Where is the Qin Family Courtyard?
Qin Family Courtyard is located in Shuiyuantou Village, Baishi Township, Xing 'an, Guangxi. According to legend, Shuiyuantou Village is the settlement of descendants of Qin Qiong. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, a demoted Qin traveled thousands of miles to northern Guangxi. According to the villagers, they are descendants of Qin Qiong, a famous official in the Tang Dynasty. Later, a branch of Qin took a fancy to the mountainous terrain of Shuiyuantou Village, and chose this geomantic treasure-house to lay the foundation stone. After years of reproduction, it has gradually formed a scale. At the foot of Houlongshan, a large house was built by the mountain, and the locals called it Qin Family Courtyard.
These houses are basically three in and three out. The houses are divided into four groups, separated by two meters, forming a long and narrow roadway, all paved with bluestone slabs. The hall, theater and living room of the house are all open, and the doors of the houses on both sides are inward, which is very interesting. The walls of the house are all based on several tons of bluestone square piers. Laying more than 1 m, and building a roof with blue bricks is unique. Tall and bright superstructure, the window grilles embedded in the windows are made of glazed tiles with flowers painted on them, which are gentle and antique. Various patterns are carved on the walls of the room, and dragons and phoenixes are carved on the stone pier under the court column, which is exquisite and beautiful.