Yuxi wangshi ancestral hall
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Editor: (Wang Yuxi, Cheng Zibei, descendants of Tang Dynasty)
Known as the "No.1 Hengyang", the famous clan of Xiangshui, Yuxi Wangjia Ancestral Temple, is located in the fishing village of Lijiang Town surrounded by Jiushui Qingshan. When entering the village, nine streams of water flowed into the crescent pond in front of the ancestral temple, and there was a saying in the local area that "Kowloon holds a saint".
The ancestral hall consists of five buildings with two blue bricks and gray tiles, standing side by side. The whole building is 62.5 meters long, 3 1.5 meters wide, 12 meters high, with a total area of 1.950 square meters. The central axis is divided into front and back halls from south to north, with the front hall as the main stage and the back hall as the worship hall. East and west have a wing, with Xianda Hall on the left and Xiaojie Hall on the right. Peihuai Pavilion and Gengmei Pavilion are located on both sides of the strait. 48 stone pillars support the hanging mountain top, which is magnificent.
Under the eaves are Ruyi archways, which are varied, sewn, covered and screwed. Arches of different styles support the whole tile eaves. Different flowers are carved on the eaves, lifelike, lifelike. The main entrance is the "Hengyang No.1" monument in the history book of Hengzhou Magistrate, with black characters on a white background, vigorous and impressive. The plaque is made of white marble, and there are two carved dragons playing with pearls, holding their heads high and dancing their claws, which is lively and vivid. There are a pair of white stone drums on the stone lions on both sides, and Feng Dan Chaoyang is molded on the front. On the other hand, wild deer contain flowers, magpies contain plums, egrets collect flowers, or white cranes contain books. The following is a pair of Kirin's intimate neck-pinching, as if whispering. The eaves are slightly upturned, and the situation is flying.
Sculptures and paintings in the temple are dramatic figures, birds and animals, exotic flowers and plants, and so on. Stone carvings are found all over doorframes, doorsills, stone pillars and plinths, and there are many forms such as relief, intaglio, positive engraving and line engraving. Even the eaves of tiles are finely carved, with elegant patterns and skillful knives. There are more than 100 painted color shapes on the wall, and the Eight Immortals cross the sea. There is an aunt, ready to go; There is a poor peach garden; There is a vivid Gu Chenghui. The paintings on the ceiling and the beams are exquisite and ingenious, with dragons and phoenixes flying, tigers and leopards still singing, flowers, birds, insects and fish lifelike. More than 300 decorative woodcuts are exquisite. The octagonal building on the stage is a colorful place to fight for Kuixing. Julian's "the first time in history, the eternal civilization" is the correct inscription of the Ming Dynasty merchants stretching like water, and the words are engraved with strange flowers and different grasses, which are colorful. The patterns on both sides of the woodcut break the symmetrical pattern and have nothing in common, showing a variety of artistic beauty. The wooden decoration is all carved and painted, and the expression is realistic. Being in a temple is like entering an art palace of flowers. The construction of Wang ancestral hall took more than 400 years, and the overall concept runs through, with long-term consideration and originality.
Wang ancestral hall not only retains the ancient architectural art with poor workmanship, but also has rich and colorful calligraphy. Coupled with the couplets of "loyalty and filial piety in ancient and modern times, cultivating others from generation to generation", it is even more glorious. "There are many surnames, and the light is gathered in a hundred miles; Sleeping in the hall is clear, and the color of the four townships comes in. ""Spring grass pond, a fish stream with new green water; More than 20 couplets, such as The Swallow in the Painting Hall and The Chitose King Recognized Men in Black, were written by celebrities such as Shangshu, Champion, Cabinet Book, Secretariat, and Magistrate since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they are excellent calligraphy works.
Up to now, 93 volumes of Wang Jiapu with academic research value have been preserved in Wang Ancestral Hall, which records a large number of poems and local folk customs of social elites in past dynasties and reflects the brilliant glory of Chinese national culture.
Wang Yuxi, Hengyang, lived in Dayutang in the 6th year from Wangwanzhuang to Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 106 1 year), and a horizontal plaque of "The First Family of Southern Chu" was hung at the gate, which was called "Chongben Hall". The Yuan Dynasty was destroyed by the war. In the 12th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 14), it was rebuilt in the former site, renamed the Wang Ancestral Hall, and expanded and overhauled in the 14th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1478), and the country name was changed to "the first family in the history of Hengzhou magistrate". It was renovated in the fiftieth year of Kangxi (17 1 1) and the second year of Yongzheng (1724). In the 22nd year of Qianlong (1757), nave was rebuilt and Xianda Hall and Xiaojie Hall were built. Jiaqing resumed in the 24th year (18 19). In the 18th year of Guangxu (1892), Peihuai Pavilion was built, and in the 20th year (1894), Tangmei Pavilion was built. Wang's Ancestral Hall has been expanded for many times, integrating five halls, shrines and pavilions, forming its present scale.
During the period of 1992, the Wang ancestral hall was partially repaired. The Architectural History of Hunan Province lists it as one of the "three famous shrines" in Hunan, and Wang Ancestral Temple 65438-0996 is designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. On 20 14, Wang ancestral hall was designated as a national cultural relics protection unit.