Dejin Wang Ancestral Hall

Dejin Wang Ancestral Hall

The Dejin Wang Ancestral Hall is a cultural relic protection unit of Anhui Province.

Dejin Wang Ancestral Hall

Located in the center of Dejin Village, Fuling Town, Jixi County, the hall was built in the mid-Qing Dynasty and renovated in the late Qing Dynasty. Repairs started in October 2014 and are now mostly finished. The Wang Ancestral Hall occupies a total area of 357.19 square meters, with a building area of 309.11 square meters. It is composed of a lower hall, main hall, side rooms, and covered corridors. A courtyard lies between the lower hall and the main hall, flanked by side corridors on both sides. An entrance is located on the central north wall, above which the plaque reads “Ancestral Home of the State of Yue.” Between the side corridors and side rooms lies an inner courtyard, accessible through a main gate on the front eaves wall of the side corridor—this is the principal entrance, marked with a plaque that reads “Wang Ancestral Hall,” and faces the village road leading to Dejin Village. The side rooms have two sections: the front section is a porch, and the rear is a two-story hall, which is accessed via stairs behind a screen wall. A small courtyard is situated between the porch and the hall. On the eastern gable wall of the front section of the side rooms, there used to be a side door leading to an eastern house, but the doorway has since been sealed, the original structure collapsed, and the area is now a miscellaneous yard managed by neighbors. The structure of the Wang Ancestral Hall remains largely intact, with exquisitely carved lion pillars, bracket arms, and tray-like brackets. The main beam of the central hall bears the inscription “Repaired in the first month of autumn, the year of Xinhai during the reign of Emperor Xuantong of the Great Qing.”

The Dejin Wang Ancestral Hall was once the former site of the Jixi County Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In May 1934, the Jixi County Committee of the CCP was established at the Wang Ancestral Hall in Dejin Village. Fang Zhirong served as the secretary, and Zhang Honggang as the deputy secretary. Departments for propaganda, organization, and security were set up, and it was under the jurisdiction of the Shexian County Central Committee, with over 260 party members. The Jixi County Committee led farmers to victories in struggles for tax exemptions on dry farmland and a 25% rent reduction. However, due to betrayal by a traitor, the organization was ultimately completely dismantled. In 2014, the county government funded its restoration. In 2017, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit, approved under document No. Xuanzheng Mi [2017] 45.

Fuling Town: Fuling Town is located in the southeastern part of Jixi County, bordering Moxiao Township of Lin’an City, Zhejiang Province to the east, Yingzhou Township to the south, Yangxi Town to the west, and Jiapeng Township to the north. The Jihu Highway runs north-south through the entire town, while the Hukan Highway connects directly to the provincial-level Wutun Highway. The town government is located 22 kilometers from the county seat. The town covers a total area of 183 square kilometers, about one-sixth of the county’s total area. It includes 216,350 mu of mountainous land, 14,145 mu of cultivated land, a total population of 21,232, and 6,164 households, governed by 12 village committees.

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