Cheng Clan Ancestral Hall of Xing Village

Cheng Clan Ancestral Hall of Xing Village

The Cheng Clan Ancestral Hall of Xing Village is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

Cheng Clan Ancestral Hall of Xing Village

Cheng Clan Ancestral Hall – the name of the ancestral hall. Located in Xing Village, Gantang Town, approximately 5 kilometers from the urban area of Huangshan District. Originally built during the Ming Dynasty, it was later destroyed and rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty, retaining to this day the architectural style of the Ming era. This ancestral hall serves as a branch shrine for Cheng Lingshun. Construction began in the spring of 1447, featuring a main hall with four bays, east and west wings with eight bays each, and a front gate house with four bays. It faces the Stone Creek in the front and borders an irrigation channel on the right. In the winter of 1486, four additional bays were added for the bedroom chamber. The structure includes grand halls, corridors, and connecting eaves. Today, the hall, rooms, corridors, and courtyard remain intact. The architecture is grand and quite majestic. It has three courtyards, with walls topped by flush gable roofs. The framework of the ancestral hall uses a post-and-lintel style, while the gate tower adopts the design of a Five Phoenix Tower. The hall stretches 58.6 meters in depth, 22.6 meters in width, with eaves 7.5 meters high, and covers a construction area of 1,324.36 square meters. The first section is the entrance hall, with a courtyard to the west, flanked by corridors on both sides; the second section is the main hall; the third section is the bedroom chamber. The gate tower, horizontal beams, brackets under the eaves, spandrels, diagonal supports, and large dougong brackets are all intricately carved with figures, birds, flowers, and pavilions. The ancestral hall features a full array of wood carvings, brick carvings, and stone carvings, all with vivid and lifelike designs. The ancestral hall is well-preserved and was designated as part of the fifth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Provincial Level in Anhui Province in October 2004.

Protected Area: 3 meters to the east and south, 1 meter to the north outside the enclosure wall, and 10 meters outside the western wall.

Construction Control Zone: 15 meters beyond the protected area in all directions (east, south, west, and north).

Xing Village: Located in the southwestern suburbs of Huangshan City, Xing Village in Gantang Town is 6 kilometers from the urban area, with Provincial Highway S218 (Taiyi Road) running through it, offering very convenient transportation. The total land area of Xing Village is 17.3 square kilometers, including 208.08 mu of arable land, 23.83 mu of water bodies, 38.73 mu of village road land, and 1,388.09 mu of forest land. The village has 492 households, a population of 1,621, and 1,002 rural laborers, of which 550 are migrant workers, divided among 10 villager groups. The Village Party General Branch has three subordinate branches: Agriculture & Forestry, Trade Union, and Senior Citizens’ Association, with a total of 71 Party members... Detailed Information about Xing Village++

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level