Zhao Temple Tian Clan Ancestral Hall

Zhao Temple Tian Clan Ancestral Hall

The Zhao Temple Tian Clan Ancestral Hall is a cultural relic protection unit of Dongying City.

The Zhao Temple Tian Clan Ancestral Hall is located to the west of Zhao Temple Village in Lique Town and is a Ming Dynasty building. In 1988, the Xiyin, Xiaozhang, and Lique three-tier cultural relics survey team under the Guangrao County Cultural Relics Survey Team conducted a detailed investigation of the Zhao Temple Tian Clan Ancestral Hall. The hall was re-examined during the third national survey of immovable cultural relics in 2010. The investigation revealed that the ancestral hall consists of a complete courtyard, comprising a main north-facing building and a gatehouse, covering approximately 33 meters from north to south and 15 meters from east to west, with a total area of about 500 square meters. The main building has three rooms, facing south, measuring 9.1 meters in length from east to west and 5.1 meters in width from north to south, with eaves 3.5 meters high and the roof ridge 5.5 meters high. The gatehouse consists of one room, built with a brick-and-wood structure, featuring blue bricks and gray tiles, and is well-preserved. This ancestral hall is currently the only surviving Ming Dynasty structure in Guangrao County. The building exhibits typical architectural features of the Ming Dynasty and provides important physical material for the study of Ming Dynasty architectural art. It was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit in the third batch in 2017.

Lique Town: Lique Town is located in the southern part of Guangrao County, 8 kilometers from the county seat. It borders Linzi District of Zibo City to the south, connects to Dawang Town to the east, and adjoins Zibo City and Binzhou City to the west. The provincial-level highway Xinhedao runs north-south through the town, and the planned local railway—Xingguang Railway—will traverse the area from east to west. The total area is 66.44 square kilometers, with cultivated land covering 75,916 mu. There are 57 villagers' committees, with a total of 10,806 households and a population of 36,768, including 17,197 females, 1,673 non-agricultural residents, a natural population growth rate of 3.89‰, and a family planning rate of 99%.

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