The Memorial Arch for the Two Dragons Simultaneously Leaping

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Our family members are not just scholars, but ones of utmost honor and distinction. Two of our best, Lu Gan and Lu Ge, both of the 15th generation earned status of top five performer in provincial exam and first place provincial graduate, respectively in the year 1477. 

Historical records:

[This Memorial Arch] is erected in Commemoration of

Lu Gan 盧幹 (15th gen.), Notable Graduate[1] of Shuntian Prefecture [the Capital, contemporary Beijing], and
Lu Ge 盧格 (15th gen.), The First Place Provincial Graduate of Zhejiang Province,
Who passed the examinations in the dingyou year of the Chenghua reign period (1477), (Both were inscribed horizontally)

Wang Zun 王遵, Metropolitan Graduate, Magistrate of Dongyang county,;
Sheng Fu 盛富, Vice Magistrate,;
Wu Kun 吳坤, Assistant Magistrate,;
Qin Ao 秦鰲, Metropolitan Graduate, Supplementary Vice Magistrate,;
Xie Jingxiu 謝景秀, County Jailor

On the Auspicious Dawn, the Twelfth Lunar Month, in the
bingshen year of the Jiajing reign period (1536) (Located at the east of the Bronze Buddha Hall 銅佛殿; the same arch as The Memorial Arch for the Triplets 同胞三鳳坊)

Ginnie Ma