Ancestral Hall of Huang Jilue, Cultural heritage site in Chaozhou, China.
The Ancestral Hall of Huang Jilue is a private Huang family hall built in 1887 at No. 2 Tie Lane, Yi'an Road, Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou. It is a two-courtyard compound: a central skywell lies between the front hall and rear hall, corridors and side verandas flank it, and a projecting porch stands at the rear hall, forming a layout of four halls facing one another.
Built in 1887, the thirteenth year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty, the hall was the private ancestral shrine of Huang Jilue. On 25 June 2001, the State Council of China listed it in the fifth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.
The gilded wood carvings depict scenes from historical tales and legends rather than the usual auspicious motifs: Jiang Xiang He, the goddess Luoshen, San Gu Mao Lu and Wan Bi Gui Zhao. These narrative panels, carved in the Chaozhou style, are what visitors come to read on the beams and screens.
The hall stands at No. 2 Tie Lane, Yi'an Road, in Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou. Visitors approach through the lane off Yi'an Road in the old city centre; the two-courtyard layout means the carved beams of the front hall and the rear hall are seen in sequence around the central well.
The gold-lacquered wood carvings here depart from the auspicious motifs usual in private ancestral halls, taking historical stories and legends as their subjects instead. Look for scenes such as Jiang Xiang He, the Luoshen, San Gu Mao Lu and Wan Bi Gui Zhao. The hall was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on 25 June 2001.
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