The name “Rixin Hall” is taken from “Yijing – Da Xu- Tuan Zhuan”: “In (the trigrams composing) Da Xu we have (the attributes) of the greatest strength and of substantial solidity, which emit a brilliant light; and indicate a daily renewal of his virtue (by the subject of it). The strong line is in the highest place, and suggests the value set on talents and virtue; there is power (in the upper trigram) to keep the strongest in restraint: -all this shows 'the great correctness'. 'The good fortune attached to the subject's not seeking to enjoy his revenues in his own family' shows how talents and virtue are nourished. It will be advantageous to cross the great stream:' -(the ruler,) is responded to by Heaven’”(by James Legge). In The Book of Rites – Great Learning, it says: “If you can remake yourself with new ideas every day, and do it day by day you would have new ideas each day”. Rixin Hall, together with the adjacent Jishan hall and Yuqing hall, is called Santai Jiumendang (three mansions with nine halls), and was built by Wu Xilian (1796-1861, courtesy name Zhenxing, self-titled Guoli), the 32nd generation of the Wu family.

The existing building has two courtyards, with the foyer, front yard, principal hall and back yard on the central axis. The two-storey principal hall and Xiangfang on both sides are three rooms wide, with an eaves gallery around the middle courtyard, and the front courtyard is surfaced with pebbles, while the principal hall is a tung oil-lime floor, which remains leveled to date. The area occupied by the building is 1,647.75 square meters.