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Courtyard at No. 11, Beisan Tiao, Xisi

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The courtyard at No. 11, Beisan Tiao, Xisi is located on Beisan Tiao, Xisi, in Xicheng District. It features a traditional four-courtyard layout. Facing south, the west side houses living quarters while the east side is a garden. At the southeast corner of the courtyard stands a grand gate (Guangliang Da Men), adorned with brick carvings of flowers and auspicious motifs on the chiseled (chi tou) sections. Inside the gate, there are six wing rooms on the west and one on the east. Directly opposite the middle of these wing rooms is a single-eave and hip-roofed ornamental gate (Yi Dian Yi Juan Shi Chui Hua Men). Beyond this gate lies the inner residential area, which includes three main northern rooms with carved interior decorations, flanked by two side rooms (er fang) on each side, and three wing rooms (xiang fang) to the east and west. All rooms are interconnected by covered walkways (chao shou you lang) decorated with "pine, bamboo, and plum" (song zhu mei) motifs on the spandrel brackets (que ti). The rear courtyard contains three northern rooms with two attached side rooms, as well as three wing rooms to the east and west. At the very back of the compound is a row of fourteen rear enclosed rooms (hou zhao fang). The eastern section of the compound is a garden, featuring five northern rooms and six western rooms, all roofed with double eaves and connected by covered walkways. In front of the garden’s eastern wall is an artificial hill, atop which sits a winding corridor with four rafters (si leng juan peng pa shan you lang), linking to a pavilion and an octagonal pavilion. Originally, there was a large rockery in front of the pavilion, though only a small portion remains today. At the southwest corner of the entire compound, there used to be a corner gate, now bricked up, with a pair of drum stones (bao gu shi) half-visible protruding from the wall. In 1987, the site was designated within a protected area and construction control zone, with the protected area covering the premises of No. 11. Aside from the rear enclosed rooms, which are used as a recreational center for retired education officials, the rest of the property is used by the Xisi North Kindergarten in Xicheng District.

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The courtyard at No. 11, Beisan Tiao, Xisi is a protected cultural heritage site of Beijing.

The courtyard at No. 11, Beisan Tiao, Xisi is located on Beisan Tiao, Xisi, in Xicheng District. It features a traditional four-courtyard layout. Facing south, the west side houses living quarters while the east side is a garden. At the southeast corner of the courtyard stands a grand gate (Guangliang Da Men), adorned with brick carvings of flowers and auspicious motifs on the chiseled (chi tou) sections. Inside the gate, there are six wing rooms on the west and one on the east. Directly opposite the middle of these wing rooms is a single-eave and hip-roofed ornamental gate (Yi Dian Yi Juan Shi Chui Hua Men). Beyond this gate lies the inner residential area, which includes three main northern rooms with carved interior decorations, flanked by two side rooms (er fang) on each side, and three wing rooms (xiang fang) to the east and west. All rooms are interconnected by covered walkways (chao shou you lang) decorated with "pine, bamboo, and plum" (song zhu mei) motifs on the spandrel brackets (que ti). The rear courtyard contains three northern rooms with two attached side rooms, as well as three wing rooms to the east and west. At the very back of the compound is a row of fourteen rear enclosed rooms (hou zhao fang). The eastern section of the compound is a garden, featuring five northern rooms and six western rooms, all roofed with double eaves and connected by covered walkways. In front of the garden’s eastern wall is an artificial hill, atop which sits a winding corridor with four rafters (si leng juan peng pa shan you lang), linking to a pavilion and an octagonal pavilion. Originally, there was a large rockery in front of the pavilion, though only a small portion remains today. At the southwest corner of the entire compound, there used to be a corner gate, now bricked up, with a pair of drum stones (bao gu shi) half-visible protruding from the wall. In 1987, the site was designated within a protected area and construction control zone, with the protected area covering the premises of No. 11. Aside from the rear enclosed rooms, which are used as a recreational center for retired education officials, the rest of the property is used by the Xisi North Kindergarten in Xicheng District.