Reading Family Memory in Huishan’s Ancestral Halls
Tablets, genealogies, a hybrid facade and a low stone bridge reveal how Huishan makes different forms of remembrance visible.
Huishan Ancient Town
Ancestral halls, riverfront architecture and garden spaces preserve several kinds of memory.
The ancestral halls are Huishan’s distinctive cultural thread. Their commemorated people, family records and ritual objects ask different questions from those raised by the neighbouring Jichang Garden. Read the historic quarter and the wider scenic area as related layers, not one undifferentiated ancient town.
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The Zhu Xi ancestral hall in Wuxi's Huishan Ancient Town.Remember the mistress ( 記小三 ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP.