World Residential Treasure

Dangjia Village is known as the "living fossil of the ancient traditional civilization residential village of the East". The ancient village retains a complete set of Ming and Qing dynasty residences, making it a prominent ancient village in Shaanxi. 1. Long history: Dangjia Village was founded in the second year of Zhishun of the Yuan Dynasty (1331), nearly 700 years ago. The villagers of Dangjia Village are simple and honest. The village has 123 courtyard houses, 11 ancestral halls, 25 watchtowers, as well as temples, opera stages, Wenxing Pavilion, watchtowers, Biyang Fort, and Jie Xiao Stele, among other ancient buildings, making it a "world residential treasure". The outstanding ancient architectural complex of Dangjia Village was included in the "China World Cultural Heritage Tentative List" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on March 28, 2008. "World Residential Treasure".