Photos of Qijiguang Ancestral Hall

Qi Jiguang Ancestral Hall is located on the east side of Penglai Pavilion House Front Street. It was built in the eighth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty to praise Qi Jiguang, and it was bestowed with the forehead of "Exemplary Gong Temple". The ancestral hall was rebuilt in the forty-sixth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. In 1985, it was nationalized and fully restored. Qi Jiguang Temple is a temple-style building with three courtyards. There are three rooms in the gatehouse and the main temple, all of which are single-eave masonry and wood structures, covering an area of 595.1 square meters. The concierge's seat faces east and west, and there are stone lions on both sides of the door. On the door leaf are inscribed couplets "Longdian for a thousand autumns, honorable names in a hundred battles", and banners "Mighty at Sea". The concierge is east of the hall. Sitting east and west in the hall, there is a front porch. There are 12 ancient weapons such as knives, spears, swords and halberds on display on both sides of the front porch. Passing through the hall is a neutral screen, with the image of Qi Jiguang hanging on it. After passing through the screen, it is the main ancestral hall after leaving the hall. The main ancestral seat faces north and south, and above the door is a plaque inscribed with "Qi Wuyi Gong Ancestral Hall". The statue of Qi Jiguang in the central warm palace of the main hall. The four walls are inlaid with plates introducing Qi Jiguang's life and deeds. There is a ginkgo tree in the Ming Dynasty in the main temple, which is tall and straight, covering the sky and the sun. On the east side of the main temple is the back garden. There are lush flowers and trees in the garden, and the two monuments of loyalty and filial piety are separated on the north and south sides. In the southwest corner, there is a Ming Dynasty cypress tree, circling in a circle, proudly alone.