The Jinghui Ancestral Hall

The Jinghui Ancestral Hall

The Jinghui Ancestral Hall is a cultural relic protection unit of Huadu District.

The Jinghui Ancestral Hall is located in the central community of Langtou Village. Originally built during the Ming Dynasty, it was renovated in the 25th year of the Daoguang reign in the Qing Dynasty (1845). Facing south and covering an area of 458 square meters, the hall has a three-bay, three-courtyard layout. It spans a total width of 12 meters and a depth of 36.5 meters. Architectural features include a gable and hip roof with flush gable walls, baroque-style clay sculptures along the roof ridge, gray-glazed barrel tiles, blue brick walls, and a floor paved with red clay bricks.

The front gate is three bays wide, spanning 12 meters, and two bays deep, measuring 7.5 meters, totaling eleven rafters. The front porch has three steps. The main ridge is adorned with gray clay sculptures depicting birds, plum blossoms, peonies, landscapes, and other patterns. The front eave beams and the eave closures are carved with motifs of opera characters, birds and auspicious beasts, as well as flowers, fruits, and melons. The main gate is fitted with granite door frames 1.8 meters wide, and the stone lintel is inscribed in relief with the words “Jinghui Ancestral Hall.” The upper inscription reads “Renovated in the mid-autumn of the Yi-Si year (1845) of the Daoguang reign,” while the lower inscription states “Engraved by Liang Yingqian, Magistrate of Yicheng County, □, and copied in reverence by Sun Jiagui.” The central bay features a central door. The left side bay’s gable wall contains a brick-carved niche for the Door God. The stone door pedestals are carved with patterns of lions, vases, and flowers. The facade is made of polished blue brick walls with granite stone foundations. There are four levels of stone steps.

The central hall is three bays wide, spanning 12 meters, and three bays deep, measuring 8.9 meters, totaling eleven rafters, with double-step front and rear porches. Four hardwood king posts bear the load, supported by duck-shit stone bases. Between the rear king posts is a screen door, above which hangs a wooden plaque inscribed with “Aijin Hall.” The front porch beams feature bracket arms carved with intertwined floral patterns. The central hall is preceded by two side halls, each three bays wide, with six-rafter arched roofs and two-rafter front corridors. The courtyard is 5 meters wide and 6.5 meters deep.

The rear hall is three bays wide, spanning 12 meters, and three bays deep, measuring 8.8 meters, totaling thirteen rafters, with a three-step front porch. Four hardwood king posts bear the load, supported by duck-shit stone bases. The rear hall is also preceded by two side halls with six-rafter arched roofs and two-rafter front corridors. The courtyard is 5 meters wide and 6.5 meters deep.

The interior walls of the ancestral hall have been repainted with lime wash. The courtyards of the central and rear halls now have cement floors.

The ancestral hall enshrines Huang Liang (1403–1469), the 12th-generation ancestor of the Huang family, also known as Jinghui and styled Liangcai. He was the son of Lexuan and passed the imperial examination to become a Jinshi (advanced scholar). His descendant, Huang Bowei, also achieved the status of Jinshi.