Main entrance, Dungenji Gate (敦艮吉门), meaning honour and auspicious. Before the restoration, it used to be the Northeastern gate of the compound)
7.2m tall, with a plaque of the Chang family's Mansion hanging on the top level
The Back Street (后街) runs from east to west, about 650m long, with hitching posts on one side
Chengen Memorial Gateway (承恩牌坊) in the Back Street, granted by Qing Dynasty's Emperor Jiaqing (reign 1796–1820) for sponsoring the imperial army expeditions.
A typical front entrance to a house, guarded by a pair of stone lions.
Chang's ancestral hall (常氏宗祠), built in 1879-1882.
The courtyards of the ancestral hall.
The first courtyard of the ancestral hall. In the middle is a Sophora Japonica (龙爪槐) tree planted in 1879.
The Chang family's mansion is decorated with many plaques, some of them granted by senior officials to mark the family's achievements.
This plaque, for example, is granted by a local army general in the Qing dynasty (not in the ancestral hall).
