Li's ancestral hall

Li's ancestral hall

Li's ancestral hall is located in huangyong village, Zhongtang Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. It was built in 1173, the ninth year of Qiandao in Southern Song Dynasty. It is a place for Li's family to sacrifice their ancestors and sages. It has a history of more than 800 years. The ancestral hall has strong Lingnan architectural characteristics. Although it has been repaired many times in the past dynasties, it still retains the style of the original carving art, with delicate lines. It is a precious heritage of the family's ancient architectural art.

architectural composition

The layout of the ancestral hall takes the shape of tortoise. The building is a courtyard with three entrances, two patios and a quadrangle layout. The temple is 48 meters deep and 24 meters wide. There are Baotai in front and wing rooms on both sides. There are 15 rooms in the East and West, covering an area of 2360 square meters. The ancestral hall covers an area of 1337 square meters. It is one of the largest existing ancestral halls in Dongguan.

The main building of the ancestral hall is a well-known hard hilltop structure in Guangdong Province, with a mixed beam frame structure of lifting beam and crossing bucket. There are two round red sandstone columns on the left and right of the front desk of the hall. The front eaves are covered with canopies. The beams on both sides of the column end are full of carvings. There are birds, animals, insects, fish, clouds, thunder, Ruyi, etc. the carvings are exquisite and the craftsmanship is exquisite. The plaque of "Li's great ancestral hall" is hung on the top of the front door. The base of the grand ancestral temple is tortoise shaped, with head, hand, foot and tail. There are three levels of water in front of the temple and six channels into the village. The ancestral temple is facing the peak of Huangqi mountain. Therefore, the couplet of the gate of the ancestral temple says "the gate is filial to the peak of the yellow flag mountain, and the Millennium branch of the water around the temple will last forever." the couplet is written by Li Yihai, an academician.

Across the courtyard of the ancient temple is Zhongjin Hall (the main hall). Its structure is a combination of beam lifting and bucket piercing, which is magnificent. Each roof beam here has elliptical brackets at both ends. The brackets are carved with colorful clouds and streamers. The purlins are inlaid with flower carvings. The hooks of the beams are engraved with flat dragons and other patterns. Looking up, it is exquisite and unique, which contains profound cultural heritage, It has high aesthetic value, academic value and use value.

On both sides of the inner entrance platform, there are two steles with fine stone as the body and red stone as the base, on which are recorded the inscriptions written by Li chunsou of song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. The characters of the six are different, with iron painting and silver fishing, and exquisite carving. The inscription was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. It is the oldest one in Dongguan and one of the key cultural relics.

Current situation of Architecture

There is a lotus pond garden behind the ancestral temple, covering an area of more than two mu. The three directions of the ancestral temple are different from each other. The inner entrance to the main seat, the middle entrance to the left, and the advance to the right are rare special features in the ancestral temple, which is pointed by Lai Buyi, Jiangxi earth master. At that time, there was a legend that when the ancestral hall was being leveled, a man of letters in cloth and sandals looked from left to right, placed three chairs in front, middle and back, and then set out to walk in the direction of Shilong. At that time, the descendants of huangyong ancestral hall thought that this man was strange and suspected that he was the most important one Lai Buyi, who came to Dianxue Huanggu tomb in Dongguan, immediately sent someone to the road to Shilong and chased him to Dushu area of Dongjiang River. Then he found him. If it was Lai Buyi, he begged him to turn back and instruct him to build the temple. But he refused to come back again. He said, "look at your ancestors' good fortune, I once set up three chairs. It's not the same as geomantic geography If the three buildings of the ancestral temple are built in the direction of Jiaoyi, they will prosper at any time. Otherwise, if they are moved, there will be no great fortune. So the villagers turned back in a hurry. Fortunately, the three chairs did not move, so they built the ancestral temple according to the orders of the local master. Therefore, the great prosperity of huangyong has a long history.

The ancestral hall was burned by soldiers in the past dynasties, destroyed three times and rebuilt many times. During the period of Deyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was destroyed again by fire and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. During the Anti Japanese War, it was burned by the Japanese army and rebuilt later. It was expanded in the third year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1415) and expanded in the tenth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1805). In 1993, Li's ancestral hall was a municipal cultural relic protection unit in Dongguan City, and in 2002, it was rated as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Traffic information

Take bus No.61 and get off at huangyong station. Walk north to the fork of the road. Walk east along Lane 2, debenfang street, huangyong to the end.

Main attractions

Li's ancestral hall was built in 1173, the ninth year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty. It has strong Lingnan architectural characteristics. Although it has been repaired many times in the past dynasties, it still retains the original style of carving art, with delicate lines, which is a valuable heritage of ancient architectural art. The layout of the ancestral hall takes the shape of tortoise. The building is a courtyard with three entrances, two patios and a quadrangle layout. The temple is 48 meters deep and 24 meters wide. There are Baotai in front and wing rooms on both sides. There are 15 rooms in the East and West, covering an area of 2360 square meters. The ancestral hall covers an area of 1337 square meters. It is one of the largest existing ancestral halls in Dongguan. The main building of the ancestral hall is a well-known hard hilltop structure in Guangdong Province, with a mixed beam frame structure of lifting beam and crossing bucket. There are two round red sandstone columns on the left and right of the front desk of the hall. The front eaves are covered with canopies. The beams on both sides of the column end are full of carvings. There are birds, animals, insects, fish, clouds, thunder, Ruyi, etc. the carvings are exquisite and the craftsmanship is exquisite. The plaque of "Li's great ancestral hall" is hung on the top of the front door. The base of the grand ancestral temple is tortoise shaped, with head, hand, foot and tail. There are three levels of water in front of the temple and six channels into the village. The ancestral temple is facing the peak of Huangqi mountain. Therefore, the couplet of the gate of the ancestral temple says "the gate is filial to the peak of the yellow flag mountain, and the Millennium branch of the water around the temple will last forever." the couplet is written by Li Yihai, an academician.

Address: No.6, jiamenqian street, Xindi, huangyong village, Zhongtang Town, Dongguan City

Longitude: 113.73709869385

Latitude: 23.120157241821

Ticket information: market price: 30.0 yuan

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