Family Temple of Zhuang

The hall is five wide, the door opens on three sides, the middle door is painted red, and the doors are black on both sides. The middle door added a two-foot-high wooden threshold on the stone threshold, which was given to the emperor, meaning that the valve was raised, and the door was distinguished. A gold plaque such as "Zhuangyuan" "Huiyuan" and "List Eye" hangs high on the door. Unlike the southern Anhui temple, which generally has to be "Shangmen God", Zhuang's temple door does not have any door god pattern. It is said that this is because Zhuang Shi in the Ming Dynasty, the Wen, Wu Zhuangyuan, the imperial gift "Golden Horse Yutang", the prestige is distinguished, the ghost is afraid, do not need to paint the door god guard.

Qingyang Jinxiuzhuang family temple was built in Ming Jiajing for nine years, and then burned down in Ming Jiajing 17 years. Jiajing was rebuilt in 45 years, to the 12 years of Wanli to build the first fall gate, Wanli 27 years to rebuild the East and West Halls, Wanli 43 years to build the stone rafts in front of the gate, etc. It is after 85 years of this and the construction of generations of Zhuang's descendants, Zhuang's family temple has been built so beautiful.

The contrast is strong and set off against each other, complement each other! The perfect combination of ancient and modern culture! Lively and peaceful coexistence! Jinjiang Wudian City Historic District ―― ~ has visited Quanzhou for three times, but the adjacent Jinjiang City is the first time to visit, because I didn't pay much attention to this old street before, and I was not disappointed when I came here today.

[View] Zhuang's family temple is located in the south of Wudian City, Jinjiang, built in Mingjiajing for nine years (1530), and has undergone a generation of renovated. It is a seven-open two-in hard mountain top-lift beam-style wooden structure masonry and stone building with a construction area of 925 square meters. Sanchuan ridge top, high and low ridge of the roof of each swallowtail, pile of plastic grass, decorative color porcelain shear sticky flowers and birds. Tang Yu Lang Hong open, a variety of building processes such as brick carving, wood carving, color painting, paint and other. The inside and outside hang "Zhuangyuan" and "Jinshi" dozens of squares. [Fun] Jinjiang has a saying since ancient times, is: "Tang Dongqi, Ligu Da, Zhuang Yitang cover the south gate." The so-called "Zhuang Yitang" refers to Qingyang Zhuang's family temple, as for "Gai Nanmen", that is to say that it is the first in Quannan. [Cost-effective] The scale of the building and the folk characteristics are indeed very representative, it is worth a visit.

Understanding the long-standing development history of Qingyang Zhuang and the achievements of his ancestors