Chen Dai Shi Ding Ancestral Temple is located in Ando Village, Chen Dai Town, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province.
The ancestral temple was built in the early Ming Dynasty. After repair, reconstruction and expansion, it is the oldest, largest and most well-preserved Hui ancestral temple in Fujian Province. Shi Ding was originally an Arab, and his ancestor, Siding (1222- 1279), was an official, and officials worshipped Pingzhang as a government. One of its descendants entered the spring in the Yuan Dynasty. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the ethnic group took refuge in Chen Dai and took the word "Ding" as their surname. Although Shi Ding Hui people of Chen Dai have been sinicized in all aspects of social and cultural life, it is not difficult to see the remains of Islamic customs and the reflection of national consciousness in their living space. This cultural feature not only shows the uniqueness of Han culture in southern Fujian, but also contains the legacy of Islam, which is helpful for us to have a further understanding and understanding of its ancestral temple and ancestor worship.
The ancestral hall faces south, and the buildings are organized in a corridor, using the architectural technology of traditional houses in southern Fujian. From south to north, the central axis is Chi Pan, Chengmen, Front Hall, Front Yard, Middle Hall (Main Hall), No Courtyard and Back Hall. Except Chi Pan, it is 49.24 meters long from north to south and 2 1 wide from east to west. The plaque of "Shi Ding Ancestral Temple" with gold characters on a red background hangs high above the lintel of the main entrance of the front hall, and its handwriting is vigorous and shining. The nave is the central building of the ancestral temple complex. Shi Ding's ancestors are enshrined in the shrine, and a grand spring and autumn festival is held here every year. The most striking thing is the wood carving above the lintel and the Arabic decoration of the stone carving on the central wall of the gallery, especially the bird-shaped wood carving embedded in the center above the lintel of the main entrance, which is said to be the "auspicious bird" in Islam. The corridor-style architectural form makes the overall layout of the ancestral temple form a Chinese character "Hui" shape, in which the corner of the back hall is cut and paved in the northeast, making the mouth of Hui characters and the corner of China's calligraphy more pictographic, which may be the best embodiment of Shi Ding Hui people's integration of strong national consciousness into the ancestral temple architectural form.
Shi Ding Ancestral Temple is not only resplendent and richly decorated, but also has rich and profound connotations. There is a 18 square plaque in the ancestral hall, and there are nearly 30 couplets of stone carvings and lacquer books. The plaque records the achievements of past dynasties, praises the advanced and publicizes the achievements of ancestors; In addition to depicting the geomantic omen, historical origins and events of people in ancestral temples, couplets are often used to praise the achievements of sages and show off the glory of clans. "People are literate and represented by tassels." In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were 2 people in Jinshi 12, 2 people in juren, 26 people in Gong Sheng and 0/05 people in Jinshi/kloc. 1984, Shi Ding ancestral hall was rebuilt as "Chen Daihui History Exhibition Hall".
The craftsmanship of wood, brick, stone and mud in Shi Ding Ancestral Temple is exquisite and breathtaking. Exquisite carving skills, rich themes and colorful paintings, with their magnificent regulations and just right simple decoration, show their unique national characteristics.
In 2006, Shi Ding Ancestral Temple, as an ancient building in Ming Dynasty, was listed in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.
Ando Village: Ando Hui Village in chen dai zhen, Jinjiang City, located on the south bank of Dongping in Quanzhou Bay, is one of the main administrative villages of Chendai Hui community. Surrounded by six other Hui villages. The jurisdiction is divided into three corners: Back Corner, Front of Xincuo and Back Street. The total number of households in the village is116, with a permanent population of more than 4,750, of which the Ding Hui population accounts for 95% and the foreign population is more than 25,000. Shore pocket is named because it is coastal, and the coast is looking for a bay in the east. In Minnan, it is "pocket", that is, "pocket". Naming of water bodies. Historical evolution, according to historical records and textual research by experts and scholars, ancestors