Zhangmulin Township Shi Ye Ancestral Temple

Yeshi Ancestral Hall in Zhangmulin is located at the root of Zhangmu, at the edge of Zhangmu tail. It is located in the northwest and southeast. It is backed by a lush grandmother, holding Sun Shishan and facing the top mountain. There is a pond in front of the temple that does not dry up all the year round. There is also a secondary road from Hezhou to Jo Jiang, extending from east to west to Guiwu expressway. This is Ye's eighty-second ancestral temple, commonly known as General Zhang Mugen's shrine.

Ye Gong was born in Taihe County, Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the years of Zong Wei and Qin Zong, he went to Shaanxi to study politics. Because he remonstrated with the Song Emperor against the nomadic people, he was demoted by the bad king to be the prefect of Nanxiong Prefecture in Guangdong Province. However, he is determined to serve the interests of the country and the nation. During his administration, he tried his best to do his best. After three years of comprehensive governance, he has made outstanding achievements and won the praise and love of the people. With the passage of history, descendants spread all over the country.

In the fifty-third year of Qianlong, Sun Zhenkai, Zhenlun and Zhen Yu, the twenty-second generation Ye Meng Fan, together with their sons and nephews, moved to Zhangmulin for the first time from Shangbatangdu Village on the river slope in Jieyang (now Jiexi), Guangdong. Since then, from Jiaqing to Daoguang years, various branches of the Ye clan have moved into Zhangmulin from Longtan, Baigang and Tangkeng Village in Hepu County, and since then, Ye descendants and other surnames have been opened.

In order to cherish the memory of our ancestors, after discussion by all ethnic groups, we chose the root of Zhangmu Forest to build the ancestral temple. The ancestral temple was laid in July in the fifth year of Daoguang (1825) and ascended the throne in the fourth temple in the third year of Daoguang (1843). The ancestral hall covers an area of about square meters, with a building area of square meters. It is made of blue bricks and wood, and its shape has a typical architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Up to now, the ancestral temple has gone through more than 180 years. Although it has been repaired many times during the period, the prototype is beautiful and simple, well preserved, and the patterns and murals on the wall are lifelike. Every winter festival is auspicious, and clan representatives from surrounding counties (districts) gather here to worship their ancestors. The scene is very lively.