Jiangxi Guild Hall - China Travel

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Jiangxi Guild Hall in Huize Ancient City, also known as Longevity Palace, commonly known as Jiangxi Temple, is a hometown guild hall built by merchants from Jiangxi in Huize. It is located in the middle section of Jiangxi Street in Huize County. The entire Jiangxi Guild Hall covers an area of 7549.92 square meters, with 44 houses and a construction area of 2874 square meters. Facing south and facing north, the courtyard is arranged in depth along the central axis, with three entrances and two spans. It is composed of gate tower stage, main hall and apse. The main hall is the "True Monarch Hall", dedicated to the statue of Xu Xun, the founder of Jiangxi Taoism. The east side hall hangs the plaque "Jade Dragon Longevity", and the west side hall hangs the plaque "Pillar Xijiang". The back hall is the Avalokitesvara Hall, which enshrines the statues of Avalokitesvara, Manjusri, and Samantabhadra, and hangs a plaque of "Cihang Pudu". In addition, the east and west courtyards are set up, the east courtyard is a garden, and the west courtyard has an indoor theater, which can accommodate more than 500 audiences.

Jiangxi Guild Hall is very distinctive is the gate tower stage. The stage is a mixed-type Xieshan roof structure with buckets and beams lifted, with a mountain gate on the front eaves and a stage on the floors. There are three layers of front eaves and five layers of rear eaves. Under the eaves, there are dense decorative bucket arch overhangs. There are a total of 42 wing horns on the front and back of the roof, which are unique in shape and exquisite in design, just like cranes spreading their wings and flying in the sky. The stage is 16 meters wide and 13.6 meters high, which can be used for large-scale traditional opera performances. Among the guild hall temple buildings in Huize, it is known as the "Five Sons of the guild hall" and is considered the "county treasure" of Huize.