Enshi·Lichuan | National Protected Unit· Dashuijing Ancient Architectural Complex

Located in Shuijing Village, Baiyangba Town, northwest of Lichuan city area, 45 kilometers away from Lichuan city center. Composed of Li Liangqing Manor + Li Family Ancestral Hall (ticketed scenic area) and Li Gaiwu Manor (outside the ticketed scenic area), the slogan is 'A symphony of Tujia residential buildings'. Visiting the site, one can feel that some indescribable stories have happened here in the past. 🌟 The manor section displays Tujia stilted building mortise and tenon blueprints, which are recommended for a focused look. 🌟 The ancestral hall section reveals the origin of the great well. 🌟 Li Gaiwu Manor was not visited due to time constraints. 🌟 The national protection monument is not at the main entrance of the scenic area, but at a side door on the archway (entering here is going downhill). 🌟 Public transportation: There are buses to Baiyangba Town next to Lichuan Station, then transfer to the village shuttle. ❗️This method is recommended for morning trips, as the connection time is uncertain. 🌟 Suggested visiting duration: 2 hours+ It was praised by Emperor Qianlong as 'exotic food in the deep mountains' - Baiyang tofu, the birthplace of the world-renowned folk song 'Dragon Boat Tune', and the filming location of TV dramas 'Dashuijing Storm' and 'Blood Oath'. In the forty-first year of the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty (1777 AD), the Li family's ancestor Li Tinglong and Li Yanfeng fled from Yueyang, Hunan to Dashuijing and were taken in by an elderly Huang family member, eventually inheriting the Huang family's property. Later, they began to build the manor, which was continuously maintained and expanded during the late Ming, middle and late Qing, and the Republic of China periods, forming an architectural complex consisting of Li family manor, Li family ancestral hall, and Li Gaiwu residence at Gaoyang Terrace, covering a total area of more than 20,000 square meters, with a total building area of more than 12,000 square meters. It looks north to Qiyue Mountain, south to Hanchi Ridge, east to Jiandao Ancient Observatory, west to Jiulong Pass, benefiting from the Yangtze River Gorges on the outside, and surrounded by majestic mountains on the inside. Li Liangqing Manor was the old residence of Li Liangqing, the fifth-generation descendant of Li Tinglong, built from the mid-Qing Dynasty to the liberation. The buildings cover an area of more than 10,000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 6,000 square meters, all built according to the Bagua layout, with 24 courtyards, 174 rooms, not using a single iron nail, all with wooden frames, corridors with colorful eaves and stilted buildings, interlocking. The plaque above the main gate reads 'Qinglian Meiyin', which is derived from the 'Qinglian' in the self-title 'Qinglian Jutu' of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai, indicating that the manor owner prides himself as a descendant of Li Bai. The Li family ancestral hall was built during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, a clan castle-style building, supervised by Li Zusheng, the fourth son of the Li family ancestor Li Tinglong. The buildings cover an area of more than 8,000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 3,800 square meters, with more than 60 rooms, a symmetrical central axis layout, and three courtyards in three sections. The main buildings on the central axis are the front hall, worship hall, and ancestral hall. The left and right sides are double-corridor wing rooms, and the front part of the ancestral hall is a fortress wall built with longitudinal stone slabs. The left, right, and rear sides follow the mountain terrain with stone retaining walls and guard gun holes. In the northeast corner of the ancestral hall, there is a well protected by a tall stone wall, and outside the wall is a stone carving of 'Dashuijing' handwritten by Li Gaiwu, the last clan leader of the Li family.