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An account of the village in recent times, the ancestor temples, destruction during the Cultural Revolution, etc.

In a building with a refined roof, a man is weighing bags of goods and dividing them into several baskets, which seems to be a procedure to sell them. On the Internet some people say that this is the salt trade. I tried to do some research into the…

Head Gate was built at the same time as Seriousness and Consonance Hall was built (1456-1462). It was renovated in 1825 and again in 1988.

The Ceremonial Gate was built at the same time as Seriousness and Consonance Hall, in the mid-fifteenth century. It was renovated in 1867 and 1985. It is said that when officials of the third rank or above visited the compound the middle gate would…

Suyong tang, Seriousness and Consonance Hall, was built between 1456 and 1462 by Lu Rong. It is the very center of the compound. The name 'seriousness and consonance' (suyong) comes from the Classic of Poetry, one of the Confucian Classics. It is the…