Shiting Zhaohui New Palace

Shiting Zhaohui New Palace

Shiting Zhaohui New Palace is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

Shiting Zhaohui New Palace is located in Liping Natural Village, Shiting Village, Baisha Town, Hanjiang District, Putian City, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

Description: Originally built in the first year of the Qianlong reign during the Qing Dynasty (1736), the existing structure was reconstructed in the seventeenth year of the Guangxu reign (1891). It faces northeast and is situated southwest, with a total width of five bays spanning 15.1 meters and a depth of 16.6 meters, covering an area of 250.7 square meters. The complex consists of a front hall, a central courtyard, side corridors on both sides, and a main hall, forming a two-courtyard corridor-style building. The front hall has five bays in width, three inner columns and eight rafters in depth, along with a front porch; the main hall also has five bays in width and three inner columns and eight rafters in depth. Inside the palace are ten murals from the Qing Dynasty and two couplets inscribed by Qing dynasty’s Chen Baochen.

Protected area: 5 meters beyond the edge of the front terrace to the northeast, 5 meters beyond the fruit orchard to the northwest, 5 meters beyond the mountain land to the southwest, and 5 meters beyond the backstage of the stage to the southeast.

In 2018, Shiting Zhaohui New Palace was announced as part of the ninth batch of provincial-level cultural heritage sites by the People's Government of Fujian Province.

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Further reading:

· Ninth Batch of Provincial Cultural Heritage Sites in Fujian Province