Xinpu Liu Ancestral Hall. Xinpu Liu Ancestral Hall, also known as Liu Clan Ancestral Temple, is located at No. 230, Heping Street, Xinsheng Village, Xinpu Township, Hsinchu County. Xinpu Liu Ancestral Hall, also known as Liu Clan Ancestral Temple, is located at No. 230, Heping Street, Xinsheng Village, Xinpu Township, Hsinchu County. In the third year of Tongzhi (1864), Liu clan members from the same township and lineage in the Xinpu area jointly funded the construction of the ancestral hall, which was completed in April of the sixth year of Tongzhi (1867). The Xinpu area was originally called Zhushan or Zhuqianpu. After the ban on married immigrants was lifted during the Yongzheng era of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of immigrants from eastern Guangdong began to cultivate this land, with the Cai, Chen, Pan, Zhu, Liu, and Guo families being prominent clans. The Liu clan members who established the Liu Ancestral Hall arrived in this area around the early Qianlong era to begin their cultivation endeavors. The first to propose the construction of the ancestral hall were Liu Chaoyuan, the fifteenth generation descendant of Liu Guxiang, the founding ancestor of Shijing Township, Raoping County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province, and Liu Shihe, the seventeenth generation descendant. Liu Rongguang of Xinpu Street donated the land, and Liu Songmao and Liu Wanyong of Xinpu Street, Liu Tingzhang of Dahan Keng Village, and Liu Jiawan of Xinqingtian contributed funds from five different lineages. Liu Shihe presided over the construction. Xinpu Liu Ancestral Hall enshrines the ancestral tablets of Liu Rong, the grandfather of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han, the common ancestor of the Liu clan, and the ancestral tablets of successive generations. It is currently composed of ancestral trusts such as Liu Rong Gong, Liu Rong Gong Chang, Liu Dingzi Chang, Liu Jia Ci, and Chui Yu Chang. This type of worship group, formed by the geographical ties of common lineage and common origin, is a typical example of early immigrant society and also reflects the early stages of Hakka immigration and cultivation.
Address: 新竹縣新埔鎮和平街230號
Hours: 00:00–23:59
Hsinchu County