Kneeling to find the couplet of the ancestral shrine of the Huang Clan, Jiangxia Hall entrance

The first couplet is: "The world is long, the filial piety and friendship are unparalleled, the thousand years and beans show the forefront;

The second couplet is: "The family sound is far away, the article is the first, the hundred generations of clothing push the future sage.

Jiangxia Hall is the ancestor hall of the Huang Clan's Grand Ancestral Hall, and the Huang Clan is one of the eight clans that entered Fujian. Clan temples are often seen in Fujian, not only because Fujian has fewer wars and less destruction of monuments, but also because Fujian people have a strong sense of clan. This Jiangxia Hall is the ancestral temple of many Taiwanese and Nanyang Huangs, and has been described as "the most artistically valuable old building in Xiamen".

The original building of Jiangxia Hall is grand in scale, including "Ziyun Ping", "Zongxian Hall", "Worship Court", "Ancestral Hall", "Ancestral Hall", "Ancestral Hall", "Ancestral Hall", "Ancestral Hall" and "Ancestral Hall". ", "Clansmen's Hall", "Back Garden", "Sea Watching Pavilion" and "Jiangxia Elementary School ", covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters. Among them, "Jiangxia Elementary School" became a public elementary school after the liberation in 1949, and was renamed "Wen'an Elementary School" after the Cultural Revolution, which is still in use today. After a century of vicissitudes, Jiangxia Hall now only exists in two buildings, the ancestral temple and the clan hall. Due to the age of repair, have become a dangerous house.

In 2010, in the Siming District Education Bureau and Wen'an Primary School, as well as the community's strong support, the Jiangxia Hall repair. The repair mainly for Jiangxia Hall Ancestral Hall, covers an area of more than 300 square meters. The project was completed by a Shanxi ancient building protection engineering company with the qualification of cultural relics protection construction to provide the professional and technical force of cultural relics protection, and with the local craftsmen **** with the completion of the project.

Reference:Baidu Encyclopedia - Jiangxia Hall