Among them, Weishi Grand Ancestral Hall covers an area of nearly 2,000 square meters and is the largest existing ancestral hall in Li Jiao Village. There used to be a bigger ancestral temple in Li Jiao Village, which was located in the home of Rome, but it was demolished in the Cultural Revolution. There are 99 * * * stone pillars in front of the Wei's ancestral temple! The archway of Weishi Grand Ancestral Hall adopts a rare swallow-fighting arch. Another stone tablet next to the side door of the Wei ancestral hall is also very interesting. The inscription reads: "If all the grandchildren in the temple are surrounded by tidal fields in the right area of the temple, my descendants and I will never be allowed to enter the temple to enjoy it." To the south of the Weishi Grand Ancestral Hall is the Pearl River, surrounded by a dense river network. Every year, when the river overflows, it will flood the paddy fields in front of the Weishi Grand Ancestral Hall, or even into the Ancestral Hall. However, the inscription requires that future generations should never build dikes to block water, otherwise, neither I nor future generations can enter the ancestral temple to share meat, that is, they will not recognize him as a descendant of Wei. "Because the ancients thought that' water' was wealth, the ancestral temple was the best place for geomantic omen in the village. I would rather flood the ancestral hall and seek good luck, and I must not block the way of wealth. "
According to Guangzhou Daily, at the meeting of the leading group for the renovation of the "Three Old" projects in the city held in early July this year, the renovation plan of Li Jiao Village was adopted. The reporter learned from the Municipal Third Old Office that according to this plan, the Weishi Grand Ancestral Hall will remain in its original state, and the remaining 12 ancestral halls will be relocated to become relatively concentrated places.
Regarding the relocation of the original site, Wei Haoran said: "Except for the Grand Ancestral Hall, the 12 Ancestral Hall must remain intact." Luo Yulin, a cultural expert, also said: "Demolishing the old and building a new one is also a manifestation of destroying cultural relics. Now many villages in the city say that they need protective relocation. In fact, I think this is constructive destruction. Cultural relics are not only building materials, but even old materials that have been demolished cannot be made exactly the same as the original. "
The person in charge of the Municipal Third Old Office explained to the reporter: "The protection of historical and cultural heritage is a very important part of the transformation plan. Every village in the city reconstruction has this topic, but it is generally to protect cultural relics. Whether other historical buildings should be protected and how to protect them have been consulted by the cultural protection department. As for the protective relocation, it is mainly because the location of these historical buildings conflicts with the planned roads and houses and needs to be relocated. "
The reporter also saw in the "Reply on the Village Wei Ancestral Hall" issued by the Cultural and Broadcasting New Bureau of Haizhu District on July 15 this year that the bureau said that 12 Wei Ancestral Hall, which was not announced as a cultural relic protection unit, was a historical building in the Ming and Qing Dynasties ... In the reconstruction planning of the village in the city, the implementation plan was formulated according to the principle of not changing the original state of cultural relics, and the village Wei Ancestral Hall was effectively strengthened.
In this regard, Luo Yulin said: "Historical buildings can also be upgraded to cultural relics protection units. We have repeatedly called for this 12 ancestral hall to be listed as soon as possible. In the reconstruction of villages in cities, it is not cultural relics that give way to roads and buildings, but roads and buildings give way to cultural relics, because houses can be built anywhere, but cultural relics bearing history and culture are non-renewable. "