The Ancient Village of Yinjiazhuang

The Ancient Village of Yinjiazhuang

The Ancient Village of Yinjiazhuang is located in Dongfeng Village, Chengjiao Town, and is a historically and culturally protected area under Guangzhou's internal control.

Established by the Yin clan in the early Ming Dynasty, the ancient village is divided into the West Village and the South Village. It is embraced by water on three sides, backed by forests, with the Liuxi River to the east and a feng shui forest to the north, covering a construction area of nearly 20,000 square meters. The layout and specifications of the West Village are quite elaborate, with a century-old cypress tree growing along the pathway between the two ponds in front of the village. At the head of the village stands the five-courtyard ancestral hall—Guangyan Ancestral Hall. To the right of the ancestral hall are nine rows of uniformly styled residences, with four households per row, totaling 36 households. Behind the residences are a series of two-story backflow houses that connect to the fifth courtyard of the Guangyan Ancestral Hall. The South Village faces a large pond to the south, with the Yin Clan Ancestral Hall at the head of the village. In front of the hall, on either side of the hemp field (open area), stand flagpole stands mounted on granite bases. To the east of the ancestral hall are the ends of several neatly arranged ancient alleys, where there is a garden-style building with five bays and two corridors—the former residence of Yin Fuxi. Its main gate faces the alley, the central hall is spacious, and the walls on both sides of the courtyard feature brick-carved lattice windows with plaster reliefs of scrolls.