Ancestral hall

Ancestral hall

The ancestral hall is located at No. 3, Fuguo Street (formerly known as Zujia Street), Xicheng District. Zu dashou, a native of Liaodong, was a general of Qing Dynasty. He died in 1656. This place was originally the residence of Zu dashou, but later it was rebuilt into a ancestral temple. In 1730, the Eight Banners government school was set up here. In 1769, it was rebuilt. Later, it was set up as the third public school in Beijing. The temple faces south from the north. There is a pair of shangmashi outside the gate. There are five North rooms in the front yard (main hall), one east and one west ear room, five North rooms in the back yard (back bedroom), two East and two West ear rooms and three East and West accessory rooms. There are 7 rooms in the north and 3 rooms in the south. It is a typical layout of bureaucratic residence in Qing Dynasty. It is a key cultural relic in Xicheng District.

Introduction to Zu dashou

Zu dashou was a general in the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in Ningyuan (now Xingcheng, Liaoning). His ancestors guarded Ningyuan from generation to generation. His sister is Wu Sangui's stepmother, and Wu Sangui should be regarded as his nephew. He himself was a cadre under yuan Chonghuan, a patriotic militarist in the late Ming Dynasty. He was brave and good at fighting, and he made many miraculous achievements. Later, because yuan Chonghuan was falsely accused of imprisonment, he angrily led his troops out of the pass. After several repetitions, he finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing soldiers entered the pass, he lived in the residence of Zujia street for 12 years until he died in 1656. After his death, his house was changed into a ancestral hall, called the ancestral hall.

Historical evolution

In 1730 A.D., the Qing government opened the Eight Banners official school. In 1769 A.D., the Yellow banners official school was rebuilt in the ancestral hall. In 1912, it was rebuilt as the third public middle school in Beijing. In 1950, it was changed into the third middle school in Beijing. From 1913 to 1918, Lao She, a famous writer, studied here.

How many grand temples and luxurious royal palaces in Beijing have been damaged and demolished, which has gone nowhere or beyond recognition. Fortunately, the ancestral hall is well preserved and maintained. He is now No. 3, Fuguo street, facing south from the north. On the central axis, there are three gates, three halls, five main halls in the front yard, and one ear room in the East and one in the West. There are five bedrooms in the back yard, two in the East and two in the west, and three in the East and three in the West. Another West Cross courtyard and garden, is a typical pattern of bureaucratic residence in Qing Dynasty. Between the front courtyard and the back courtyard, there is a large-scale and exquisite vertical flower gate, which is very rare in Beijing.

When opening Ping'an Street and expanding Zhao Dengyu Road, the ancestral hall was deliberately avoided. Beijing No.3 middle school takes good care of the ancient buildings. When they expanded the school, they built the new teaching building in the West instead of demolishing the old one. Now the third middle school is the traditional ancestral hall and the new teaching building. In 1995, No.3 middle school opened Lao She's exhibition room in the classroom where Mr. Lao she studied. Mrs. Hu Jianqing, Lao She's wife, cut the ribbon in person.

Address: No.3, Fuguo Street (jiuzujia Street) (near Pingan Lane)

Longitude: 116.367237

Latitude: 39.931358

Chinese PinYin : Zu Da Shou Ci