Chenggu Han Family Ancestral Hall

　　The Han Family Ancestral Hall is located in Xiba Village, Yuangong Town, Chenggu County. It was first built during the Ming Dynasty. In 2014, it was announced by the People's Government of Shaanxi Province as a cultural relic protection unit under the sixth batch of Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units.

　　The Han family originally came from Fengyang, Anhui. During the Ming Dynasty, they relocated to Yuangong, Chenggu due to military merit, where they built the ancestral hall. Their descendants thrived there. During the Qing Dynasty, several members of the Han family passed the imperial examinations to become juren (presented scholars) and jinshi (advanced scholars). Among them, during the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, one member of the Han family served as the prefect of Wuxi and was granted noble titles twice by the emperor (the imperial edicts are now preserved at the Chenggu County Museum). To commemorate their ancestors’ virtues, the ancestral hall was expanded during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. It has undergone multiple renovations since then. The site covers a total area of 1,170 square meters, faces south with a north orientation, and is built with a composite structure of brick, earth, and timber. It consists of a screen wall, memorial archway, main gate, council hall, offering hall, and sacrificial hall. The sacrificial hall is three bays wide and one bay deep, with a flush-gable roof covered with small gray tiles, and was constructed during the Ming Dynasty.

　　This building is the most completely preserved family ancestral hall in Chenggu and even southern Shaanxi. As the Han family was a prestigious and influential clan in Chenggu, with many descendants holding official positions during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, high-quality materials and exquisite craftsmanship were used in the construction of the hall. It represents the highest level of architectural artistry among family ancestral halls in the Hanzhong region at that time. Therefore, it holds significant value for studying population migration during the Ming and Qing Dynasties as well as the residential architectural arts of the period.