Guoshi Dazongci (South Gate)

Walking about 200 meters from an inconspicuous alley on Dongcao South Road in Liwan District, you can see the archway of the "Dongcao Overseas Chinese Association", which is the root of the Dongcao Guo Ancestral Hall. Dongcao Guo Ancestral Hall is located at No. 185, Renxiufang, Longxi East Road, Dongcao Community, Dongcao Street, Liwan District. It has a history of 500 years. After the vicissitudes of life, the architectural layout and building components of the ancestral hall are still intact, but the ancient cultural relics hidden inside have disappeared. This ancestral hall witnessed the development of the Guo family in Dongcao, and also experienced the repeated changes of the Dongcao community. Covering an area of more than 1,000 square meters, the old ancestral hall from the ancient buildings of the Ming Dynasty is very few in Guangzhou. Unfortunately, the ancient cultural relics hidden in it have been lost. For hundreds of years, Guo's Ancestral Hall has been repeatedly destroyed and has become riddled with holes. The huge woodcut couplets and horizontal plaques at the main entrance, as well as the woodcut celebrity couplets of various dynasties on the wooden pillars, have disappeared, which makes the Guo clan feel sad. Entering the ancestral hall, you can see many large and small stone lions. The little lion with its head on the eaves and pillars in front of the stone, the stone lion on the Xiagongliang, and the lion on the brick carving with the head of a man stand in harmony with each other. Look carefully at the grinning stone lion on the Shrimp Gongliang, the hollow oval stone carving on its back is very delicate. The workmanship of the chi-tou brick carving is also very fine, and the figures and flower patterns are still clearly visible. Walking into the ancestral hall, there are a dazzling array of books and fitness equipment on the right, and a table tennis table and some old photos on the left. Now it has been built as the Dongyu Senior Citizen Recreation and Recreation Center, which has become a good place for community residents to read and exercise. There are two rare tung trees standing between the main entrance and the middle hall. It is said that this is the special symbol of the ancestral hall "Sede Hall". A few years ago, after one of the tung trees died, the Guo clan found the sapling of this tree in Dongcao Middle School after many setbacks.