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Qiongfang Wei in Nantai Village, Pingyuan, Guangdong

Qiongfang Wei was built at the end of the Ming Dynasty by Xie's fourth-generation ancestor, Qiong Gong, and was rebuilt in 2006. Facing east to west, it features a layout of three halls, four wings, and a surrounding dragon, with a depth of 33.689 meters, a width of 36.898 meters, covering an area of about 2321.42 square meters, and a construction area of about 1827 square meters. It consists of a foreign pond, the main gate, walls, the main hall, side houses, flower platforms, and surrounding dragons, forming a layout of three halls, three wings, and a surrounding dragon. The main gate has a granite frame and wooden panels. The structure is made of brick, wood, and stone, with gray tile surfaces. The main hall has a suspended gable roof, the side houses have a hipped gable roof, and the hall is spacious with symmetrical corridors on both sides, lower at the front and higher at the back, with a flat and wide flower platform. The exterior walls are made of rammed earth, and the interior walls are built with mud bricks, with rammed earth floors and wooden beam frames. In front of the house, there is a semi-circular pond, and there is a well on the east and southeast sides. The main body originally had a carved screen. After the 2007 renovation, the main body has been well preserved. The second wing on the south side was demolished and rebuilt in 2007. It is of high value for the study of Hakka Wei architecture and local cultural history. In December 2015, it was announced as the first batch of historical buildings in Meizhou City. In December 2021, it was recognized as the first batch of Meizhou City Hakka Wei Long House Protection List.
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Posted: Mar 17, 2024
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