HISTORICAL SITES OF THE SENIOR OFFICIAL
With a history of more than 150 years, the Ancestral Temple of the Advisory Senior Official Building Complex was built during the Reign of Emperor Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty. Composed of the Advisory Senior Scholar Temple, the Nanshan Academy and the Heng Zhixu Ancestral Hall, it faces the north and covers a total area of22,100 square meters. It was constructed by the Xu-family in Sanhua Village to show off the emperor's kindness. Xu Fangzheng, a villager in Sanhua Village during the Reign of Emperor Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, served as a director (Rank 5) of Ministry ofWar. Xu Fangzheng was much recognized by the court, so Emperor Tongzhi gave titles of honour to Xu Dekui and Xu Shixian, who were Xu Fangzheng's grandfather and father respectively, and made them the Advisory Senior Scholar (Rank 2). When he returned his hometown, Xu Fangzheng built the Advisory Senior Scholar Temple together with other clansmen.