Dagong Hall

Zhejiang


This splendid memorial hall overlooking the tàijí diagram pond at the centre of the village is a huge, airy space with a pairing of huge black Chinese characters 武 (‘Wǔ’ or ‘Martial’) and 忠 (‘Zhōng’ or ‘Loyal’) on the walls outside. The hall originally dates to the Yuan dynasty; note its two large and smooth drum stones.