The Che Clan Ancestral Hall in Boluo

The Che Clan Ancestral Hall in Boluo

The Che Clan Ancestral Hall in Boluo is a cultural relic protection unit of Boluo County.

The Che Clan Ancestral Hall is located in Che Village, Taimei Town, Boluo County. Originally built during the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, it was later destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in the first year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1836). The hall has a total width of 20.2 meters and a total depth of 39.1 meters, covering an area of 889 square meters. The layout consists of a two-courtyard structure that rises progressively. The front hall is three bays wide and three bays deep, featuring bluestone octagonal square pillars and lotus-shaped column bases. Stone railings are installed on both sides of the front hall. The fence posts are made of red sandstone, square in shape, 1.85 meters high, with torch-like capitals; the panels are carved from four pieces of red sandstone, decorated with patterns such as auspicious cranes, lotuses, scroll clouds, and dragon motifs. They are 1.35 meters high and 2.4 meters wide. The main hall is also three bays wide and three bays deep, with red sandstone square pillars and drum-disc-style column bases. The main hall houses ancestral tablets, and beneath the tablet platform lies a carved red stone slab featuring 11 decorative patterns including fruits and animals. At the base of the slab, there are carved stone figures of human-faced beasts. The upper right corner of the slab is inscribed with “The first day of the second month in the 28th year of the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming,” while the upper left corner reads “Dedicated by Che Yingwen, the ninth-generation descendant, and his son Che Liang.”

The hall preserves an iron incense burner from the Ming Dynasty, standing 80 cm tall with a diameter of 56 cm. The lower part of the burner is shaped like a pomegranate and supported by three human-faced beast feet. The base of the burner is carved from red stone, square in shape, with lion motifs and others carved on all four sides.

In 1985, the Boluo County People's Government designated it as a cultural relic protection unit.

Taimei Town: Located in the eastern part of Boluo County, Taimei Town borders the Dongjiang River to the east, faces Xiangtou Mountain to the west, neighbors Xiaojinkou Town of Huicheng District to the south, and connects with Yangcun and Botang towns of Boluo County to the north. The town covers a total area of 183.5 square kilometers with a population of 44,400. Currently, there are over 40 industrial enterprises in the town.

Location Advantage: A suburban area near downtown Huizhou; adjacent to Shenzhen and Dongguan, it is an important part of the one-hour living circle of Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Taimei is a gateway town in the eastern part of Boluo County. The town center is 25 km south to Jiangbei in Huizhou, 86 km to Shenzhen, and 70 km to Dongguan, and 5 km north to Heyuan... More detailed information about Taimei Town++