Chinese folk architecture by region, Part 1 — because there’s far more than just one “Chinese style”
团山民居 - TuanShan Folk House Tuanshan Village is a typical southern Yunnan Han Chinese immigrant village. Its ancestor, Zhang Fu, entered Yunnan from Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province during the Ming Dynasty. He first moved three times before finally settling in Tuanshan. The local population flourished and developed into a large clan. Over more than 600 years of history, the Zhang family adhered to the "Hundred Tolerances" family precept as the foundation for their survival and prosperity, maintaining good family traditions. Their descendants were diligent and ambitious, producing numerous talents in both literature and martial arts. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, members of the Zhang family were actively earning substantial wealth which they used to build grand mansions back home, bringing glory to their ancestral halls. Currently, there are 15 well-preserved large residences, three village gates, three temples, one ancestral hall, and one ancestral tomb.
