Dongkeng Building Complex is located in Dongkeng Village, Peng Yu Township, Qingliu County, and was built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Introduction: It consists of seven ancient buildings, including Chen (Xuanrui) ancestral home, Zhiyitang, Zhuoyu Academy, Sichengtang, Yangfengtang, Linshui Palace and "Chenyimen" wooden archway. It is a building complex composed of temples, academies, ancestral halls, houses and gatehouses. Chen (Xuanrui) ancestral home was built in the late Qing Dynasty, with an east-west direction, with a total area of about 1300 square meters. It consists of a half-moon pool, an academy, a flower terrace and horizontal houses on both sides. The overall plane is convex, with seven halls and five pillars, and a bucket-type wooden frame is hung on the top of the mountain. Zhiyitang: Also known as Chen Zuju, it was rebuilt in the 54th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (17 15). It is located in the southeast and northwest, covering an area of 1270 square meters. It consists of a half-moon pond, a doorway, an anteroom, a patio, its left and right corridors and a main hall. It is a regular rectangle with a wide main hall. Zhuoyu Academy: Also known as Cuixi Temple, it was founded in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1403- 1424). It is the first academy in Dongkeng, covering an area of 392. 15 square meters. It consists of a doorway, an anteroom, a left gallery on the patio, a gatehouse on the right side of the patio, a main hall and an annex building. Sichengtang: Also known as Longan Library, it was built in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty (1583). After several repairs, it sits southwest facing northeast, covering an area of about 609.59 square meters. Its plane is a regular rectangle, consisting of a pool, a courtyard wall, a courtyard flat, a hall, a patio, left and right cloisters, a main hall and a flower stand. The main hall is five rooms wide and seven columns deep. Yangfengtang: Also known as Gupo 'an, it was built in the early Ming Dynasty. After several repairs, it faces south and covers an area of about 805.95 square meters. The building is a regular rectangle, consisting of a mountain gate, a courtyard wall, a patio, a main hall and left and right horizontal houses. Linshui Palace: rebuilt in the 11th year of Qing Jiaqing (1806), it sits in the northwest facing southeast, covering an area of about 262.38 square meters. It consists of a hall, a patio, a main hall and a horizontal house on the right. The hall is seven rooms wide and four columns deep. There are three four-poster wooden doors in the hall, and five-story wishful arches are selected outside the eaves. The main hall is five rooms wide and five columns deep. It is suspended from the top of the mountain by a mixed wooden frame with beams and buckets. "Chen's First Gate" Wooden Pailou: It was built in dragon five (157 1) and rebuilt in Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty (1797). It faces south and covers an area of 33 square meters. It is three archways wide and three columns deep. It is a three-story wooden archway with eight characters and four columns under the eaves of the main building.
Scope of protection: each single building extends 20 meters outward.
In 20 18, Dongkeng Building Complex was announced by Fujian Provincial People's Government as the ninth batch of provincial cultural relics protection units.
Dongkeng Village: This is a small mountain village with a long history. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, some people moved here. This is a small mountain village with talented people. There are seven academies in the village with more than 1000 people. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jinshi 1, Juren 5, Gong Sheng 14, and 8 officials at or above the county level. There is a profound cultural heritage here, which preserves many Ming and Qing architecture, cultural relics handed down from generation to generation and folk customs passed down to this day. This ancient mountain village hides a large-scale ancient village. This ancient village is comparable in scale, shape, facilities and structure.