The Puping Lin Clan Ancestral Hall Complex

The Puping Lin Clan Ancestral Hall Complex

The Puping Lin Clan Ancestral Hall Complex is a cultural relic protection unit of Fujian Province.

The Puping Lin Clan Ancestral Hall Complex is located in Puping Village, Wuzhai Township, Pinghe County, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

Introduction: It consists of the Floral Brick Ancestral Hall, the Grand Lin Ancestral Hall, the Dragon Head Ancestral Hall, and the Sui Feng Ancestral Hall. The ancestral halls are arranged in two rows, with the Sui Feng Ancestral Hall at the front and, from east to west in the back row, the Floral Brick Ancestral Hall, the Dragon Head Ancestral Hall, and the Grand Lin Ancestral Hall. The Grand Lin Ancestral Hall was first built during the Shunzhi era (1644–1661) of the Qing Dynasty, with the other three halls constructed successively afterward. The complex covers a land area of 1,292.22 square meters and a building area of 829.18 square meters. All structures face south with a slight eastward orientation, featuring a two-courtyard, one-entry layout and flush-gable roofs. In the 19th year of the Guangxu reign (1893) during the Qing Dynasty, Lin Chaodong and others from the Lin family of Wufeng in Taiwan returned to their ancestral home to worship their forebears and erected a stone stele inscribed with “The Sacrificial Field of Qimao Gong.”

Protection boundary: Each individual structure is protected by an extension of 20 meters in all directions.

In 2018, the Puping Lin Clan Ancestral Hall Complex was announced by the People’s Government of Fujian Province as part of the ninth batch of provincial-level cultural relic protection units.

Puping Village: Puping Village is located southwest of Wuzhai Township and comprises 11 villager groups, with a total population of 2,165. The terrain is mostly hilly, and the main crops include honey pomelo, rice, and green soybeans. The Lin Family Ancestral Hall in Puping Village exudes a deep sense of kinship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Lin Shi, the founding ancestor of the Wufeng Lin family in Taiwan, was the 14th-generation descendant of Lin Zimu, the founding ancestor of Puping. Since Lin Shi crossed to Taiwan, the Lin clans in Taiwan and Puping have maintained frequent exchanges that continued uninterrupted through generations. However, due to historical reasons, interactions between the Lin families across the Strait became less frequent after Lin Zumu's descendants. It was not until after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China that cross-strait relations... Detailed information about Puping Village++

Further reading:

· Ninth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Fujian Province