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| Wang's Grand Courtyard (Qiaojia Dayuan) |
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Qiaojia Dayuan (Qiaojiabu Folklore Museum) Located in a large courtyard
in Qiaojiabu village of the Qi County, Qiaojia Dayuan was the residential
house of Qiao Zhiyong, a capitalist in the Qing Dynasty who attained
his fortune in financial and commercial business in the periods of
Emperor Jiaqing and Emperor Daoguang. With typical northern China
architectural characteristics, the Dayuan (courtyard) is divided into
6 big yards and 20 small yards with 313 rooms and covers an area of
over 8,700 sq meters.
Here you can watch farming activities in every season, ceremonies
of sacrifice and ancestral warship, wedding ceremonies and daily
life. Through which you'll have a view of the folk customs
of Shanxi during the period of late Qing Dynasty. |
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