Zhangguanpu Dong Village

　　   Located in Zhangguanpu Village, Xiaoguan Township, Xuan'en County, it was built in the 13th year of the Yongzheng reign during the Qing Dynasty (1735). The site includes residential buildings and the ancestral tombs of the Chen family, covering an area of approximately twenty acres. The residential buildings face southeast and are built along a northwest-southeast axis, featuring a symmetrical central-axis layout with a two-courtyard, three-patio structure. They employ a post-and-lintel construction method, with single-eave gable-and-hip roofs covered in gray tiles. The Chen family ancestral tombs consist of over twenty ancient graves that are distributed around the Dong village in a radial pattern, with exquisitely carved tombstones. The architecture of Zhangguanpu Dong Village is hailed as “the finest example of stilt-style architecture in western Hubei” due to its “classical construction.” (Fifth Batch)

　　   Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau