Eunuch Village

Eunuch Village

Eunuch Village is a cultural heritage site protected by Longmen County.

Eunuch Village, also known as the natural village of Hukouwei in Dao Tan Village, from Shajing Town, features Ming and Qing dynasty architecture. Among them, the Eunuch Residence is a brick-and-wood watchtower structure, four stories high, with a flush gable roof and corbelled diamond-shaped bricks projecting beneath the eaves. Legend has it that to commemorate the eunuch Li Jinu, the watchtower where he lived as a child was called the "Eunuch Residence." At the village entrance stands an ancient banyan tree, one of which has a very peculiar form — its trunk is embedded into the wall of the watchtower, with buttress roots wrapped around the wall, and its canopy shades the entire tower. The watchtower is 17.5 meters long, 10.3 meters wide, and 10 meters tall, with shooting holes on all four sides of each floor. Inside, it is divided into two sections and five rooms. In front of the watchtower leads a path into the village, where the buildings exhibit typical Hakka architectural style. The village has a crescent-shaped pond at the front, surrounded by walls (most of which have been destroyed), and a gatehouse-style building at the main entrance. Behind the front wall is a drying ground. The central layout includes an ancestral hall or main house, three sections and five rooms, two courtyards, with each room about 4 meters in height. On either side of the main house are three rows of wing rooms. The total built-up area is approximately 4,000 square meters. It was designated as a cultural heritage site protected by Longmen County in 2003.