Xu Zhen Second Ancestral Hall

　　Xu Zhen Second Ancestral Hall is an ancient building rich in ethnic style and local characteristics, and it is also the most well-preserved Qing Dynasty ancestral hall in Yongkang City to date. It is a key cultural heritage protection unit of Yongkang. Located within Wuyi Alley in the city center, the hall is grand in scale, covering an area of 1,512 square meters. The ancestral hall is divided into front, middle, and rear halls, each with five bays. The beams and frames of the main, secondary, and side spans in all three halls are all of the post-and-lintel construction type. The main gate of the front hall features a three-tiered, pavilion-style structure. The walls are entirely constructed from blue polished bricks. There are also two rectangular lintels inlaid with three-dimensional floral patterns such as lotus and grapes, while on the false side doors on both sides, there are stone carvings—one depicting musical instruments and chess, the other calligraphy and painting. The outer walls on both sides of the main gate are designed in a "three-flower-three-wall" pattern, with decorative ridge tiles, drip tiles, and ornaments on the wall tops. The entire wall surface is majestic and exquisitely crafted. The front and rear eave pillars and purlins of the front and middle halls are adorned with bracket arms (brackets extending from columns), carved with patterns of figures, birds and beasts, flowers, and birds.

　　Before liberation, Xu Zhen Second Ancestral Hall served as the office of the Yongkang County Council and was a gathering place for scholars and literati, often hosting calligraphy and painting exhibitions inside the hall. After liberation, it was used as a grain storage facility and staff dormitory. In recent years, the Yongkang Municipal People's Government has designated this ancestral hall for management by the cultural relics authorities, and it has recently been announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit by the provincial government.