Chen's compound is located in the Zaohe, Suqian City, a thousand-year-old town in Suqian section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The complex was built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty and is the largest ancient Qing residence in Suqian. In 2004, the Suqian Municipal People's Government announced it as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. Chen's compound covers an area of about 6 acres, with a northern corridor-style building structure, a total of 66 houses, with a construction area of about 1,500 square meters. It was originally a private residence of Luoma Lake Ma, Suqian, and later sold to Chen Yongma, a Shandong merchant, and continued until the eve of liberation. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Chen family compound became the headquarters of the Japanese army in soap. After the founding of New China, the complex was state-owned and became a local grain warehouse. In the 1950s, it became a Zaohe ship station, sundries station, knitting factory, welfare factory. In the 1980s, some houses in the Chen family compound were sold to individuals. In 2011, the Chen Family Courtyard was included in the key cultural relics rescue and protection project along the Grand Canal in Jiangsu Province, and the government allocated special funds for repairs, basically restoring the original appearance of the six-entry courtyard of the Chen Family Courtyard. In 2013, the Hubin New District Management Committee strengthened the protection and utilization of historical cultural relics, and reproduced the historical scenes such as the living room, old master's room, young master's room, Miss's room, dining hall, academy, account room, ancestral hall, Buddhist hall, granary, artillery building and other Chen's compound.