The Xiapu Li Ancestral Hall

The Xiapu Li Ancestral Hall

The Xiapu Li Ancestral Hall is a cultural heritage site protected by Shaowu authorities.

The Xiapu Li Ancestral Hall is located on the west side of Xiapu Natural Village, Jinping Village, Jinping Township, Shaowu City, Nanping, Fujian Province. It was first built in the 16th year of the Qianlong reign during the Qing Dynasty (1751), featuring a brick-and-wood structure, facing east with a westward orientation, and has a rectangular floor plan. The main building is a single-courtyard, single-entry structure. According to the "Genealogy of the Li Clan," the first ancestor of the Li family, Li Siliu, migrated here during the Song Dynasty. Along the central axis from front to back are, in sequence, a courtyard, the front hall, another courtyard, the main hall, a rain shelter corridor, and the rear hall. The total width is 22 meters, the total depth is 31 meters, and the area is 682 square meters. The front hall features a hip-and-gable roof and a mixed post-and-lintel and beam-raising structural style, spanning five bays in width and four columns in depth, with front and rear corridors. The main hall has a hip-and-gable roof, spans five bays in width and five columns in depth, with a front corridor that features a coffered ceiling. The central and side bays both use large-scale post-and-lintel and beam-raising wooden frameworks. The rear hall has a flush gable roof and a post-and-lintel and beam-raising wooden structure, spanning five bays in width and three columns in depth, with side rooms on both sides—single-eave, three-bay storied buildings. The rain shelter corridor also has a flush gable roof, with courtyards and side rooms on either side. This ancestral hall is well-preserved, featuring exquisite wood carvings on the spandrels and octagonal, basin-shaped column bases. It provides important physical material for the study of Qing Dynasty architecture.

The Xiapu Li Ancestral Hall has been designated as a county-level cultural heritage protection site.

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