Where is the former residence of Yan Xishan in Shanxi?

Yan Xishan's former residence is located in Riverside Town, Dingxiang County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province.

It was founded in the early 1920s and ended in the 1930s, lasting 14 years. The whole building complex runs east-west, with an original length of135.2m and a width of19.7m. It covers an area of 61834m, with nearly 30 courtyards and more than 800 houses. 18 Courtyard, with 575 floors, covering an area of 38,000 square meters and building area of18,000 square meters. The overall design is divided into upper and lower houses, with east and west gardens in front and back.

Dongyuan architecture is dominated by traditional palace architecture in China in the late Qing Dynasty. The gate is an ancient archway, and you can reach the First Hospital through the rockery. The ground here is full of pebbles and blue bricks with geometric patterns, and the opposite is a tall two-story building. Opposite the aisle is the Second Hospital, and the main hall of the Second Hospital is three large rooms for the Yanshi family to discuss and hold meetings. The palace-style buildings in the Third Hospital are tall and magnificent, overlooking the whole village.

The value of architecture

Throughout the former residence of Yan Xishan, a group of magnificent and peculiar modern buildings are not only precious objects to study the rise and fall of Yan family, but also historical relics of Yan Xishan's ups and downs in political career.

At the same time, it shows its unique cultural value and aesthetic value with its distinctive folk customs and architectural art style combining Chinese and western styles. Groups of exquisite stone carvings, brick carvings and wood carvings make Chinese and foreign tourists linger. The tunnels and basements all over the main buildings cast a mysterious veil over the old house.

1In the autumn of 988, the relevant departments of Shanxi Province set up a folk museum here, and Xu Lu built more than 90 exhibition rooms for folk embroidery, paper cutting, carving, weaving, competition, painting, textile, paper making, catering, clothing, folk houses, beliefs and lantern festivals, which vividly reflected the unique and rich folk culture and colorful folk art in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Former Residence of Yan Xishan.