Shuangjiang Yang Family Residence

Shuangjiang Yang Family Residence

The Shuangjiang Yang Family Residence is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Shuangjiang Yang Family Residence, also known as Tianba Courtyard, is located at No. 85 Zheng Street in Shuangjiang Town. It earned the nickname “Tianba Courtyard” because the site was originally a large expanse of fertile farmland. Built as the home of Yang Shoulu, the wealthiest man in Shuangjiang, construction began in the fourth year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1878) and took 12 years to complete, finishing in the Gengyin year of Guangxu (1890), and now has a history of over 110 years.

The residence faces south and is a single-eave, hanging-roof wooden structure in the style of a traditional quadrangle courtyard. The main buildings are aligned along the central axis, featuring a width of seven bays and consisting of four courtyards arranged in a quadrangle layout. Each courtyard includes a patio, railings, corridors, and flower stands. To the left of the main building are auxiliary structures connected by passageways. In total, there are 51 rooms of various sizes, including halls and chambers, 108 doors, and more than 300 intricately carved and decorated large lattice windows and transoms in diverse styles. The building covers a floor area of 2,060 square meters. At the back of the residence lies a symmetrically designed small garden, and outside the house is a lotus pond spanning an area of 3 mu, bringing the total site area to 5,400 square meters. The residence is surrounded by thin square bricks forming firewalls, with camel-hump-shaped wall tops. The roof ridges are outlined and inlaid with colored glazed ceramic tiles, slightly upturned at both ends, and adorned with statues of immortals and mythical beasts along the main ridge. The residence boasts a large footprint, numerous structures, premium materials, exquisite decorations, and a rich variety of finely crafted lattice windows and partitions in diverse designs, all well-preserved. This architectural complex holds significant scientific, historical, and artistic value, and was designated as part of the sixth group of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units in 2006.

Further Reading:

· Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units