Jiming Archway

　　Jiming Archway is situated in Daxiang, Daxing Village, Huyang Township, Dangtu County, Ma'anshan City, right in the middle of the main lane, with the vast Shijiu Lake to its east. The archway is of a two-pillar, memorial gateway style, standing 7.63 meters tall. The central part of the main and back façades features two large regular-script characters “恩荣” (Imperial Favor), and both horizontal plaques bear the three characters “济美坊” (Jiming Archway). On the back horizontal plaque, on either side, inscriptions read: “Ding Maoru, Prefect of Taiping Prefecture in Zhili; Chen Suomin, Deputy Prefect; Hu Ruli, Judicial Commissioner; Liu Gai, Magistrate; Zhang Honggang, Magistrate of Dangtu County, jointly erected this in the first month of the first year of the Wanli era in the Ming Dynasty, on an auspicious day, in honor of: Xing [surname], father of the Provincial Administration Commissioner of Jiangxi and Jiajing-era Imperial Examination graduate, who was a Jinshi of the Hongzhi Year of the Boar; Xing Zhi, son and Magistrate of Pucheng County, Fujian, who was a local Jiajing-era Imperial Examination graduate; and Xing Zhi, son and Surveillance Commissioner of Shandong Province as well as Transport Commissioner, who was a local Jiajing-era Imperial Examination graduate. Re-erected in the first month of the first year of the Wanli era, an auspicious day.”

　　Protected area: 10 meters around the archway.

　　Construction control zone: 50 meters around the archway.