Liemei Hall

The ancestral hall of the Zhangliao (張廖) family, Hakka who migrated from Zhao’an County in Fujian to Xitun in the early 19th century. Founded by Liao Liemei (廖烈美), the original residence was rebuilt as a two-storey reinforced concrete structure in 1988. The fish pond in front, from which the family compound took the name Dayuchi (大魚池), literally “great fish pond”, was expropriated by the city in 1996 and turned into Xiping Park. Local tradition holds that the Second Mazu (老二媽) enshrined at Wanhe Temple in Nantun is the spirit of a daughter of the Liao family, and a procession returning her to Liemei Hall every three years has been registered as a folk cultural asset since 2018.