Gao Fen told a TV program about the Wangs' mansion in Yaoshan (which is said to be the private residence of Dourgen).

Wang Family Courtyard is located in Jingsheng Town, east of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province 12km. It is 35 kilometers away from Pingyao ancient city, 4 kilometers away from Mianshan in Jiexiu, and 2 kilometers away from Zishou Temple, where the 18th Luohan returned overseas Chinese. It is a boutique tourist route launched by Shanxi Province in recent years with the advantages of "famous city, famous mountain, famous courtyard and famous temple". Tongpu Railway and National Highway 108 run through the county. The Lingshi exit of the newly opened Dayun Expressway is 2 kilometers away from Wang Jia Courtyard, and the traffic is very convenient.

The Wang Family Courtyard is a master of residential buildings in Qing Dynasty. It was built by Wang Jingsheng family, one of the four families in Lingshi County in history, during the years of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, with a total area of over 250,000 square meters. At present, Gaojiaya, Hongmenbao and Wang Ancestral Hall, with courtyards 123 and houses 1 18, are opened in China Folk House Art Museum and China Wang Museum, covering an area of 45,000 square meters.

Gaojiaya and Hongmenbao face each other in the east and west, and are connected by a bridge. They are all totally enclosed castle-like buildings on the loess high slope. Appearance, follow the trend, form and god stand together; Among them, the cave houses are tiled and skillfully connected together. Broad and profound, spectacular, natural work and good use. It seems to be ever-changing, while maintaining the traditional folk houses in the north, it also shows its outstanding personality style. The general characteristics are: standing by the mountain, changing with the shape, overlapping buildings, patchwork, magnificent momentum and complete functions. It basically inherited the courtyard style of the front hall and the back bedroom formed in the Western Zhou Dynasty in China, and with ingenious brick carving, wood carving and stone carving, it is elegant in decoration, rich in connotation, practical and beautiful, and high in cultural taste.

The two main courtyards of Gaojiaya complex are the third-order quadrangles. In addition to the ancestral hall and hatchback embroidered building, each courtyard has its own kitchen, school, academy, flower garden, long-term factory and courtyard (household courtyard). The surrounding walls and courtyards are tightly surrounded, and the four courtyards are adapted to local conditions. Large and small courtyards are harmonious and independent. They are hidden or present, and all kinds of portals give people a maze feeling of having a courtyard in the courtyard and a door in the door. At present, in the halls and bedrooms of Gaojiaya, according to the feudal etiquette pattern of "hierarchy, hierarchy, order from top to bottom, harmony between young and old, and differences between inside and outside", a large number of household items handed down from the family are displayed in different categories, which basically restored the historical features of the Wangs in those days.

The overall layout of the Hongmenbao building complex contains the word "Wang" and is accompanied by the shape of a dragon. In addition to the courtyard with front hall and back bedroom, in order to conform to the terrain, part of it should be transformed into front garden and backyard. Some courtyards are magnificent, while others are quiet and small. Its three carvings of brick, wood and stone, some from the early years of Qianlong, are simple and rough, and still retain the Ming style; Most of them, like Gaojiaya, are examples of "slender density" in Qing Dynasty. China Wang Museum, located in the top three of Hongmenbao, is the only Wang family culture museum at home and abroad. After the opening, Wang Xingren from home and abroad came here almost every day for sightseeing, root-seeking, letter writing and telephone consultation.

As an outstanding cultural heritage of traditional architecture and artistic treasure of folk houses in China, Wang Family Courtyard has had a positive impact at home and abroad for several years since its opening, and is widely praised as "the first residence of folk houses in China", "Folk Palace Museum in China" and "Shanxi Palace Museum". A newspaper in the capital once published a long report with the eye-catching title of "Wang's return without seeing the hospital", which caused widespread concern in Beijing and surrounding provinces and cities. Wei Jianxing and other party and state leaders at that time, as well as internationally renowned scholars Zheng, Luo,, and so on. After visiting the Wang Family Courtyard, they all happily wrote poems and gave them high praise.

1999, Wang Family Courtyard was rated as "Top Ten Famous Excellent Tourist Attractions in Shanxi Province" and "Provincial Civilized Scenic Spots (Points)"; 200 1 passed the ISO9000 international quality management system certification; At the beginning of 2002, Wang Family Courtyard was rated as a national-level tourist attraction and a national "Quality Miles" demonstration unit. In 2003, it was rated as one of the top ten civilized demonstration tourist attractions in China.

On May 25th, 2006, as an ancient building in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Wang Family Courtyard was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The Wang Jingsheng family of Lingshi originated in Taiyuan and lived in Gouying Village (now Gouyutan Village, Fujiatan Town) between Fenhe Canyon in this county. During the period of Yuan Qing (1312-1313), the ancestor Wang Shi moved to Jingsheng. After that, he made a fortune from agriculture and commerce, and then continued to study and be an official. Therefore, he became a prominent local family.

The Wang family flourished in the three generations of Kang, Gan and Jia in Qing Dynasty. At that time, in addition to building houses, ancestral temples, graves, shops and workshops, there were also compulsory schools and warehouses, and bridges and roads were built to store water and open canals to help the poor, and scholars' temples and palaces were donated. During this period, there were 12 people in the official position of the Wang family, including 42 doctors who were conferred titles and conferred titles, and two others attended the grand banquets held by the imperial court in the 61st year of Kangxi (1722) and the first year of Jiaqing (1796) respectively.

The Wang family began to decline from the18th century (light years of the Qing dynasty), mainly because their children did not struggle and became increasingly extravagant, abandoning the virtues of their ancestors' diligence and entrepreneurship. Some people donate money to officials because they don't study, and some people indulge in opium because they neglect farming, which eventually leads to the autumn wind sweeping away leaves and the collapse of buildings. Before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, although there were a few large families in the province and Beijing, Tianjin and other places, after the Lugouqiao Incident, they also took over the family business, moved their families to the south and lived in exile.

The history of the Wang family has been passed down to the 27th century for more than 680 years. After the founding of New China, the Wangs made great achievements in all walks of life, so they became a prominent family in the local area.

Tickets for the scenic spot of Wang Family Courtyard are 66 yuan, tour guide fee is 50 yuan, and parking fee is 10 yuan.