Zhou Sheng Ancestral Hall

Zhou Sheng Ancestral Hall

Zhou Sheng Ancestral Hall is a cultural relic protection unit of Fujian Province.

Zhou Sheng Ancestral Hall is located in Tufang Village, Tufang Town, Changting County, and dates back to the Qing Dynasty.

Description: Built in the ninth year of the Daoguang reign during the Qing Dynasty (1829), it is a Hakka-style enclosed mansion complex. Facing west and situated eastward, it covers an area of 3,060 square meters, featuring a grand architectural scale composed of a front courtyard, main gate, central courtyard, lower, middle, and upper halls, six rows of wing rooms, and a rear enclosing wall. It employs a mixed post-and-lintel and through-tenon wooden structure, features a flush-gable roof, and has a floor paved with lime-clay mixture.

Protected area: The building is surrounded by a buffer zone extending 20 meters outward on all sides.

In 2018, Zhou Sheng Ancestral Hall was designated as part of the ninth batch of provincial-level cultural relic protection units by the People’s Government of Fujian Province.

Tufang Village: By the end of 2012, Tufang Village had a population of 4,085, with 864 farming households, 1,734 mu of arable land, 8,980 mu of state-owned forest, 1,350 mu of privately owned woodland, 81 Party members, 5 aspiring Party members, one dilapidated village office building, one Party branch, one village committee, and two old-style fortified Hakka residences known as “Fenghuo Weiwu.” … Tufang Village detailed information++

Further reading:

· Ninth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Fujian Province