The origin and overview of Nanhua Palace in Sichuan

At the beginning of the founding of New China, Sichuan Province still preserved a large number of Nanhua Palaces. These buildings were demolished one after another during the ten-year Cultural Revolution to "destroy the four olds", and very few remain. Nanhua Palace is a guild hall built by the Hakka ancestors of Guangdong. The ancestors of the Hakkas migrated from the Central Plains to Jiangxi and Fujian from the late Tang Dynasty to the late Song Dynasty to avoid war, and then settled in Guangdong. After hundreds of years, during the reigns of Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the Hakka people successively moved to Jiangxi and Fujian to make a living. When they came to live in Sichuan, the vast land of Western Sichuan, they brought with them the ancient Han people's food, life, culture and customs. In order to unite the strength of their fellow villagers and enhance the relationship between their fellow tribesmen, they traveled all over Sichuan during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty (1723-1736). Many 'gathering places' have been built to worship the great god Sangzi. In places with many immigrants, these places are found in almost every town. In these places, statues of Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian gods are usually enshrined. The deeds and allusions of ancient Chinese celebrities are also depicted on the walls, and stage performances are held regularly or irregularly every year. , has become an important place for immigration activities. Its area ranges from a few hundred square meters to several thousand square meters. It has fine carvings, clear distinctions between the decoration of the main and auxiliary halls, and spacious inner and outer courtyards. Most of the Nanhua Palace that has been preserved has been repaired and liberated. Later, the fate of Nanhua Palace was the same as that of many large and small ancestral halls. They were all used as schools, grain processing rooms, granaries, administrative offices or converted into residential buildings.