Li Heming House in Fuling Village, Xingning, Guangdong

Li Heming House, commonly known as 'Li Heming', was built in the sixth year of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It faces southwest from the northeast and is designed as 'three halls, six wings, and one surrounding dragon'. In front of the gate, there is a grain drying area and a pond. The building covers an area of 5,368 square meters. Inside the Li Heming House, there is 1 main gate, 6 smaller gates, 9 halls, and 112 rooms. The main gate has two square stone pillars, the lower hall has two round wooden pillars, and the middle hall has six pillars; it uses the traditional Chinese architectural techniques of mortise and tenon joint structure and lifting beam structure. The wood carvings on the main gate, central hall, and ancestral hall beams along the central axis are gilded and exquisitely carved. At the very top of the main gate are the characters 'En Rong', and below it is a red and gold door plaque with the three large characters 'Zi Zheng Di'. The upper hall has a wooden plaque 'Ken Gou Ken Tang' (sixth year of Guangxu), and the middle hall hangs a wooden plaque 'Dun Ben Tang', and a second-class wooden plaque with the title 'Zhong Xian' (second year of Guangxu). The entire building is solidly constructed with rammed earth foundations, brick and wood structures, gray tile surfaces, and hard mountain tops. The gate is topped with a fireproof wall. On December 10, 2015, it was announced as the eighth batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units.