Wang Zhen Temple

The former Wang Wenke ancestral hall, located at 274 Jingde Road, was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Jiangsu Province in 1995. Wang Wei (1449 1524), whose name is Jizhi, was born in Wu County of Suzhou. Both the local examination and the general examination are the first, and the palace examination is the first and the third. In the Ming Dynasty, there were at least Fu, Shangshu of Hubu and Bachelor of wuyingdian. Later, he lived in Suzhou and devoted himself to local literature, such as Gusu Zhi and Zhenze Bian. His death was presented to Taifu, and his posthumous title was Wenke.

The ancestral hall was built in 1532 by Wang Yanzhe, the son of zhongshushe, whose foundation was abandoned in Jingde temple. After the Qing Kangxi, Qianlong Jiaqing, Tongzhi, Guangxu years many repairs. The building faces south from the north. It is divided into three parts: the entrance, the hall and the hall. It is connected by courtyard and veranda on both sides. It covers an area of about 1000 square meters. The front gate is five rooms wide and five boundaries deep. It is hard on the top of the mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, arsenic stone is erected. A frame is set up, a diamond leg is set up, a broken door is made, and a pair of hairpins are set on the forehead. The hall is five rooms wide and seven boundaries deep. It is hard on the top of the mountain. There are long windows in the front and back of the open room, half walls in the second room and a little room, and short windows. The foundation stones are of the basin type of bluestone, and the pillars, gold pillars and spine of the Ming Dynasty and the second period are all supported by wood. The hall is 15.02 meters wide, 11 meters deep, 13.84 meters high and 7.66 meters high.

In front of the corridor, there are porches, eaves and ornaments hanging down, railings between the eaves and columns between the secondary and tip rooms, and brick and fine tribute door openings at the East and West ends of the corridor. The front porch column is equipped with floor long windows, eight in the open room and six in the secondary room. Each column is supported by a covered basin type blue stone foundation, and a combined basin type stone is added to the foundation of the gold column in the Ming Dynasty. Stone base carving is not unified, there are twig flowers, lotus baby play, Hemerocallis double crane, peony lotus baby play and so on. The beam frame is flat. On the porch, there is a three liter partition frame. Ridge truss sitting bucket, decorated with mountain fog cloud, decorated with beam cloud, fine carving. Between the eaves and pillars, there are eight long windows in the open room, half walls in the second room, and six short windows in each room. Although the head gate has been changed to the Qing style, the hall of passage and Hall of enjoyment are still the remains of Ming Dynasty. It was completely renovated in 1980 and is now the site of Suzhou embroidery art museum.

Wang Zhen Temple

The former Wang Wenke ancestral hall, located at 274 Jingde Road, was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Jiangsu Province in 1995. The ancestral hall was built in 1532 by Wang Yanzhe, the son of zhongshushe, whose foundation was abandoned in Jingde temple. It has been repaired many times during the reign of Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Tongzhi and Guangxu.

Wang Wei

1450-1524, named Jizhi and Shouxi, was born in Dongting mountain, Wu County, Suzhou. He was a famous politician and writer in the middle of Ming Dynasty. Both the local examination and the general examination are the first, and the palace examination is the first and the third. He served as an official for more than 30 years and served in three dynasties: Xianzong, Xiaozong and Wuzong. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhengde was at least an official of Fu, the Minister of the Ministry of household, a Bachelor of wuyingdian, and an official of imperial examination. Later, he returned to Suzhou and spent all his time reading and writing. In his spare time, he went to the mountains and rivers with the famous people in the countryside and visited the temples and gardens. When he felt something, he relied on his own writing to compile the records of Gusu and zhenzebian. He died in Li Di of Wu city. He was given to Taifu and posthumous Wenke. For example, he was buried in Liangjiashan, Lu Xiang, Dongting mountain.

Brief introduction of ancestral hall

The building faces south from the north. It is divided into three parts: the entrance, the hall and the hall. It is connected by courtyard and veranda on both sides. It covers an area of about 1000 square meters.

The front gate is five rooms wide and five boundaries deep. It is hard on the top of the mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, arsenic stone is erected. A frame is set up, a diamond leg is set up, a broken door is made, and a pair of hairpins are set on the forehead.

The hall is five rooms wide and seven boundaries deep. It is hard on the top of the mountain. There are long windows in the front and back of the open room, half walls in the second room and a little room, and short windows. The foundation stones are of the basin type of bluestone, and the pillars, gold pillars and spine of the Ming Dynasty and the second period are all supported by wood.

The hall is 15.02 meters wide, 11 meters deep, 13.84 meters high and 7.66 meters high. In front of the corridor, there are porches, eaves and ornaments hanging down, railings between the eaves and columns between the secondary and tip rooms, and brick and fine tribute door openings at the East and West ends of the corridor. The front porch column is equipped with floor long windows, eight in the open room and six in the secondary room. Each column is supported by a covered basin type blue stone foundation, and a combined basin type stone is added to the foundation of the gold column in the Ming Dynasty. Stone base carving is not unified, there are twig flowers, lotus baby play, Hemerocallis double crane, peony lotus baby play and so on. The beam frame is flat. On the porch, there is a three liter partition frame. Ridge truss sitting bucket, decorated with mountain fog cloud, decorated with beam cloud, fine carving. Between the eaves and pillars, there are eight long windows in the open room, half walls in the second room, and six short windows in each room.

Although the head gate has been changed to the Qing style, the hall of passage and Hall of enjoyment are still the remains of Ming Dynasty. It was completely renovated in 1980 and is now the site of Suzhou embroidery art museum.

Address: 274 Jingde Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.61332190675

Latitude: 31.310198833644

Ticket information: 15 yuan

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