Wei Ancestral Hall

Wei Ancestral Hall (卫氏大宗祠) stands in Daputou, Lijiao Village, Nanzhou Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Built in 1615, the Ming Wanli era, it faces south and is laid out along a north-south axis with an ceremonial gate (yimen), gate tower, front porch, main hall and side corridors.

The Wei clan moved south to Lijiao in present-day Haizhu during the Southern Song. The hall itself was first built in 1615, the 43rd year of the Wanli reign of the Ming. It was listed as a Guangzhou municipal heritage site in August 1993 and as a Guangdong provincial one in 2012.

The hall's name, Wei Shi Dazong Ci, marks it as the senior ancestral hall of the Wei lineage, whose members moved south to Lijiao in the Southern Song. The building faces south, and its gate tower, front porch, main hall and side corridors follow the layout of a Ming-era lineage shrine.

The hall stands at Daputou in Lijiao Village, Nanzhou Street, Haizhu District, and faces south, so enter from the south side through the gate tower and front porch toward the main hall. The complex is a protected heritage site, so touching carvings or furnishings is not allowed.

The hall stands at Daputou in Lijiao Village, Nan Zhou Street, Haizhu District, and was listed as a Guangzhou municipal cultural relic in August 1993, then as a Guangdong provincial cultural relic in 2012. The Wei clan had moved south to Lijiao during the Southern Song before building it in 1615, the 43rd year of the Wanli reign.