Yantai Qi Jiguang memorial archway

Qi's ancestral hall located on the east side of the middle section of Penglai Chengfu Front Street

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    The ancestral hall of the Qi family, located on the east side of the middle section of the front street of Penglai City, was built in the eighth year of the Ming Chongzhen reign to praise Qi Jiguang, with the intention of bestowing meritorious service. It was later renovated in the forty sixth year of the Qing Kangxi reign. The entire temple is a family temple style building with three courtyards, three gatehouses, and three main halls, covering an area of 595.1 square meters. The gatehouse is located on the east and west sides, with a stone lion statue on each side outside the door. To the east of the gatehouse is the hall, which is located on the east and west sides and has a front porch. In the hall, there is a neutral screen with a portrait of Qi Jiguang hanging on it. Inside the hall, there are displayed items such as war swords (engraved with the words "Ten Years of Wanli, Ascending the Qi Clan"), works such as "Ji Xiao Xin Shu", "Shi Bing Shi Ji", "Zhi Zhi Tang Ji", as well as "Guang Bing" and "Zhan Zhi Tang Ji" that Qi Jiguang led the Qi family army to eat and wear. There are two Qi Jiguang memorial archway, located at the east and west ends of memorial archway Lane Street in Penglai City. To the east is the "Mother and Son Day Filial Piety" Archway, and to the west is the "Father and Son Governor" Archway. In the 44th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court built it to honor the Qi family. The distance between the two archways is 140 meters, both of which are four pillar three bay eaves multi ridge granite stone carving archways. They are 9.5 meters high, 8.3 meters wide, and 2.7 meters deep. There are three archways above and below the main room, and two archways on each side, decorated with patterns of flowers, trees, birds, and animals. There are multiple rows of characters in the middle of the two archways. The two memorial archway are towering, upright, majestic, well composed, and finely carved. They have high historical and artistic value and are rare large-scale stone carvings of the Ming Dynasty in China.