Li Family Courtyard
Li Family Courtyard
Introduction
Li Family Courtyard is a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national AAAA level tourist attraction, one of China's top ten most potential residential buildings, and one of Shanxi's top ten scenic spots with a good impression. It is a unique giant commercial mansion in the south of Shanxi province.
It was built in the Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Yanjing village, Wanrong county, 38 kilometers north of the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi province. It was the family residence of Li Ziyong, a wealthy merchant in Shanxi. There are 20 groups of original courtyards, 11 groups of existing courtyards, and other ancestral halls and gardens.
Architecture
The whole building is a shaft-type quadrangle. Overlooking the whole picture, the traditional quadrangles gather wind and luck, and the big exquisite gates are connected to the sky while grounding to the earth; the Hui-style buildings are well arranged, the European style modeling is elegant, the north and the south are connected, and the Chinese and the Western tradition blend up, it is a unique existence in Chinese residential buildings.
Address: Yanjing village, Gaocun town, Wanrong county, Yuncheng, Shanxi province
Tel: 0359--4823278