The Dafu Pan Clan Ancestral Hall

The Dafu Pan Clan Ancestral Hall

The Dafu Pan Clan Ancestral Hall is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Pan Clan Ancestral Hall is located in Dafu Village, She County. Originally built in 1585, it was renovated during the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty. It has three courtyards. The entrance hall features a five-phoenix tower-style structure, with exquisitely carved brick reliefs on the decorative side walls in the shape of inverted “八”. The middle section is a courtyard with a flagstone-paved floor, flanked by tiger corridors. The central courtyard has five bays, with sturdy beams and pillars in the main hall. The spandrels and tray-like brackets are carved with one hundred horses, known as the "Hundred Horses Painting." Historic plaques inscribed with the names of celebrated figures from various dynasties hang from the beams. The rear courtyard is over one meter above ground level, featuring seven bays, blue stone eave pillars, a double-eave roof, and an upper floor. There is a well in the courtyard pool, and doors in the stairwells on the upper floor lead to the back hill behind the hall. This ancestral hall boasts an imposing presence and exquisite carvings. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit of Anhui Province.

On October 7, 2019, the Dafu Pan Clan Ancestral Hall was included in the eighth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Further reading:

· Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units