Mansion of the Qiao Family, located in Qiaojiapu village of Qixian county, is 54 kilometers to the south of Taiyuan, and two kilometers to the north of Dongguan town. It was also known as Zhong Tang.
A 67-metre-tall pagoda in Yingxian County of north China's Shanxi Province has somehow survived the natural and human vicissitudes of history for 950 years.
The strong family loyalties of those living in Shanxi coupled with the ethics of diligence, thrift, and teamwork brought about a thriving merchant culture that endured for some 500 years, until the late Ming period (1368-1644). True to their roots, these merchants would bring their wealth back to the places where their families had long been settled and they built fine, extensive mansions.
In the Jinzhong plain of North China's Shanxi Province, there are scattered many courtyards: the Qiao Family Grand Courtyard (Qiaojia Dayuan); the Wang Family Grand Courtyard (Wangjia Dayuan); the Qu Family Grand Courtyard (Qujia Dayuan); the Cao Family Grand Courtyard (Caojia Dayuan)….
An unusual cluster of ancient castles was discovered recently in the Qinhe River Valley in Jincheng City, East China's Shanxi Province, unveiling various building complexes that harmoniously combine Chinese and Western architectural styles and soldiers' hideout cells joined by rarely seen corridor-like paths.
