The Shenfang Official Hall in Pingpu

The Shenfang Official Hall in Pingpu

The Shenfang Official Hall in Pingpu is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

The Shenfang Official Hall in Pingpu is located in Pingpu Village, Guanqian Town, Changting County. It faces northwest and is oriented southeast, consisting of a gate tower, entrance hall, rain courtyard, main gate, lower hall, middle hall, upper hall, three rows of wing rooms on the right, and one row of wing rooms on the left, covering a total area of 2,275 square meters. The middle hall is three bays wide, eight bays deep with a front porch featuring a rolled awning, and employs post-and-lintel and Dougong-style beam frameworks, with a flush gable roof. The upper hall is a two-story building.

Pingpu Village: Pingpu Village in Guanqian Town, Changting County, is situated at the foot of Yunxiao Mountain in the Wuyi Mountain Range, bordering Zhiping Township and Caofang Township of Ninghua County, Sanming City. It is 6 kilometers from the town center. At the end of 2011, the village had a population of 298 households, totaling 1,348 people, including 43 Party members. The village consists of 9 natural groups, with 2,156 mu of arable land and over 21,000 mu of forested land, including more than 1,000 mu of bamboo forests. In 2011, the per capita income of villagers was 7,353 yuan, and the village’s fixed fiscal income was about 20,000 yuan. The village is home to the renowned Yunxiao Mountain—one of the Eight Famous Mountains of Changting (with an elevation of 1,170 meters)—and a provincial-level cultural heritage site... Detailed information about Pingpu Village++

Further Reading:

· The Eighth Batch of Provincial Cultural Heritage Sites in Fujian