[2025 Meizhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Qiaoxiangcun (Updated Mar)

🆔Name: Qiaoxiang Village, Nankou Town, Meizhou City 📍Navigation: Chenru Lu, Sanxingqiao, Meixian District, Meizhou City 🅿️Parking: There are several parking spaces, free parking, and parking is very convenient. It is recommended to drive inside, there are several parking lots! 💁‍♂️Environment: The rapeseed flowers are yellow this season, which is quite suitable for taking pictures. The country roads here are really comfortable, you can take a walk, have tea outdoors, and ride a bicycle! 💁‍♂️About: It takes about 25 minutes to drive from the city. You can find it by navigating to "Chenru Lu". There are more people going to Nankou Town to see the rapeseed flowers during this period, so you can travel at off-peak times. Also, remember to protect the environment!

Xiewu, also known as "Baoshu Liufang", is located in Qiaoxiang Village, Nankou Town, Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, and was built in 1920. It faces from the southwest to the northeast and features a layout of two halls, three horizontal sections, and a surrounding dragon structure. The building is 69.51 meters wide and 37.79 meters deep; it covers an area of 1945 square meters and occupies about 2350 square meters of land, with approximately 68 rooms in total. The entrance has a wide threshing floor, and upon entering, one finds the lower hall, upper hall, Hua Tai, and surrounding houses, with horizontal houses on both sides. The upper hall is where the ancestral tablets are placed. The house has a wooden beam frame structure, with rammed earth walls on the outside, mud-brick walls on the inside, fir wood tile surface, rammed earth floor, a suspended mountain-style roof for the main hall, and a hard mountain-style roof for the horizontal houses. The main gate features granite stone frames and wooden panels. The central axis is divided into upper and lower halls, with good ventilation and lighting conditions. The left and right corridors are symmetrical, with a rigorous design and reasonable layout. In January 2017, it was announced as the second batch of historical buildings in Meizhou City. In December 2021, it was recognized as the first batch of Hakka Weilong Houses Protection List in Meizhou City.

Fusheng Mansion was built by the Indonesian Chinese Pan Yanshou in 1965. It is a Hakka square enclosed house with two halls, two lateral sections, and three courtyards. In front of the house, there is a paddy drying area and a geomantic pond, with a well to the front left. The building covers an area of about 200 square meters, with three doors opening in the front. The central door is concave, with a stone frame, and the words "Fusheng Mansion" are embedded above the door. The porch is adorned with exquisite color paintings on both sides. The whole house is made of rammed earth and wood structure, with stone lattice windows embedded in the outer wall in front of the house, and the official hat gable wall has a stone window with the character "喜". Fusheng Mansion was built during a period of national hardship, yet it still follows the authentic Hakka architectural tradition, which is extremely valuable.

The Gongxing Mansion in the Overseas Chinese Village was built by the Pan family during the Republic of China period. It is a Hakka enclosed house with two halls, two wings, and a surrounding dragon structure, made of rammed earth and wood, with a hip-and-gable roof. To the left of the house is a fighting door, in front of the house is a rice-drying field and a geomantic pond, and to the right front of the pond is a well. The building covers an area of about 700 square meters. The house has three doors, with the middle door being concave, framed by stone, and the lintel inscribed with the three characters 'Gongxing Mansion'. The exterior walls are inlaid with stone lattice windows, the interior beams are original wood, the decoration is simple, and the back of the house has a raised transformation area paved with cobblestones. The house is currently well-preserved.

The Yi Xi Mansion was built by the overseas Chinese Pan family in the 1940s. It is a Hakka enclosed house with two halls, two lateral sections, a rear sleeping area, and eight courtyards, featuring a hip-and-gable roof. The building covers an area of about 1200 square meters, with a paddy field in front of the house, and the left lateral section extended to form a 'Doumen' (a traditional Chinese architectural feature). There are three doors at the front, with the main door being concave, framed by granite, and flanked by square stone pillars and bases. The rear sleeping area is a two-story corridor-style building, with original color wood carvings inside, and painted murals on both the interior and exterior walls.