The Origin of Guangzhou Guild Hall

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, xuwen county's commerce developed rapidly. Businessmen in Jiangmen, Nanhai, Panyu, Dongguan, Shunde, Xinhui, Qingyuan, Sanshui, Huaxian, Zengcheng and other places have organized guilds to contact rural friends because of their business needs. * * * There is No.296, Tangyuan, xuwen county, and 370 people from banks, shops, halls, factories and individuals donated 3429 taels of silver. The guild hall is divided into two groups: the main hall and the auxiliary hall. The main hall is a quadrangle with four courtyards. There is a courtyard in the middle, and the main hall has three bays, with a width of13.5m and a depth of 39.438+0m. The first entrance is 7.66 meters deep and there is a corridor in front. The gate is 3.85m high and1.9m wide, all carved in marble. Giant wooden screen, extraordinary momentum. There are four stone steps outside the door, with a total length of 2.6 meters, and exquisite stone carvings on both sides. The inscription on the main entrance of Guangfu Guild Hall was written by Tan Guoen of Xinhui in the 18th year of Guangxu (1892). The calligraphy is vigorous and powerful. The nine beams and arches in the hall, the hard hilltops and the wooden figures decorated in the house are all historical legends. Flowers, birds, insects and beasts are exquisite works of Lingnan art, which can be described as beautiful, lifelike and moving. The gables on the front wings of the lobby are relatively inlaid with brick carvings with the signature "Fan Yi Mo Yun Sheng Left", which are unique in shape and exquisite in workmanship. Gables are pot-tied walls, also known as fish walls, which have far-reaching implications.

On the inner wall of one side of the guild hall, there are the Guangzhou Guild Hall Monument carved by Duanyan and the newly-built Guangzhou Guild Hall Monument in xuwen county, which are exquisite and unique. "Guangzhou Guild Hall Monument" was written by a doctor from Shunde, a third-class scholar, and was inspected by imperial academy the day before yesterday. Born a scholar, welcoming doctors, Shangshufang, Dean of Xian 'an Pass of Hanlin Academy, editing and editing the former left spring room, left Huangshan Mountain, a famous imperial counselor, Shunde Pavilion Huai Shu, Jiaqing was ten years old in Hitachi Stone, Ji. Guangzhou Guild Hall is now listed as a city-level cultural relics protection unit.

Guangfu Guild Hall is a wonderful ancient town in western Guangdong and a luxurious commercial port, where people can appreciate the unique features of Guangfu culture and marvel at the wisdom of their ancestors.