Hakka enclosed houses in Hezhou are known as the Forbidden City in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hakka Wai House of Babu Ang Lee Hall in Hezhou was built in the Qianlong period of the late Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 200 years. Hakka wai house covers an area of more than 30 mu, divided into two houses, north and south, 300 meters apart, showing a corner. The whole enclosure building is a square symmetrical structure, surrounded by a three-meter-high wall separated from the outside world. Buildings, halls, rooms and wells are arranged reasonably and integrated. The hall is connected with the corridor, and the corridor and the room are tortuous and patchwork. The eaves, cloisters, screens and beams are carved with dragons and painted with phoenix. It is a typical crystallization of Hakka architectural culture and art, and is known as the "Forbidden City in the South of the Yangtze River".

Babu Ang Lee Tang Hakka Wai House is located in Renchong Village, Li Antang Town, Babu District, Hezhou City, which is accessible by National Highway 323. From Hezhou City 10 km. It is one of the most complete, largest and oldest Hakka ancient buildings in China. It is a typical example of the enclosure of Hakka dwellings in Guangxi, and it is as famous as the Hakka earth building in Fujian, also known as the traditional architecture of Hakka dwellings in China.

Since then, people surnamed Jiang have built seven similar paddocks in Renchong Village and Baihua Village, but the scale is slightly smaller, with more than 20 households and a permanent population of 100. According to Jiang's genealogy, Jiang's family first migrated to Hezhou from Wuhua County, Guangdong Province. Because of their cleverness and diligence, they have accumulated a lot of wealth. According to the requirements of security and theft prevention, they have built many houses, and the houses are getting bigger and bigger. At the end of Qing Qianlong, Jiang, the ancestor, was promoted to the rank of Sanpin Chaoguan and served as the salt inspection station in Yunnan Province because of his outstanding achievements in the victory in Nanguan Town. Give him 1 10,000 taels of silver and the plaque "Wan Bao Lai Chao". Jiang took the silver back to Hezhou, Guangxi, and built this large-scale Hakka enclosure in eight years.

Hakka wai house is a huge building built in a lake pond! According to elegant research, there is no need for a brick or stone under the basement, all of which are stacked vertically and horizontally with Millennium-immortal pine trees, and then compacted with sand, yellow mud and lime mixed soil as the footing. The wall more than one person high on the ground is also rammed with this three-in-one soil to form a conjoined wall, in which the upper part is ordinary mud brick, and the top and eaves of the wall are densely inlaid with blue bricks. /kloc-more than 0/00 years have passed, and these walls have not sunk and there are few cracks.

The design layout of Hakka enclosed houses is symmetrical based on the longitudinal axis of the main hall. The main hall is a building with four entrances and four exits. The terrain is that the back building is slightly higher than the front building, which means "step by step". The four buildings are closely connected and inseparable, with 9 halls and 18 patios, which are ventilated and daylighting. The hall, corridor and room of the whole house are integrated, and the hall is connected with the corridor, and the corridor is connected with the room, with twists and turns and good light transmission. The gatehouse, eaves, screens, shrines, furniture, etc. in the house are exquisitely carved, and the designs of the zodiac, unicorn, deer, crane and dragon and phoenix are vivid and artistic.

Hakka enclosed houses are also unique in defense. In addition to 72 gun holes at the corner of the corridor, there is also a special latch that allows thieves to enter and exit, and its internal structure has not been cracked so far. The upstairs and downstairs of the whole house can be interconnected and closed to each other. If a stranger comes in, it will be like entering a maze. You can't get out of this big house without guidance.

In addition to its large area, many rooms and ingenious design, there are many strange phenomena in this house that make people puzzled. First, the main door is not straight, but inclined to the left. Second, there are seven slates inside the main hall gate, which is unclear. It is a mystery that drums are shaken with their feet. Third, an isolated arch rises on the normal floor, which cracks the slate and wall on the ground, but it does not endanger the safety of the house at all. Fourth, there is an ancient well behind the house, which has never dried up and the well water has remained unchanged for a long time. People who drink this well water rarely suffer from malignant diseases, and there are many people in their seventies and eighties. The oldest person is 103 years old. Fifth, the 18 patio in the house has been flooded for more than 100 years, but the sewer has never been renovated and has been well drained.

It not only has the functions of living together, security and defense, wind and earthquake resistance, but also has rich cultural connotations. Its ancient and unique Hakka architecture, elaborate animal patterns, simple and elegant Ming and Qing furniture, farm workshops that have experienced vicissitudes for a hundred years, passionate Hakka songs and dances, and unique Hakka diet are an encyclopedia that can never be read, and a symbol of Hakka culture. It fully shows the humanistic history of Hakka people.