Jstars courtyard

shanxi has long been known as "ancient architecture museum of china". A great many civil

houses build in Ming and Qing Dynasties have been preserved in here.they are the testimony

of history of Shanxi Merchants .the Courtyard of Family Qiao that we will visit today is one of them

Courtyard of Family Qiao located in Qixian County in Shanxi Province , 54 km south of Taiyuan

.this is a kind of civil house ,it is the most complete civil house which is preserved in china.it occupying

area of 8725 square meters,while the floorage occupies 3870 square meters.it has 6 compounds, 20

small courtyards, 313 housings

after we entry the front gate, we see the map first,there are 6 compounds in total.the houses

in northern yard was tall,its the residence of elders.relatively low houses in south lived the younger generation.