Xia Shancheng Village, Wenchang, Hainan.

Xia Shancheng Village is a famous overseas Chinese village. The whole village is a large courtyard, and all the villagers live in it. This legendary courtyard village was rebuilt from an old village to a new village more than 60 years ago, thanks to the generous donation of an overseas Chinese. Walking into this rectangular courtyard village, you will see coconut groves, green bricks, black tiles, painted walls, and well-planned houses. The doors of each house face each other, and the houses are connected, which is amazing. 60 years have passed. When people walk into this village more than 60 years later, they can see the front and back doors of the main houses and halls, as if they can travel through the mottled years of this courtyard and listen to the stories of joy and sorrow that happened more than half a century ago. Xia Shancheng Village is a rare courtyard village in Hainan. This courtyard village faces south, with 22 main houses in four rows and 42 side rooms in three rows. The village is rectangular, covering an area of about 10 mu. Walking in the village, the main houses and side rooms in the courtyard are all made of green bricks and tiles, with uniform height and neat planning. The houses in the village are all traditional Wenchang dwellings, and the main style and basic layout were brought by the ancestors when they migrated from the mainland, which is similar to the traditional dwellings in Jiangnan in ancient times. Wenchang people pay attention to the decoration of the main house, with flying chiwen decorations on the roof ridge and reliefs or murals of landscapes, flowers, and birds on the walls. The fifth batch of Chinese traditional villages.