Huangjia Ancestral Hall, also known as the Yellow Library, is a place where Han people worship their ancestors or sages. At No.36 Huancheng West Road, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, it is the Huangshi Ancestral Hall in Guishan County (now Huiyang City, Huidong County, Huicheng District and parts of Baoan District). It was built in the Qing Dynasty (1842) and later changed to the Yellow Library.
Huangjia Temple is a courtyard with three entrances, and another three-entrance apartment on the left is connected by a side door of an alley, with a total construction area of 1 000 square meters. Five rooms are wide when entering, and three rooms are deep when entering. On both sides of the gate, the arch stone Fang is placed in front of the light room, and the lower side of the Fang is replaced by a stone corner. A stone lion is placed on the side, and a three-liter bucket arch is placed on the lion. The granite gate is magnificent, 3.6 meters high and 2.05 meters wide. The door plaque reads "yellow study room" in regular script and intaglio, each word is 50X60 cm; Couplets are "follow good deeds first" and "filial piety is unparalleled". They are all printed in calligraphy, each word is 25X40 cm, and the font is elegant and smooth, which has high calligraphy value.
On both sides of the entrance, there are a pair of piers with a height of 63 cm and a width of 54 cm. The cloister connecting the first and second entrances consists of three parts, with a hard gable roof in the middle and a rolled shed roof in the front and back, which not only expands the depth of the front patio, but also appears rich in changes. The connecting member consisting of octagonal melon edge and plum blossom bucket is installed on the beam of the rolling door to support purlin. This part is exquisitely carved and has local characteristics. The decorative patterns of the veranda are rich and varied. The whole building is made of cloth gray tiles, and the edges are edged with green glazed tiles, which is solemn and simple. The carving process in the building is smooth, the carved stone lions are lifelike, the wooden components are camel-shaped, and the bucket is exquisite and elegant. There are many murals painted with ancient sages on the wall.
Address: No.36 Huancheng West Road, Huicheng District, Huizhou
Type: Ancestral Temple Historic Building
Playing time: suggested 1 hour.
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