Yin’s Ancestral Hall is a cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province.
Yin’s Ancestral Hall, also known as Miaogong Temple, is located at the Dragon-shaped Mouth at the east foot of Zijing Mountain in Yinjiachong Village, Baishi Township, Xiangtan County.
According to the Records of the Yin Family Ancestral Hall, construction started in the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906) and was completed in the first year of Xuantong (1909), which lasted 4 years. Yin's Ancestral Hall is a traditional Xiangtan ancestral hall building. It covers an area of ??more than 4,000 square meters, faces east from the west, has a brick and wood structure and elegant shape. There are four characters "Yin's Ancestral Hall" at the top of the ancestral door, and a couplet on both sides: "Emperor Jintian; Luoshui Confucianism." They were all written by Yin Huchen, a scholar from Xiangtan. The temple is divided into two entrances, the front and rear entrances are five rooms wide and one room deep. Go forward two floors, and there is a theater in the middle of the building. There is an octagonal caisson on the ceiling of the theater building, and there are exquisite sculptures around it. Unfortunately, most of them were destroyed. There are makeup and rest rooms for actors on both sides of the theater. Between the front and rear, there is Yongping in the middle, which is a place where people watch performances or play. There are corridors connecting both sides, which are also two floors. Entering behind is the Xiang Hall. There are four columns in front of the hall, and the left and right columns are connected by Fang wood. Carve landscapes, figures, monsters, etc. These carvings are unique, simple and interesting if you look closely at their carving techniques. At the top of the main hall, there is a huge horizontal plaque with the words "Shan Yang Tang", which was also written by Yin Huchen. On the left and right walls of the main hall, there are four characters "loyalty, filial piety and honesty", written by Zhu Xi (1130-1200), a famous Neo-Confucian, litterateur and calligrapher in the Song Dynasty. The writing is strong and strong, and it is still clear and intact.
The Yin clan’s ancestral hall used to be a place for local Yin clan people to worship, give lectures, and discuss matters. During the Anti-Japanese War, Qi Baishi wrote many times urging Professor Ma Bi to set up a lecture hall in the temple, which was named Yangzheng School and Chengzheng School successively. After liberation in 1949, it was renamed Yin Jiachong School. In "0", some buildings in the temple were damaged, but the house dyeing, brocade screen, and murals on both sides of the house were still intact. In particular, the four woodcarving brocade screens "Golden Phoenix Seeking its Nest", "Naughty Boy Asking for Directions", "Taibai Inscription" and "Songs and Cranes Prolong Years" have high artistic value, appreciation value, research value and cultural relic value. In May 2002, it was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.