Brief introduction of Shilin ancestral temple in Zhangzhou

Zhangzhou Shilin Ancestral Temple, also known as Bigan Temple, is a Han ancestral temple building, which belongs to the place where Han people worship their ancestors and sages. Located in Zhencheng Lane, xiangcheng district, Zhangzhou, it was built by the ancestors of the Lins in Zhangzhou counties and is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Fujian. The ancestral hall records the family's glory and tradition, and it is the temple of the family. As a symbol and symbol of the long history and traditional culture of the Han nationality, it has unparalleled influence and historical value. Lao Yang Lane is in the south, and Zhencheng Lane is in the north. It is the ancestral temple of the Lin clan in seven counties of Zhangzhou, and it is dedicated to the Lin clan Bi Gan. It is also the place where the Lin family in Zhangzhou offered sacrifices to their ancestors. The entrance of the ancestral hall has been abandoned before and after, and there is a square main hall with an area of 430 square meters, facing south, three rooms wide and five rooms deep. It rests on the top of the mountain, with double eaves and red tiles, and the lower eaves are not surrounded, leaving traces of cloisters, which shows that the original scale is very large. The exact architectural age of the ancestral temple has not been verified. According to the analysis and appraisal of the main hall, it was built in the Song Dynasty. Because it was built in the late Qing Dynasty, it also bears traces of architecture in the Qing Dynasty.