The Grand Tutor Zuo Shrine
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The Grand Tutor Zuo Shrine is situated in Xinguang Village, Jinlong Town. It is a compound made up of three buildings arranged in three courtyards, with rammed earth walls, blue bricks and grey tiles.
After Zuo Zongtang passed away, his descendants built this clan school in accordance with his last wishes. It was originally named the Liuqing Academy.
The shrine complex consists of two main halls with wing buildings on both sides. The front hall serves as the Grand Tutor Zuo Shrine, while the rear hall is the Confucius Hall. The two wing buildings are two-storey structures housing classrooms and an auditorium. Dormitories and outbuildings stand on the eastern side. The whole compound covers approximately 4,000 square metres. Facing southward from the north, the buildings adopt wood-and-earth structures with rammed earth walls and small grey tile roofs.
The front building stretches in a straight line. Above the main gate hangs a horizontal plaque four chi long and two chi wide, inscribed with "Shrine of Grand Tutor Zuo" by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Upon entering the gate, two rooms stand on each side of a spacious central hall. The hall is supported by eight huge wooden pillars each with a girth of five chi, and its beams are carved with dragons and phoenixes.
Two granite cisterns are built between the front and middle buildings on both the left and right. Rainwater from the eaves drains through underground pipes beneath these cisterns.
Stepping through the middle gate, eight two-storey brick-and-timber classrooms line the east and west sides, enclosing a rectangular courtyard. The surrounding stone steps are neatly paved with uniform granite slabs.
The uniquely designed Confucius Hall is attached to the back wall of the middle building on its northern side. The other three sides are built with granite blocks, and its platform rises five chi above the courtyard. The pavilion is propped up by four wooden pillars. A portrait of Confucius is enshrined on the upper part inside, and the wooden side panels are carved with human figures.
The shrine suffered severe damage in 1966. The front building was demolished, the enclosing walls collapsed, and the original layout was disrupted.
In 1999, the county government allocated funds for restoration work. The Confucius Hall remains well-preserved to this day.
It was designated a county-level protected cultural relic in 1982.