It has been more than 400 years since the first generation of Taigong built houses and now the prototype of JOE quadrangles. The five main ancestral halls are "Wu Company". About 4 mu of land was specially set aside by Xu Zu for private schools. All the descendants of Xu can study for free. Unfortunately, the worship of martial arts was dismantled during the Cultural Revolution, and wood was used to build a rice mill.
In addition to the front of Fang Yi Hall, the present JOE Courtyard was built more than 200 years ago. It consists of two courtyards, one in front of the other, all of which are three-in-one courtyards. There are still carved wooden windows in the yard, which used to be elegant and vague.
It is worth mentioning that there is a stone water tank in an abandoned kitchen in the southwest corner of the old house. It is not difficult to see that the designer at that time was very wise, knowing how to use the terrain conditions to directly introduce water into the house from the mountains, saving time and effort.