Zheyi Wu Ancestral Hall

Zheyi Wu Ancestral Hall

Zheyi Wu Ancestral Hall is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Zheyi Wu Ancestral Hall is located at No. 4 Donghuali, Fuxian Road, Fuxian Community Committee, Zumiao Subdistrict Office, Chancheng District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. It is a building from the late Qing Dynasty. The structure faces south with a slight eastward orientation, is 13.4 meters wide, and has two courtyards with a depth of 30.8 meters, covering an area of 416 square meters. Originally, there were Qingyun Lanes on both sides. It is a three-bay, two-courtyard structure, with auxiliary buildings in the rear that were originally used as storage towers. It features a flush-gable roof with hipped gables. The walls are made of blue bricks, with granite stone bases. The front courtyard was renovated during the Republic of China period, retaining the street-facing main gate. The first courtyard was modified to include a flat terrace, with two layers of old-style bricks laid on top of the roof beams. The gate wall is constructed from polished blue bricks, with stone columns, stone architraves, stone lions, three-tiered drum stones, and decorative brick carvings on the gable walls. The central courtyard is preserved. The corridors on the east and west sides of the courtyard were also renovated. The second courtyard has four central columns—round wooden columns with stone bases—and a nine-rafter beam structure, retaining the original raised-beam architectural style. Brick columns were added beside the granite eave pillars of the corridor in front of the second courtyard, and arched brickwork was built between them. Before the liberation, this ancestral hall was used as the “Linghai Primary School,” where Huang Shaoqiang once led students to hold art exhibitions. Zheyi Wu Ancestral Hall serves as physical evidence for the study of the historical architecture of the Donghuali ancient building complex. In June 2001, it was announced as part of the Donghuali Ancient Building Complex, a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, along with other historic buildings in Donghuali.

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