Memorial Arches are an outcome of the feudal society. However, they embody the wisdom and artistry of ancient craftsmen. Furthermore, each arch, regardless of the size, is related to a person or an event. So each has a

history or a story,  with profound connotation, and the arches bring one's meditation to the past.
The complex of seven arches, built by the Baos, is located in Tangyue Village 6km west of Shexian county. The "love and duty Arch"was built in honour of Bao Zongyan, a loving father, and Bao Shousun, his dutiful son; the two "filial Piety Arches 'in honour of Bao Can and Bao Fengchang for their filial love; the two "Chastity Arches "in honour of Bao Wenlin's wife Wang and Bao Can's grandson Bao Xiangxian, who had been Vice -Minister of War. Finally Bao Shufang, a wealthy merchant of the village, seeing that the arches built had covered loyalty, filial peity, and chastity-three of the four conventional virtues -but devoid of philanthropy, donated a large sum of money to the court for the imperial soldiers' pay and provisions as well as to build an 800m-long flood prevention dike. The emperor thereupon approved the construction of the "Philanthropy Arch". The seven arches were built successively during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, presenting different styles of the time, both characterized by the artistry of Huizhou stone carving, which is of great value for the study of ancient architecture.