Shrine of Lin Jianquan in Lianjiang

Shrine of Lin Jianquan in Lianjiang

The Shrine of Lin Jianquan in Lianjiang is a cultural heritage site protected at the district level in Cangshan District.

Shrine of Lin Jianquan in Lianjiang

Located in Lianjiang Village, Linpu, Chengmen Town, Cangshan District, it is also known as the Lin Tingyu Family Ancestral Hall. Built in the mid-summer of 1578 (the sixth year of the Wanli reign in the Ming Dynasty) by Lin Rong, son of Lin Tingyu, it once functioned as a timber processing plant for Lianpu Village and was renovated in 1990. Oriented 18 degrees southwest, it covers an area of 285 square meters. The shrine is a wooden structure facing west, consisting of a gate tower, courtyard, lean-to rooms, main hall, and other sections. The gate tower is a wooden structure in the style of a memorial archway, featuring a single-eave hip-and-gable roof. Its plaque is inscribed in regular script: “Family Ancestral Hall of Master Lin Jianquan, built in the auspicious mid-summer of the year 1578 during the Wanli reign.” Ming Dynasty’s Zhengde era literary official Lin Han, who held the title of Minister of Personnel, later became Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, and was posthumously honored as Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent. His elder brother Lin Tinggui, a scholar in the 60th year of the Gengzi reign, was posthumously honored as Director of the Vanguard Army of Nanjing. Another brother, Lin Ting, honored with the posthumous title Kangyi, served as Minister of Works and was posthumously honored as Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent. Yet another brother, Lin Tingkai, held the fourth-rank official title and was appointed as magistrate of Changshu and vice magistrate of Taizhou. Others served as judicial officials in Qiongzhou and later as judicial officials in Chaozhou, Guangdong. His younger brother Lin Tingzhi, also holding the fourth-rank official title, was appointed magistrate of Shangyu, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang. His younger brother Lin Tingzhi was a scholar in the year of Yimao. Lin Tingji, posthumously honored as Wenxi, served as Minister of Rites of Nanjing and was posthumously honored as Minor Guardian of the Heir Apparent. His nephew Lin Ting, served as Vice Minister of Rites, later promoted to Minister of Works of Nanjing concurrently serving as Minister of Revenue, and was posthumously honored as Minor Guardian of the Heir Apparent. Another nephew, Lin Yang, served as Director of the Vanguard Army of Nanjing. His son, Lin Wenxiu, became a Doctor at the Imperial College. Upon entering the shrine, there is a screen door. The main hall is three bays wide and seven columns deep, built with a post-and-lintel frame that reduces the number of columns. It features a double-sloped roof, with fireproof gables on both sides and the rear. The courtyard and corridors are paved with stone. The interior houses an ancestral shrine, whose crossbeam is carved with a design of two phoenixes facing the sun. The hall pillars and paneling are all coated in black lacquer.

In April 1995, it was designated as a district-level cultural heritage protection site.

This ancestral hall is fairly typical and provides physical reference material for studying ancient ancestral halls and clan culture in Cangshan District.

Lianjiang Village: Historically part of the old Lianpu area, Lianjiang Village includes historic sites such as the imperial palace of the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Lian-Xi Academy. It benefits from convenient transportation and a solid industrial foundation. The village currently has 796 households, a population of 2,397, and 1,499 laborers. In 2012, the total rural economic income was 266.17 million yuan, with village fiscal revenue of 843,100 yuan.

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