35.