Liu Keng Tang is located in Shawan Town, Panyu District. It was built in the first year of Deyou of the Southern Song Dynasty (1275), and has been destroyed and built several times since then. The current scale of the hall was expanded during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, which is more than 170 years earlier than the Chen Family Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou (which was built in 1890). Shawan Liukeng Hall, also known as the He's words, is the Shawan He's clan's big words. The two words "stay plowing" are taken from the phrase "Yin De Yuan from the ancestor planted, the heart of the field to stay with the children and grandchildren plowing", which means that the ancestral hall is built for the benefit of future generations.
The main features of Shawan Lukong Hall are the many columns, fine carvings, rich book combinations, and majestic. There are 112 stone and wooden pillars in the hall. The raw materials of these wooden pillars were purchased from Southeast Asian countries at that time. In terms of carvings, the hall retains very delicate stone, wood, brick and gray sculptures, reflecting the exquisite architectural art of Lingnan gardens.
Liu Keng Tang occupies an area of 3,300 square meters, and the terrain is high in the north and low in the south. In order, there are a big pond, a big sky street, a mountain gate, a ceremonial gate (pagoda), a courtyard (patio), a platform (fishing platform), a hall of enjoyment (Xiangxian Hall), a hall of rest (Lukong Hall), and east-west hipped corridors and lining shrines.
The first entry is the mountain gate. Lukong Hall in front of the gate is a wide, paved with large boulders Daitianjie (square), Daitianjie is facing a pond, in the proximity of the pond on both sides of the horse stone and 8 installed flagpole stone base, this flagpole is used to put up a flag to praise the ancient times after the examination of the merit. The east and west sides of Daitian Street each have a red brick wall, the wall is attached to the colorful gray sculpture, the content of the "Double Dragon Playing with Pearls", "Dragon and Phoenix", "Kirin Rui" and so on, fine workmanship. "and so on, fine workmanship, realistic image, lifelike. Daitian Street is the north, is the magnificent and solemn and magnificent Liukong Hall main gate. On the door is a horizontal plaque with gold letters on a red background, "He's Great Ancestral Hall", and a couplet on both sides of the door reads, "The former repairs the latter to continue to enjoy the sheer, large clans with small clans in the world of the different Chins." The couplet indicates that the construction of the hall, before and after dozens of generations for hundreds of years, is to make the descendants - better, and hope that the whole clan in the same boat * * * *, and always be in harmony.
The two gates of the main entrance are made of hard wood, and each of them is painted with a member of the military generals in gold helmets and armor as a god of the gate, which is extremely bright and colorful, using the traditional technique of heavy-color frescoes in China. On both sides of the door are two stone drums, is a symbol of merit. The base of the drums are carved with auspicious motifs, of which the front is carved with a lion-shaped beast. Side engraved with "the old dragon to teach children", "three Yang Qitai" and other auspicious motifs. East and west sides of the gate are each by three stone pillars and wooden pillars and gold character joists composed of the package platform. In front of the ceremony platform, to receive the ceremony used; after the "eight sound platform", welcome guests to sing the name used. In addition, there are "out of filial piety," "into the younger brother" two drums, which together constitute the facade of the stay plow hall, has initially shown the magnificent weather of this ancient building.
In the front door is most worthy of careful appreciation of the beams at the top of the door, beams on the wood carving is extremely beautiful, especially in the ancient architectural known as the "hump" of the 33 triple Ruyi arch, the carving of the content of a wide range of fancy, or exotic flowers and flowers, birds and animals, or historical stories and characters, all lifelike. The entire front door, beams, square, arch **** with a group of exquisite Lingnan architectural art treasures.
Into the main door, a tall stone tablet will tower in front of the people, this tablet in ancient architecture called Yi Men, belonging to the two of Liukong Hall. The doorway is the famous calligrapher Chen Baisha in the Qing Dynasty, "Poetry and calligraphy Shize" stone inscription, indicating that the Shawan asked the family is a scholarly family, and many people throughout the generations to get the imperial examinations.
Shawan Liukong Hall
Beyfang is divided into three doorways by eight stone pillars, and on the top of the red and white stone engraved with patterns of flowers, birds and beasts, among which there are red roses, colorful peonies, white chrysanthemums, and majestic falcons, etc. The upper gable is covered with a wooden structure called Ruyi (如意). The upper eaves bearing a wooden arch, layer by layer, eaves and teeth on all sides of the high floor, the main ridge of the monument is a gray plastic sculpture out of the head of the west foot east of the colorful back to the dragon. The colorful dragon is trying to swing the tail flying high, the appearance of God, molded on the top of the monument, full of life and meaning auspicious.
Over the stele Square, to the Edward (large patio), looking back, visible, on the forehead of the stele Square, "three Phoenix Liu Fang" four big strong characters. This is to recognize the Shawan He's ancestors in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the three brothers, these three people were honored at the time called "He three phoenixes" and the reputation of future generations.
The second entrance, in addition to the ceremonial gate, also includes the back of the courtyard (patio), the platform and the east sides of the hipped corridor. The patio is paved with red bricks. The platform (also known as the fishing platform) was built on the north side of the patio, 1 meter above the patio, and was originally a stage for the clan to watch plays on happy days. Its cornerstone consists of a row of 15 marbles, on which are carved "Old Dragon Teaching Children", "Double Phoenix Peony", "Double Lions Playing with Pearls", "Rhinoceros Looking at the Moon", "Cangniu Looking at the Moon", "Cangniu Looking at the Moon", "Cangniu Looking at the Moon", "Cangniu Looking at the Moon", and "Cangniu". ", "Cangsong Wenli" and pine, plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum, peony and other patterns, knife simple and natural, delicate, is the Yuan, Ming years of ancient stone carvings, very precious.
The platform east and west of the two walls of the foundation also have five different sizes of birds and animals red stone carvings, the same extraordinary. East and west hipped corridor each has 4 stone pillars, 8 wooden pillars, **** 24 pillars, which was originally a place for guests to rest during the festival, is now a precious relics exhibition room. Standing on the platform, looking around, the north side of the Xiangxian Hall and the east and west hipped corridor of more than 60 large columns, staggered, virtual and real, such as the keys of the piano, as if one heard a piece of classical music, melodious and melodious, ups and downs, surging, as if in the sea of art.
Hanging Hall, also known as Xiangxian Hall, more than 17 meters deep, in the ancient ancestral temple is rare, in the middle of a front and a back hanging "big Zongbo", "Xiangxian Hall" two red lacquer and gold wooden plaques. "Da Zong Bo" refers to the second generation of the Sha Wan lamp factory He Qi Long, the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu years as the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. The Minister of Rites was known as "Da Zong Bo" at that time. "Xiangxian Hall" was set up in honor of He Deming (Xiangxian), the patriarch of the Sha Wan He Clan. Xiangxian Hall is supported by 4 stone pillars and 24 large wooden pillars embraced by two people, and the beams, squares, and hump arches have intricate wood carvings of birds and animals, flowers, fruits, insects, and fish, etc., which is marvelous to see. Being in such a spacious and tall Xiangxian Hall, the huge columns feel more solemn and dignified, and respect for the predecessor is not felt.
Behind the middle seat is the back of the east and west hipped corridor, the corridor has eight carved into the back of the lotus petals of the red sandstone pillar foundation, beautiful and chic modeling, is a relic of the Ming Dynasty. The back bedroom is the last entry of the Liukong Hall, which is divided into the center, east and west. The largest in the middle, the center of the shrine is rectangular, carved many auspicious patterns, outside the gold lacquer, brilliant. Under the eaves in the center hangs a horizontal plaque with black characters on a white background, "Stay Plowing Hall", and on both sides there is a woodcut couplet: "Yin Deyuan is planted from the ancestors, and the field of the heart is left to be plowed with the children and grandchildren." This is the original meaning of the hall. Now on the east and west sides of the back bed is the Panyu Historical Figures Exhibition.
The west side has the bronze statues of the "He's Three Heroes" - He Liutang, He Shaoxia, and He Yinnian - of the elegant school of Cantonese music. On the east side, there are statues of Qu Dajun, a poet of the Qing Dynasty in Panyu, and Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng and Chen Shuren, the three masters of Lingnan School of Painting. Between the east and west of the bedchamber, there are sculptures of Shawan Piao Si, a famous folk art in Panyu. Shawan Piao Sai has a history of several hundred years, and is famous at home and abroad for its bright colors, evocative shapes, slender color stalks and ingenious devices.
Liu Keng Tang has long been favored for its magnificent architectural grandeur, superb carving art, and rich ethnic cultural heritage.
In 2019, it was approved and announced as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Address: within Beicun, Shawan Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City
Type: Ancestral Hall
Playing time: 1-2 hours recommended
Tel: 020-84738988
Official website:
Opening time: 9:30-17:30
Ticket information: the combined ticket ticket price of 40 Yuan! , including Liugong Hall (He's Great Ancestral Hall), San Nim Hall, Memorial Hall of Academician He Binglin, Shawan Cantonese Music Hall, and Memorial Hall of Academician He Binglin.
Shawan North Village: Shawan North Village is located in the north of the center of Shawan Town, south of Qingluo Road, covering an area of about 2.4 square kilometers, under the 13 villagers groups, with a total population of more than 1760 people. Shawan North Village has more than 800 years of history and culture, the ancient streets and lanes with exquisite architectural layout, the streets and lanes are paved with granite slabs, within the jurisdiction of the provincial cultural protection units "Liukong Hall", "Guangyu Hall", "Chepi Street" and other ancient. Chepi Street" and other ancient architectural clusters, can be called the representative of Lingnan ancient architecture. Located in the north of the center of the village north of the Xiangxian Middle School has nearly a century of school history, is a national demonstration