Pan’anwei Walled Dragon House

Pan’anwei Walled Dragon House

The Pan’anwei Walled Dragon House is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Guangdong Province.

Some say that if you don’t step inside a walled dragon house, your trip to Meizhou is wasted. Most streets in the old urban area of northern Meizhou were built after the city walls were demolished in the early Republican era, while those in the southern urban area and overseas Chinese district were mostly constructed after the 1980s. Since Hakka walled dragon houses were built during the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are many such structures throughout both the old and new parts of the city. Visiting these houses in downtown Meizhou allows you to immerse yourself in rich Hakka traditions.

Hakka ancestors trekked across mountains and rivers, enduring countless hardships in search of their dream homeland. One day, they finally built their own walled dragon houses. Since then, the far-flung Hakka descendants, on their endless journeys ahead, have found that the spiritual bond with their roots remains unbroken and ever-extending. The Hakka people’s deep love for their walled dragon houses has become yet another legend—no matter where they go in the world, they never forget their “birthplace.”

There was a time when urban development and historical-cultural preservation seemed at odds. Many may know that the “pyramids” are historical and cultural heritage, and Beijing’s “Forbidden City” is historical and cultural heritage, but few realize that walled dragon houses, weathered by centuries or even more than a hundred years, are also historical and cultural legacies left to us by our Hakka ancestors. With “over three hundred years of history,” the love Hakka people hold for their ancestral homes is organically intertwined with the preservation of historical culture.

In 2010, the People’s Government of Guangdong Province designated it as a cultural heritage site under the sixth batch of provincial-level protection.

Address: Hexi Village, Yetang Town, Xingning City, Meizhou, Guangdong

Official Website: http://baike.baidu.com/view/10096200.htm

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Further Reading:

· Sixth Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Heritage Protection Units