The Zhang Family Residence in Qinzhou

The Zhang Family Residence in Qinzhou

The Zhang Family Residence in Qinzhou is a cultural relics protection unit of Gansu Province.

The Zhang Family Residence in Qinzhou is located at No. 56, Yusheng Lane, Xiguan, Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

No. 56, Yusheng Lane, Xiguan, Qinzhou District, was once one of the residences of the three brothers of Zhang Zhongwu, who served as the magistrate of Ziyang County, Shaanxi Province during the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty. It is a district-level cultural relics protection site. The eastern wing consists of five rooms, with the northernmost room serving as the entrance passage, facing a decorative screen wall. The courtyard gate is a wooden suspended flower gate. The western wing of the front courtyard features a three-room passageway hall, with one doorway on each side leading to the central courtyard via gate towers. There is a ginkgo tree in the courtyard with a circumference of 1.9 meters and a height of 18 meters. The western three-room passageway hall has overhanging eaves adorned with carved brick brackets, and its walls are inlaid with precisely fitted diamond-patterned bricks forming crabapple pond designs. To the south are three rooms of a flush-gable reverse hall, commonly known as the "Lock Hall," which exhibit strong local architectural characteristics. The entire residence is symmetrically arranged along an east-west vertical axis, forming a set of meticulously laid out, serene, and intricately designed Qing Dynasty courtyard buildings.

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Provincial-Level Cultural Relics Protection Units in Gansu Province