Li’s Ancestral Hall is located in Huangchong Village, Zhongtang Town, and was originally built in the ninth year of the Qiandao period during the Southern Song Dynasty (1173), in memory of the filial son Li Suo, who cut flesh from his own thigh to cure his mother’s illness. The layout of the hall is shaped like a turtle, and the architecture features a three-deep courtyard with a Siheyuan (courtyard house) layout. There is a wrap-around platform at the front and wing rooms on both sides. The structure combines a hard mountain top and a mixed beam frame of raised beam and column bracketing, covering an area of 2,360 square meters with the hall itself occupying 1,337 square meters. Inside the hall, there are two steles with ochre stone as the body and red stone as the base, inscribed with records of epitaphs written by six sages, including Li Chunsu from the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. Huangchong Village, being the foremost of the four famous villages in Dongguan City and a town rich in cultural relics in Zhongtang, has a long-standing history and has produced many talents. The cultural relics and historical sites left behind are considered a precious treasure from a historical perspective. With the passage of time and the erosion of the years, only a few traces can be seen today. To preserve this precious heritage permanently and in a more complete state, Huangchong Village has recently increased its efforts to protect the cultural relics within the village. As early as 1993, Li’s Ancestral Hall was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit in Dongguan City. This year, after expert examination and evaluation, Li’s Ancestral Hall in Huangchong Village was also rated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. Open all year round, accessible 24/7.
Li’s Ancestral Hall in Huangchong Village
Li’s Ancestral Hall is located in Huangchong Village, Zhongtang Town, and was originally built[...]
