Yongzhou has had a "splendid Xiaoxiang source, thousands of ancient poems, a land of literature" since ancient times, and many famous historical figures have been born. The descendants of Zhou Dunyi, a great scholar in Ailian, also moved here, flourishing and multiplying from generation to generation, becoming a prominent local family. Adhering to the concept of Zhou clan ruling the country and leveling the world, he taught his children well and produced many talents, especially Zhou Xisheng, a senior minister in Nanjing during the apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhou Chongfu, a second-class senior minister in the Qing Dynasty. Zhoujia Courtyard is located in Ganyantou Village, Lingling District, Yongzhou City. The ancient building complex was built in the Jiajing period of Sejong in Ming Dynasty and completed in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. It consists of six huge residential buildings, covering an area of 120 mu, with a building area of 45,000 square meters. It is the largest and most well-preserved ancient residential group in southern Hunan, and enjoys the title of "the first ancient house in Xiaoxiang" and "the treasure of southern Hunan". In 2006, it was named "Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Hunan Province", and in 2007, it was named "Famous Village of Chinese History and Culture" and National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

China's famous historical and cultural villages are specially rich in cultural relics jointly selected by the Ministry of Construction and National Cultural Heritage Administration, which are of great historical value or commemorative significance and can fully reflect the traditional features and local ethnic characteristics of certain historical periods. As for the famous historical and cultural villages, under the simple science popularization here, there are not only the requirements of scale, but also the requirements of connotation culture and expression carrier.

Famous historical and cultural villages are the crystallization of local humanities, economy and social cohesion, and famous historical and cultural villages are models in ancient villages. Famous historical and cultural villages focus on architectural heritage, cultural relics and traditional culture, which can fully reflect the historical features, local characteristics and ethnic customs of a certain period and have high historical, cultural, artistic and scientific values. The area under its jurisdiction can contain the fragments of historical and traditional buildings built before the Qing Dynasty or with great historical influence in the revolutionary history of China. The total construction area of existing historical and traditional buildings in the village must be more than 5,000 square meters.

Ganyantou Village, Fujiaqiao Town, Lingling District, is located at the foot of Dupangling and beside the fresh water. According to legend, this is the hometown of He Xiangu, the Eight Immortals. Since the Tang Dynasty, the offering of incense to He Xiangu reached its peak and was passed down from generation to generation. There are the largest, best preserved and most complete ancient residential villages discovered in Lingling. Because everyone in the village is surnamed Zhou, this ancient village is called Zhoujia Courtyard. Zhou Jia quadrangle consists of six courtyards, namely, the old courtyard, the red gatehouse, the black gatehouse and the new courtyard. The site selection of the whole village conforms to China's traditional geomantic thought, with mountains and water at the back, winding streams in front of the village, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the front is illuminated and the back is supported. The hall opens, the yin embraces the yang and the wind gathers gas.

The six courtyards have a clear division of labor, which is independent and interrelated. According to clan etiquette and ethical order, the villages are distributed in the shape of the Big Dipper, which is integrated with the surrounding environment. The buildings in the village are all Huizhou architectural styles, with ancient village heads and deep and tortuous courtyards. On the top of the rows of Biwa, Pan Tou sat on the roof pointing. The roof line of the building is rich in changes, and the horse head wall and roof of Huizhou architecture are undulating and orderly. The "Four Courtyards" are the largest, with overlapping courtyards and rows of black and white courtyards, with an overall construction area of more than 10,000 square meters. Zhou Jia quadrangles are not only smart and interesting as a whole, but also complex and not miscellaneous, and each single building and courtyard also has its own charm. Adhering to the characteristics that Huizhou architecture attaches importance to decoration, Huizhou's three famous carvings (wood carving, stone carving and brick carving) are well preserved, with rich and diverse window lattice, vivid stone carving and outstanding brick carving, mainly lotus flowers, landscape fish, birds and animals, moire and water waves ... with rich and colorful themes, exquisite carving skills and shocking visual effects.

Although after hundreds of years of wind and rain and time scouring and polishing, the appearance is worn and damaged, slightly old and vicissitudes, but we can also see the prosperity and myriad weather of that year. Due to the government's continuous attention and measures, the repair and protection of Zhou Jia quadrangles have reached a high level, so the Zhou Jia quadrangles hidden in the boudoir are presented to us in good condition. Every spring, the Zhoujia Courtyard, surrounded by large rape blossoms, leans against green mountains and green waters, and colorful black and gray buildings coexist harmoniously. The beauty of the scenery is beyond imagination. Its beautiful architectural modeling, huge preserved volume and interesting courtyard combination, rich humanistic connotation and beautiful scenery are amazing and amazing, and we have to sigh and admire the wisdom and superb skills of the ancients, but we have seen it again today and have forgotten what we said.