Chiang's ancestral hall

Chiang's ancestral hall

Jiang's ancestral hall is a family ancestral hall building built in the middle of Qing Dynasty, which belongs to the place where Jiang's family worships ancestors and sages. Located in the center of urban construction in Xikou, Zhejiang Province, it is a place for Jiang's family to worship their ancestors, perform dramas, gather people and hold other weddings and funerals in traditional folk festivals such as Spring Festival and Qingming Festival.

Chiang's ancestral hall

Xikou scenic spot involves the ancestral temples and activity places of Jiang's ancestors, such as "Wushan Temple", "Maha hall" and "Jiang's ancestral hall", etc., while the "Jiang's ancestral hall" is really used by Jiang's family. The original scale was small. Later, Chiang Kai Shek invested in the renovation and expansion of the old ancestral hall, and personally inscribed the plaque of "filial piety". If you want to know something about the origin, evolution and prosperity of the Chiang family in Xikou, of course, you have to visit the "ancestral hall of the Chiang family".

historical origin

The ancestral hall of Jiang family has been established for a long time. In the 55th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. There was a major renovation. The style and area of the renovation remained unchanged. In 1930, Chiang Kai Shek expanded FengHao house, his former residence, and bought the front hall of Sanfang. The territory has expanded a lot. At that time, someone asked Chiang Kai Shek, "where are the ancestors of Sanfang?" Chiang Kai Shek set aside a large sum of money to build a new ancestral hall, which covers an area larger than FengHao house, his former residence. It is magnificent, spectacular and quite imposing. Activities such as ancestor worship and Opera watching are very convenient. There are wing rooms on both sides for more than ten families to live in.

Inscription by Chiang Kai Shek

After the new ancestral hall was built, the patriarch asked Chiang Kai Shek to inscribe a plaque on the building. At that time, Chiang Kai Shek was reading a book. When he saw Guan Yunchang's plot of "passing five passes and cutting six generals", he was shocked. Suddenly, the patriarch came in. Shaking his beard, he said, "everyone in the clan knows that you are good at calligraphy. I've come to ask you to write the plaque of the ancestral hall. Don't be surprised if you disturb me!" Chiang Kai Shek quickly stood up, helped him to sit down, ordered people to polish ink and unfold paper, and asked, "what do you write?" the patriarch said with a smile, "you are full of ink, and you can write whatever you like."

Chiang Kai Shek put down his pen, cut his hands and paced the room. When he came to the table and saw the romance of the Three Kingdoms, he remembered that Guan Gong's "loyalty, bravery, courtesy, righteousness, wisdom and faith" were written in the book. It was a flash in his eyes that Guan Yunchang's "loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness" was what the descendants of the Jiang family needed to carry forward. He pondered for a moment and felt that the people should take "loyalty" as the foundation. Only loyalty could be worthy of the country and ancestors, and the people and descendants. People should not be unfilial. Those who know filial piety can respect their ancestors, care for their younger generation and be filial to their brothers. Having made up his mind, he wrote down the four characters of "loyalty and filial piety" and handed them to the patriarch. When the patriarch saw it, he said "yes" several times. He made the inscription into a plaque and hung it on the top of the archway of Chiang's ancestral hall, telling the people to be loyal and filial from time to time.

Soon after, Chiang Kai Shek personally organized ancestor worship, held banquets, entertained the clansmen, and invested money to organize personnel to rebuild the genealogy. At the same time, he invited the troupe to perform several evening's dramas in the "ancestral hall of Chiang". He personally attended the performance, which made the Chiang people in Xikou really lively. In April 1937, Chiang Kai Shek's eldest brother, Chiang Kai Ching, fell ill and died. The coffin was placed in "Chiang's ancestral hall" where a funeral was held. On the 14th of April, the funeral was held. People surnamed Jiang in Xikou gathered in the ancestral hall of Jiang to attend the funeral. Two years later, in 1939, Mao Fumei, the wife of Chiang Kai Shek's former wife, was killed by the Japanese invasion plane, and a funeral was held in the "Chiang's ancestral hall".

Today, in addition to the historical relics of the Chiang family, the "Chiang ancestral hall" also displays pictures of the Taiwan issue (Taiwan history, cross strait relations) and explanatory texts jointly produced by the Taiwan Affairs Office and the Information Office of the State Council, which vividly shows the Taiwan issue and its history, current situation and development trend. It is a major scenic spot for people to understand Chiang's history.

Jiang's ancestral hall in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province

position

The ancestral hall of Jiang family in Puqian is located at No. 189, Puqian old street, Changzhou City.

survey

The ancestral hall house faces east and West, with a hard mountain brick and wood structure and a total of 4 entrances. The first entrance hall is 5, the second entrance hall is 5, the first entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 3, the fourth entrance hall is 3, the first entrance hall is 8, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5, the third entrance hall is 5. The north and South fire walls of the building are still preserved, and the wooden carvings are still in good condition. The first entrance to the third entrance is on a central axis, while the fourth entrance is slightly to the south of the third entrance, thus forming a large square patio in front of the building.

In the old days, there was a pair of stone lions in front of the door of the ancestral hall of the Chiang family. The ancestral hall was very strict, with thick wood, exquisitely carved doorstones, complete column foundations and high threshold. There were exquisite palace lanterns in the ancestral hall. During the Qingming Festival and the winter solstice, the Chiang clan gathered in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. Now there are more than 100 families with the surname Jiang living in the old street in Puqian.

Jiang family in Puqian

In front of Puqian, Chiang's name is "chasing the distant", which means to trace back and miss the distant ancestors. According to the literature, its distant ancestors can be traced back to the early Zhou Dynasty. According to the ancient book surname Zuan, the surname of Jiang originated from Ji. His first ancestor was Ji Dan (Duke of Zhou), who was the younger brother of King Wu of the early Zhou Dynasty and assisted King Cheng of the Zhou Dynasty. Duke Zhou was a famous statesman. He led the army to the East in the first year of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty to wipe out the remaining forces of yin and Shang Dynasties and annihilate Lu, Yan, pugu and other countries. King Cheng enfeoffed Duke Zhou and his sons. Among them, Bo Ling, the third son of Duke Zhou, was granted the title of Jiang (now qisiji Town, Huaibin County, Henan Province). The descendants of Bo Ling's descendants took the title of Fengguo as their surname. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiang Heng assisted Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and made great contributions to the war. He was appointed as a general. Later, Jiang Heng was falsely murdered, and his sons took refuge in Henan. After Emperor Guangwu realized that his ninth son, Jiang Cheng, was sealed in Huli, the pavilion town in the west of Gehu (belonging to Yixing). During the reign of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1465-1487), sun Jiangji, a descendant of Jiang Cheng, with his son Wuben and sun JIANGSHAO, moved to the village outside the gate of De'an in the south of Changzhou (formerly known as Chashan Town, Puqian Town, also known as yaqipu town). Jiang's family in Puqian, Yixing and Fenghua were all descendants of Jiang Cheng.

On February 26, 2008, the Municipal People's government announced it as the fourth batch of cultural relics protection units.

Address: in the scenic spot of Jiang's hometown, Xikou Town, Fenghua District, Ningbo City

Longitude: 121.283211

Latitude: 29.682128

Tel: 0574-88855555

Ticket information: no ticket required. Tickets for the scenic spot of Chiang's hometown have been included.

Chinese PinYin : Jiang Shi Zong Ci